Who was more talented: Audley Harrison or David Price? Poll

Lack of proper management. His adviser/manager was a recently retired boxer who had no real management experience or connections to move him. Lack of a plan once he signed with the BBC. The network wanted big fights regularly. Bad PR when the opposite occured. Inconsistent fight schedule out of the gate. Injuries early on.

Pretty much everything that could go wrong, did.

On top of that, he was an older guy and there was no time to figure it out as he was going along.

Older fighters need to put their careers in the hands of an experienced team, and just focus on fighting regularly and often. The boxing part, as a pro, always seemed secondary to Harrison, because he was good at it. He was more concerned about everything going on around the fight, because he and his team weren't good at handling all that. But, he showed even later in those one-night, single-elimination Prizefighter tournaments, which he dominated, that when he just spent his night focused on boxing, he could handle stuff with no problems.

He had all the talent in the world. Size. Power. Excellent skills. Starting late with an inexperienced team and no plan, learning thru trial and error, just messed it all up. He got old before it all could jell.

 

What the actual **** am I reading? Harrison was perpetually terrified of being hit, ergo professional boxing was a dire career choice for him. His failure was nothing to do with poor management, leaving it too late or not gelling things together in time. He simply never had the psychology or desire to be a professional boxer.

 

Price > Harrison. See post #2 destruction.

Perhaps a poll is in order?

 

Lol, so far tied at zero.

I would say I am more surprised at Price because usually a big, hard-hitting guy who comes to fight can make some noise. I don't know who is more talented, because Audley left his best in the amateurs and was hard to gauge.

 

Every statement in this post is the opposite of the truth.

He was not afraid of being hit. He rematched the first guy to stop him and knocked that guy cold.

His failures have everything to do with poor management, turning pro late, injuries and staying too long.

He was a natural as a fighter. Great size, reach, fitness, power ... and a pretty decent chin until he neared his 40s.

He needed someone else to handle the business side, which took up far too much of his time, hampered his growth and career.

Lots of guys are talented, but the business side screws them up. There are far too many to mention. But Harrison is certainly one.

Finally, not being able to pull the trigger on your shots is a sign of age, not fear. He was a dominant Olympic gold medalist. He wasn't afraid of punches.

He just spent his entire 20s as an amateur. That does NOT tend to work out for anyone in the long term.

 

That was a complete farce and waste of time. Who did Audrey beat to warrant such? Harrison didn’t earn that. Price was one win away from a crack at Wlad.

 

Audley was a scared Glass Jawed Fraud.

 

Surely this post is about what they actually did in the Professional game. If you turned over too late, tough luck. Those are the breaks.

What you did as an amateur is irrelevant, unless the post is specifically asking about the amateurs.

 

How did that fight go for Price?

 

Shattered Glass. Just like Audley vs Haye.
Neither of them were world level but Price was closer to a shot at Klitschko than Audley was.
Audley was just awful at least Price came to fight he just had No Chin and no stamina. Audley was content to throw 4 punches a round and go the distance.

 

I have no idea what you are talking about, and neither do you.

 

This is a professional boxing forum not an amateur boxing forum. Agree?