Is Pianeta vs Price in the works.

Franscesco Pianeta easily displatched his undefeated opponent in his reutrn bout, winning the German Int HW title.

Now, Pianeta is slated to return for his 32 pro bout, fighting for the WBO European title.

It's definately a move to get Pianeta back into the WBO rankings should Wladimir lose to Leapei, Pulev, or the Fury/Chisora winner.

Francesco landed several dozen hard shots on Wlad from his SP stance, several shots that woulda dropped lesser fighters.

He has solid wins over Dominguez, Botha, McCall Sr, Tueber(who was getting some hype from his Sandow KO win), Skelton, Duhaupus, Gammer,Wiggins, Wilson, Marrone and Hawkins.

Pretty SOLID lower tier contender resume........and, it seems Pianeta is healthy, cancer free, and is committed to fighting regularly and stepping up in LOC, or at least trying to get fights worthy of higher LOC.

Ppl are also raggin on fighters getting undeserved title shots, but even though Pianeta wasnt hugely known in the US, his resume was/is fairly impressive compared to that of even Fury, Pulev, Glaskov, Wilder. He has better overall wins than Arreola, and Stiverne(outside Arreola).

Price came back with two very solid wins over Ruszinsky and Pala....Pala who took tons of shots from DelBoy and lost by British stoppage to Delboy. He also had Delboy seriously hurt just prior to the British stoppage.

This would be a risky fight for Price, but a win over Pianeta would give him much needed experience to rematch the Tiger as their styles are near identical. Although it may be too much for Price since he struggled with that style coming from a 41 yo Thompson, and Pianeta is a hungry young contender. However, Paineta doesn't have the killer instinct of Thompson or the ring generalship.

Would be a great fight with the winner being a bold choice of defense for the WBO HW title.

 

Im suggesting it might be in the works:think

Price is rated by the WBO and has proven his heart in fighting a very dangerous Pala.
Price had Thompson nearly KOd in the rematch, and only lost b/c he gassed. Much like Wlad vs Brewster without all the foul play.

Had Price not gassed in that fight, he'd have already fought Delboy and KHTFO and we'd have our Price/Fury fight.

But b/c of the loss, Price has to take less prominent fights. This is a perfect fight for both guys, and the winner would defo clinch a spot in the top 10, IMHO.:think

 

Wlad Klitschko was TKOd by Sanders much like Price was vs Thomspon 1.

Wlad Klitschko was TKOd by Brewster 1 much like Price was by Thomspon 2.

Wlad Klitschko came right back vs a banger in Pala, much like Wlad did when he fought Sam Peter.

Price is a bit on the "old" side to be making this comeback in the manner that Wladimir did, and there are no Byrds, Liakovichs, Ibragimovs, Chagaevs for Price to go right after a title against.

Price got one chance ATM, and that's to fight high rated ABC fighters so he can go for the vacant WBA kiddie belt, or the WBC title.

 

Thanks for the video....

yeah, Wawzryk gets a lot of hate on this board b/c he has chin issues exposed by Bahtov. But he's got heart and showed he'll take tough fights.

Perhaps Wawzryk vs Pianeta would be a better choice for this WBO title.:think

 

Someone's gotta put Maskaev out of business. Same with Petkovic.

These guys are lingering around in the top 50 and shouldnt be fighting PERIOD.

Both would be nice resume boosters.....as for McCall.....he's always a stiff test for a comebacking or upncoming fighter. Same with Guinn and Barrett.

I wouldnt mind seeing Wawzryk vs any of the 5 name fighters. Just want to see him acheive his full potential. And get his name back in the mix.


Same goes for Price, Boytsov, Pianeta, Charr etc.......I don't think a loss should define a fighter.

Eddie Chambers and Tony Thompson are prime examples. They took losses but they also came back for title fights, earning their shots by staying active and fighting tough competition.