Is David Price given too much stick or is he really the worst fighter ever

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  1. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I remember him being touted as the big thing back in the day
     
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  2. f1ght3rz

    f1ght3rz Ronaldoooo is crying in his caaaaaar Full Member

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    are fkn dumb or what? in which world david price is the worst fighter ever? you're full of **** writing such a nonsense. sorry, but GTFOH
     
  3. Malph

    Malph Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Worst fighter ever is really harsh. He would kick the butt of 98% of the humans out there. He's just not at the top most tier of the sport. Not elusive enough on defense and not durable enough to compensate for that.
     
  4. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    I mean, he was overhyped and deserved a bit of stick after his downfall (or rather, more appropriately some of his fans deserved the humbling, as Price himself actually has always seemed like a decent bloke aside from the obvious "sell the fights" character-playing bluster), although you're still left with light years worth of daylight there before you reach "worst fighter ever", which he's thousands of places away from.
     
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  5. Ruggy456

    Ruggy456 New Member Full Member

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    I could never call a fighter the worst ever! They’ve more balls than me. He’s not great, but fighting multiple times on sky sports and getting banged takes some resilience
     
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  6. Oakland Billy Smith

    Oakland Billy Smith Active Member banned Full Member

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    By far not the worst....his problem is the hype train he rode in on..

    We'll be talking about Hrgovic and Usyk the same way in a couple years after they pick up a few KO losses

    Same thing with Tommy Morrison, who was actually a decent HW by all accounts, but began his career riding that hype train
     
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  7. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Price has one of the best resumes of any HW of the last 20 years

    Wins official and unofficial over

    AJ - Former three-belt unified king and #1 ranked HW on the planet, Olympic gold medalist and World Amateur Championships silver medalist

    Tyson ''The Gypsy King'' Fury - former three-belt unified king and #1 ranked HW on the planet (and he also should have the WBC strap to add to his collection because he was robbed against Bum Squad aka Fraud Squad) and former European HW champ

    Audley Harrison - Olympic gold medalist and former European HW champ

    Islam Timurziev (RIP) - former #1 ranked amateur SHW in the world, World Amateur bronze and European gold

    And with the exception of Fury he beat all those fighters via KO as well
     
  8. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not the worst ever but never really took to the pro game
     
  9. Deew

    Deew Active Member Full Member

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    He's not a bad fighter/boxer at all.

    He is a glass cannon, however, as we have observed on several occasions.
     
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  10. BCS8

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    Price was a very successful fighter except at the last tier of the sport. Never could break into the elite. That's miles away from being the "worst fighter ever". This is a top contender for the worst fighter: https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/5316
     
  11. notjustacasual

    notjustacasual Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    He gets over the top hate because there were high expectations of him.

    He came about in a time where the knock on klitschko was he only fought short, fat old dudes. Suddenly we had this tall, in shape massive punching guy. Obviously it didnt pan out.

    I can see why people were dissapointed but i dont see any reason to hate Price, he pretty much always gives it everything and considering his weaknesses when you look at his fight with povetkin what more can you ask for really?
     
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  12. lighteningjab

    lighteningjab Member Full Member

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    Are you psychic?
     
  13. DanielDimov

    DanielDimov Jabbing all night Full Member

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    It's just his chin, the guy is super nice c'mon.
     
  14. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    "Oh dear, dear, dear, dear. Well... It's all gone horribly wrong here and I think it's over!"

    "And David Price is struggling to maintain his boxing stance!"

    "What is he doing!?"
     
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  15. Dirsspaardis

    Dirsspaardis Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You know you suck when someone with 96 loses knocks you out, lol.
    Although his record only proves he didn’t belong in the ring in the first place.
    Check this guy out - Kristian Laight. Now that’s a horrible fighter, but he’s probably the mentally strongest of the all. Or he’s just stubborn, one of the two.
     
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