Is David Price making any 'real' progress?

[Maxsplit]

Also, I think Price won't be phased in the SLIGHTEST by the atmosphere of fighting away from home in front of 45,000 Klitschko fans in Germany.

Yes, he has only ever fought professionally a couple of km from his house in small halls and race course weigh in centres in Liverpool ...

BUT he did go out to Germany for Ringside once and watch Klitschko systematically dismantle an opponent.

You can't buy that kind of preparation

[cocobongo]

Also, I think Price won't be phased in the SLIGHTEST by the atmosphere of fighting away from home in front of 45,000 Klitschko fans in Germany.

Yes, he has only ever fought professionally a couple of km from his house in small halls and race course weigh in centres in Liverpool ...

BUT he did go out to Germany for Ringside once and watch Klitschko systematically dismantle an opponent.

You can't buy that kind of preparation

The Echo Arena "Small Hall"

[Deano s]

Id like price to fight and stop Mariusz Wach after he wins the longsdale belt outright in jan/feb against towers, then fight pulev later in the year then he will be ready for wlad in the winter 2013 that would be my preferd fights for him

Towers.
Wach.
Pulev.
World title

[rhino222]

Price v Helenius or Wach.

Please Mr Maloney.

[TheCobra]

Wach, Helenius, Chisora, Fury, Arreola, Chagaev, Povetkin.

Basically he needs to fight a few top 20-30 world heavyweights to have any realistic claims of fighting and beating a Klitschko.

[lillywhite14]

Pulev would be a very stiff test for Pricey.

I'm looking forward to seeing the big fella the ring with fighters of that level.

[SamWise72]

But does he deserve a Klitschko? Absolutely not. He's beating the sort of guys he needs to be meeting, but he needs at least a couple of meaningful wins before he should be anywhere near a title.

What do you mean by "deserve a Klitschko"? Do you mean beat up Tye Fields to earn a shot at Wlad (Mariusz Wach)? What about get past that behemoth Taras Bydenko - that was enough for Manuel Charr. Maybe he should lose to Tyson Fury and Robert Helenius (on paper) like Del boy did?

This idea that shots are "earned" is as dated as concepts such as one title per division, drug free boxing and Ian John Lewis as a competent official.

I'm not saying he won't get a shot, I'm just saying there's no real justification for it, and I wouldn't want to see it til he's beaten someone meaningful (Pulev, an in shape Chagaev, etc etc)