Why was David Price so grossly overrated?

I was starting think he was becoming the real deal. His offence was class and he seemed to be growing in confidence after the disappointing Olympic showing.

Heavyweights have a way of making you look stupid.

 

No reason not to be tbh. Big pricey was polishing people off early and in impressive fashion mostly. Not many didnt buy into it. As on paper especially and all that we seen he looked the goods. Its just that some guys can go up the levels and when priceys weaknesses got exposed it was clear that wasnt gonna be the case.

Mental what they done with him after the first thompson fight. And again after the second. They kind of took away his assets in the way he was fighting. At heavyweight you dont go into fights working on things leave that for the gym especially with a chin like prices.

Someone mentioned it on here earlier get him out there putting people on the backfroot from the start and see where it takes him. Certainly worked up until thompson. I think prices power still causes a lot of people problems out there. But hes never gonna outbox people with a jab like that.

 

he took the wrong fight in Teper, was really surprised they went for him. Rule of thumb, avoid big punchers unless it's a title fight. Build up your record with losing record journeyman and has beens like Wilder did. Bruno never went in against anybody that wasn't a title fight, never went near Gary Mason for example.

 

He was overrated so much as he blasted away everyone he fought. They ignored the levels and TV and media got on top of it, therefore the fans did too. The same things happen in political candidacies all the time too! High hopes, big levels of failure, and in turn scapegoats. Ambiguous, but true.

 

The British boxing media tends to do that a lot lol.... Remember that nearly 1 hour long documentary about Price being the future of the HW division? It's so cringe worthy. I looked it up a while back for a good laugh, ugh... Just cringing thinking about it lol.

 

Good post, I think almost everyone was taken in, other than the professional chin checkers who looked at his amateur record and smelt a rat.

The way he was fighting and his power, at the level he was fighting at, pointed to a world class HW. He was one fight away from a shot at Wlad, if he had beaten Tony Thompson. That was the fight that took everything away from it, that was the end for him.

Tony Thompson 1, 2 and Teper happened, he is now a complete and utter mental train wreck. I think the lad is finished.

Some fighters just do not deal with their first loss well, Price has dealt with it terribly. He now has another two KO losses on his resume and looks to be broken.

 

I don't know why he was rated. I guess some people fall for all the hype.
I miss most of the hype on these fighters because I tend to watch fights replayed on youtube, so don't get all the televised propaganda from the pundits.

I couldn't believe it when people here were making a huge deal of him when he knocked out John McDermott in 1 round.
Besides the fact that McDermott was always dozens of rungs beneath world class, the only story for me on that fight was how grossly out of shape he was, how could any fighter come to a fight looking like that ?
Then again, for me, that's the most noteworthy thing about the Teper fight too. And this time, Price LOST to the fat bum.

 

Pretty harsh post mate. Its been proven time and time again that looks especially in the heavyweight division arent always that great of a gauge. A lot of these fat plodders as people like to call them are durable.

It was the same john mcdermott that gave tyson fury his toughest fight to date. A lot saying mcdermott deserved the victory me included. No ones saying mcdermotts a world beater but for his size etc he has underrated skills. Good british level fighter john. And price done all he could do at the time took him out in a round. I still say the hype surrounding price was deserved at the time. As the guy above me said from people in the know there was rumblings about his chin but up to the thompson fight it wasnt to be known to the average fan. I think a lot gave him a pass after the first thompson fight putting it down to just getting caught. But it was apparent the big man was in the wrong game after the second fight. Cant remember anyone folding as badly in a while. Theres still a future for price but he has to pick his fights carefully not unlike most fighters out there today. Also needs to completely change the game plan up.

 

The way he was using the ramrod jab to set up the absolutely devastating right hand was a sight to behold, was very easy to be drawn into the hype, even though the chin issues in the amateurs were well documented.

This is boxing and is happens a lot, a fighter looks like a wrecking ball, steps up in class, gets beaten and then looks an asbolute shadow of what he once was. Price is just next in line.

 

because that is what we do with people in this country.

Whether its Michael Owen or David Price one touch of class and they suddenly become world beaters.

 

McDermott weighed 19 stone 5 (271 pounds) for the Price fight.
17 pounds heavier than when he faced Fury.
He was coming off an 11-month lay-off. I'm not sure what training he did.

I might have been harsh to Teper, who so far hasn't lost.

He looked chinny in the Olympics, broadcast on BBC to every TV set in the land.
I don't think it was a case of hardcore people 'in the know', I think all boxing fans knew his chin was highly suspect.
Having said that, I don't think it's always fair to say a fighter won't make it due to chin issues. Look at Khan, he's picked up a couple of world titles despite his glass chin. :good

 

To be honest bud, Bruno and Mason always said that they would never fight each other, coming from the same stable and being genuine friends and all that.
I remember Bruno stating that he thought Gary was a more technical boxer than himself.
Bruno vs Mason. May have been an interesting fight.

 

Good post mate. Actually refreshing to talk about boxing on this thing for a change. Your post does put it into perspective a bit. Its easy to get carried away with the media hype machine etc. Your looking at a guy at 6 ft 7 who has big power and knocking guys out put infront of him fairly easily. Then it just takes off. Personally think price was gonna get found out eventually even without the thompson fights in hindsight. Crazy matchmaking at the time.

Think It was more the fact outside the klitchkos everyone looks very beatable. And its wide open for someone to come through. Anyone making waves is seen as a potential klitchko conquerer. Whats the thoughts on joshua? I m liking the whyte fight. Should be an straight forward win for joshua but whytes definetely a live body for a change.

 

Tony Thompson was a giant step up, and it seemed that way at the time.
I guess some people were caught up in the Price hype machine, and most of the rest of us figured that his management must know something ... and sometimes you take the risks and they pay off. He lost, sh!t happens, they made a mistake.
But the immediate rematch just showed they really did not have a clue whatsoever !

True.
And at the time there was the Price/Fury rivalry too. It's fair to say Fury did not look as powerful, as athletically talented or as well conditioned as Price. Also, it is a matter of record that Fury gave up a title rather than take the Price fight.
So, if people were saying Fury could become a contender, it made sense to figure Price might do even better than that.

Joshua has potential. Brutal strength and power. As you say, it's that thing like everyone apart from Klitschko (and perhaps Povetkin) looks unimpressive. And they are not getting younger.
We'll have to wait and see. The hype could certainly prove embarrassing to many if he slips up.
He should beat Whyte. Figures to be his best opponent yet.