Price fights always offer excitement to be fair. That and with his power on his day he can hurt any man.
You're right about him being a far bigger name than he should of been because of race/religion and that playig a big factor. But I've never known a guy win Silver and be such a household name thrown in everyones faces. Surely Gold is only what should really matter. Audley won Gold at the previous Olympics so it wasn't like Britain had a massive gap from medalists. I doubt there will ever be another runner up in boxing ever get that kind of press, it was a one off. Weird. I think Fred Evans was only about 20 when he won Silver and had the complete opposite experience. Billy Joe Saunders was 17 when he won a world championship medal and 18 as an Olympian. Wladimir Klitschko winning Olympic Gold age 20 is the real impressive stat considering super heavys usually only can compete with the top seniors at a much later age,
Exactly also Campbell won in 2012 in which pretty much every fancied athlete we had won gold in their respective sports.
Yes I recall being at the Haye vs Maccrinelli fight, Khan got introduced to the crowd, and the whole of the 02 Arena gave Khan a standing ovation. Like we had a future Sugar Ray Leonard or something (That was before he got iced in 50 seconds by Prescott, and when he seemed like a nice kid before his personality seemed to change)
Oof what a horrible take! If you don’t think winning an Olympic silver medal at 17 years old (when some of the other competitors had been boxing almost as long as he’d been alive) you’re just letting your personal feelings about him cloud your judgement.
It will be interesting to see if Dave Allen becomes much of a pundit or "personality" when he truly is done. If he won some decent belt or won a world title, he absolutely would be, but unfortunately it seems as though accolades allow for the transition into punditry almost seamlessly, when I think it should be more meritocratic. That isn't to say Allen would be a good pundit or whatever. Firstly, he unfortunately sounds a bit punch drunk already. Secondly, I get the impression he would do anything for a pound note and he would be putty in Sky's hands, fulfilling a sort of hybrid role of saying "all of the right things" after a dress rehearsal in Adam Smith's extension the previous night, and then acting the clown like Micah Richards in the second act. A female and/or BAME Dave Allen with a world title belt would be Sky's dream (I do support the inclusion of all genders, ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds etc. but I think employment should be based on merit and many of Sky's employees are just terrible and are there for reasons other than merit).
George Foreman is 72 years old, I bet he still punches hard, was in many exciting fights, should we stick him on PPV cards? This is a MYTH that Price is ALWAYS in EXCITING FIGHTS.. A COMPLETE MYTH. ITS EDDIE TALK. They are not exciting, a few of his fights have had "moments" like the Povetkin KO. He quit against Kuzmin, just sat on his stool, didn't want to dig in and fight but he still got paid after a few rounds. He quit Chisora, did the old David Price lean back on the ropes, deep breaths, looking upwards, knowing full well he would either be stopped or his corner would throw in the towel and got paid again. Kash Ali, Ali was DQ's but Price was starting to struggle in that. Sokolowski, a 6 round decision, not exiting whatsoever. Hammer, gassed out on usual Price style, bent over, gasping for air, leaning on the ropes, wobbling around on Jelly legs because he has hamster lungs and got paid again. Tom Little? Exciting? Really? Dave Allen, Allen is a man who never really throws any punches, he was awalking punchbag and Price hit him repeatedly for 10 rounds before it ended, 10 rounds of one fighter punching the other, not exciting. All those are in his last 10'p fights? How many "last chance saloons" do we have to watch? Or be forced to watch? And be forced to pay for? Unless I'm misunderstanding you, if you mean it's exciting that Price may, just may KO somebody if he lands then OK, or if you mean a fighter gassing out and folding is exciting? Because I'm not seeing it. The man was being called the heir apparent to the Klitschkos,we found out rather quickly when old man Thompson beat him up twice that wasn't the case. Everybody has to let it go, AUDLEY HARRISON had more of a successful career than Price. AUDLEY HARRISON won British, Commonwealth and European titles and fought for a world title. Price is nowhere near that, it's time he was binned off and stopped expecting British fight fan to pad his pension because there was a time when people rated him.
Made me laugh with the "did the old Dave Price, leaning on the ropes, deep breaths, looking upwards". That's true. He does the same thing as middle-aged non-athletes do when they get in the sauna and put their arms up on the vacant upper bench, breathing deeply and looking upwards. I think there's a suspense to his bouts these days because he always a punch away from basically being stopped, or on the way to being stopped. Hardly exciting in the traditional sense. More amusing than anything else. I wonder who his next Last Chance Saloon is going to be against. He's another one that's saying he wants the big money bouts. He's got fat chance of that after the Chisora bout, where he didn't give a good account of himself at all.
To rephrase what the post meant - Price is always likely to get brutally KOd. Part of the reason why promoters will pay him. A bit like Amir Khan and the US market until he quit vs Bud
Dave Price is just a plumber who plays at boxing. You can’t compare him to a superior athlete like A force. A force would be a contender for GOAT status if it wasn’t for a prolonged run of serious bad luck throughout his career.
Hahaha, I just can't stand David Price, not the man, he is probably a lovely man but the fighter and they way he is promoted and the way he talks.. I just don't think the British boxing fans should have to pay Price a pension, he shouldn't be anywhere near PPV shows, yet Hearn seems he'll bent on turning him out and giving him paydays. Price just doesn't deserve it, I repeat.. Audley Harrison is ridiculed and achieved far more, from Olympic Gold to European title. Audley fought scared, he had some real awful performances and his attitude stank but If Audley had done what Price does, the leaning back on the ropes, deep breaths, bending over, looking upwards, turning away and praying the referee steps in and getting stopped he would have been absolutely slaughtered. Also, the way Hearn, Sky try to pretend all those fights didn't happen, all those stoppages ams quit jobs were just our imagination and they say the same old crap every time.. "he has the punch, he has that power.." So what? I don't care, A man his size should have power, he is a heavyweight FFS. We haven't seen Price for a long time and I hope it stays that way.
@KermitTheFrog I'm not discrediting it. I just think when he came back he was given star treatment like he'd won a Gold medal and the Val Barker trophy. He should have got some praise/attention but not that much! (Some countries class Silver and Bronze medals as a failure) Plus I don't see the big thing with mentioning age next to Khans medal everytime. Klitschko won Gold aged 20, Lomachenko aged 20, Robeisy Ramirez aged 18 . They won Golds yet you never hear people talking about it and mentioning their age. Thats because they are high achievers who achieved many things and been consistently successful.Whereas Khan the runners up peaked early and didn't do much since, lower standards.
