Silly comparison really, and just shows how little seem to value AJ after the usyk loss. Joshua beat Wladmir when he was like 27 and pre his own prime, and Wladmir, even at 41, would destroy Price. Prime Price would have a punchers chance vs Joshua, but if he lost against 39 year old Pov, he'd most certainly lose to AJ. Who has price beat? What impressive wins does he have under his belt? The mother ****er lost to Chisora ffs. AJ hasn't got an amazing chin, but has taken some big shots and lived. Price would get mauled vs AJ.
Strong cope. Joshua was never better than when he went life and death with the old, inactive, retiring Klitschko at Wembley in front of 80,000 doting fans. He had a couple of stinkers after that and then lost to Rice Pudding Jr, so I'm not sure how you've came to the conclusion that he was pre-prime. Circling an even fatter Rice Pudding Jr in the rematch was not a better version. Kevin Johnson would've beat that Rice Pudding Jr ffs.
In fairness, Price won his medal legitimately and away from home while AJ should have been booted out in the first round of the tournament against Savon in his backyard and got a gift in the final against Price's conqueror Cammarelle as well. It's also entirely feasible that a prime Price could have been a heavyweight champ with AJ's backing, I'd definitely have picked him to beat Charles Martin for that vacant title.