Gonna posit that Helenius has a better chin because he went the distance in a close one with 2011 Chisora while Price was knocked out by 2019 Chisora. On the other hand, I do think Price hit a little harder than Helenius and had faster hands and actually better recuperative skills. 50/50 fight.
It could beat close fight. David Priceless China has good fundamentals and has a slight edge in speed. Robert meanwhile seems to have better endurance given his wars with Kownacki, Chisora, and Whyte and is probably more durable overall and fights at a more demanding pace. If David makes it a boxing match, he could edge it, but still might get caught somewhere along the way. In a brawl, Helenius takes it, but Helenius can't be written off in a match either. I'm going to say Helenius by KO is the more probable outcome. David would need to fight the perfect fight with food defensive awareness just to hear the final bell, and unless Helenius gets careless he probably can't KO him as he doesn't have the devastating power of guys like Wilder or Joshua.
Neither man had the best chin, but I don't honestly see it as a close fight on paper. Price basically never broke through to teh top tier of the division. There was a time when Helenius was on his rampage, when he was seen by some as being the most exciting fighter in the division. He clocked up an impressive line of stoppages over name fighters, earning a Ring Raking. In my humble opinion Chisora beat him, and that was Chisora's finest hour, or at least should have been. Even when his career seemed to have run its course, he posted two wins over Kowanaki. He should arguably have been ranked in the top ten after that, and Wilder should have got much more credit for his first round stoppage. Even coming off that devastating loss, I still thought that he was a dangerous fighter, for Joshua to take as a last minute substitute.
Helenius was sure looking like a real nice prospect way back when he got rid of Brewster. But he really never improved after that. Back then, people were picking Robert and another guy Ustinov to handle the Klitschko's. I think if Helenius goes to his Joe Bugner impersonation like he fought on Saturday, he wins easily over Price.
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Gotta favor Helenius. Neither man was a great fighter but there was a brief period where Helenius was at least “ fringe”. Price never rose beyond prospect level and quickly deteriorated to journeyman.
end thread about sums it up. Although I have to say the version of Price that fought Povetkin looked pretty damn sharp and ready to rumble with any top HW.
I remember when there was talks of Helenius being the next big heavyweight and the man to dethrone the Klitschko brothers even on this forum like 12 years ago, funny how things turn out. Anyway I'd go with Helenius by brutal knockout
In theory Price was dangerous (giant with good amateur pedigree and big power) but while he dropped Thompson 2, Hammer and Povetkin, he never won a fight above domestic level and always got stopped (Thompson x2, Teper, Hammer, Povetkin, Kuzmin, Chisora). Helenius by contrast won fights and stopped fighters better than anyone Price beat (Brewster, Peter, Liakhovich, Teper, Kownacki x2). Their performances against Chisora (Price KO'd in 4, Helenius SD in Finland) also suggest that Helenius was the better fighter, tougher physically and mentally and fitter.
