Could Price go back to amateur boxing?

Is he good enough for amateur boxing?

 

He'd do well in white collar....

 

There's no point if he's going to box might as well get paid for it.

 

And that's only because Price can go 2 rounds without gassing.

 

What Price needed was Prize Fighter, it's normally low level, OK we know he has stamina issues and it is a potential 9 rounds but it can have long'ish rests between bouts.

Audley Harrison did it, it restored some confidence after losing to Rogan, created a little bit of a buzz and got him a European Title shot which led to a world title shot.

And it worked for Harrison quickly, he lost to Rogan, was a laughing stock for losing to a cab driver but with basically two nights work he had a world title shot.

Price is completely shot of confidence so he could have used a Prize Fighter Night to probably reel off 3 quick wins against low level opposition, work on a few things under lights and maybe get people talking about him positively and just maybe put himself in a position to get a big fight and decent payday.

 

He went 7 rounds against decent comp. Showed heart. Didn't fold up on contact.

I'd say that's progress all things considered and I dont mean that facetiously.

Stick with Coldwell, treat it as 1 step back and 1 forward. It's loss number four so it's not about excuses any more. Progress was made and it should be built upon instead of dwelled upon.

His stamina isn't going to improve from a physical point of view but showing heart in a losing effort at top level may help to quash some nervous energy in the future.

Better opponent selection could also help with stamina, something he'd have no say in if he were to return to the ams. Forced to fight on the regular, killer after killer, is a young man's game.

 

You might be right, I dont know. I was under the impression that he was looking fantastic (in terms of stamina) sparring and that whatever problem he has gassing out is more mental than physical.

Regardless, at 33 he doesn't have the time or space to overhaul without opening himself up to new problems on top of old. I just think I saw enough positives in there to justify continuing to move in the direction he's going.

Hammer is very durable, had Price been facing the likes of Pulev or Browne in there and they didn't get up from the kind of shot he poleaxed Hammer with, we'd all be talking about how well Price had turned things around.

Honestly I liked what I saw outside of him gassing. I'm just afraid that the changes you'd traditionally make to improve cardio would throw the baby out with the bathwater.

 

Hammer was a massive step up from the two bums Price faced after Teper. This has to remembered.

 

This.

 

It's almost like they mis diagnosed what is wrong with him... Like they said to themselves he's chinny so lets put loads of weight on so he can hold a shot. When all that did was put even more strain on his weak stamina.

I haven't watched the full fight but he was very nervous and they hadn't really turned his jab into much of a weapon. Which is one of the offensive things they could have done to stop him burning energy. Pump the jab grab and hold a bit and make it ugly when he needed a breather. Keeping a much shorter guy away from him should have been battle plan point 1.

Maybe they thought the exta weight would lead to exta power and that would be enough, he could come back but i dont think it will be at the top level.

 

He was also technically open to being walked down- he did none of the things defensively he could have done to frustrate a smaller opponent coming onto him or from walking him down or turning defence into attack (only once with the counter upper cut that knocked Hammer down). I suspect he literally forgets everything he has been working on the moment its the fight proper and when the opponent is half decent and does not crumble. There are fighers like that who leave it all in the gym and sparring. Thats Price.

He is a lost cause in my opinion. Its part of his innate self- in his biologially and psychology.

Its worth pointing out that he has been stopped everytime he has stepped up above low level domestic level- Thompson x2, Teper and Hammer. He is just not that good on fight night when the pressure is on

 

I got a feeling most boxers will enter in 2020..