What's Next For Price?

[el_grande_mauro_mina]

Its amazing how many people are finding so many faults with Price, yet nobody saw it coming.

You are joking - you must have me on ignore!

[Horse]

Its amazing how many people are finding so many faults with Price, yet nobody saw it coming.

Plenty of people have said they think Price has a dodgy chin before the Thompson fight.

Prices chin is no worse than Wlads, needs to develop a spiteful jab and a long game mentality.

Price's chin seems worse than Wladimir's.

[Horse]

I don't think he's chinny. It was an awkward shot that clearly damaged his ear.

How can people still think Price isn't chinny?

[rhino222]

Prices next fight should be decent domestic level, chisora would be good. Keep away from gatekeepers like helenius etc. Ifchisora beats price then hang up the gloves, dell boy is a decent fighter but not a great boxer nor concussive puncher.suddenly price needs fury, but
Price is now a level below fury, like it or not!

[Wales]

Its amazing how many people are finding so many faults with Price, yet nobody saw it coming.

Plenty of people have said they think Price has a dodgy chin before the Thompson fight.

Prices chin is no worse than Wlads, needs to develop a spiteful jab and a long game mentality.

Price's chin seems worse than Wladimir's.

How many of thise people picked thompson to win, i dont recall seeing anyone picking tony, althouh ive not been on here much.

Cant say, wladamir makes a living off not being hit. He rarely throws a punch until his opponent has been smashed with a jab for 4-5 rounds. Hard to judge.

[Wales]

Have had a look back and quite a few say price may be chinny, but havent seen anyone pick thompson (not saying it didnt happen).

Price is now high risk low reward. Do feel for the guy. Seems a nice fella, but then that counts for nothing.

[Horse]

I suppose it depends on your definition of "chinny", Horse. Have a read of my post on the "chinny" topic, if you want. In my view, there is a valid argument that last night's result does not demonstrate Price's level of chin resillience one way or the other.

The evidence from his amateur career suggested he was chinny. Now the fairly weak looking punch Thompson stopped him with adds even more evidence.

If Price demonstrated a sturdy chin in the amateurs, then I might give Price the benefit of the doubt and say his latest stoppage might just be a lucky punch which doesn't indicate a weak chin, but that isn't the case.

All the evidence suggests that Price has a glass jaw.

[dbf]

Thompson looked fairly dreadful last and landed a clumsy on the ear shot. He was going to get knocked out. He was fat and slow. Price on the other hand was looking sharp, patient and calm.

It shows real naivety, and a lack of experience and knowledge to believe that last nights defeat somehow proves he is chinny. If he got caught with a lacklustre left hand on the chin and went down and wobbled all over the shop, then yes I would agree he was chinny.

You could see his balance was fucked when he tried to get up, nothing like when Khans rolled into the back of his head against Prescott or Maccarinelli doing the Zab Judah jig against Haye.

He will be back and hopefully prove a lot of boxing fans wrong.

[el_grande_mauro_mina]

Thompson looked fairly dreadful last and landed a clumsy on the ear shot. He was going to get knocked out. He was fat and slow. Price on the other hand was looking sharp, patient and calm.

It shows real naivety, and a lack of experience and knowledge to believe that last nights defeat somehow proves he is chinny. If he got caught with a lacklustre left hand on the chin and went down and wobbled all over the shop, then yes I would agree he was chinny.

You could see his balance was fucked when he tried to get up, nothing like when Khans rolled into the back of his head against Prescott or Maccarinelli doing the Zab Judah jig against Haye.

He will be back and hopefully prove a lot of boxing fans wrong.

Oh come one Daniel! Do you think we have come down with the last shower?

Look back at his amateur career for proof - as Horse said - freak shots happen but in
this particular case, his defeat is backed on to all the other times he has been stopped, nearly
knocked out and dropped - Mr Pedigree gave the number as 21 times when he was an amateur -
that is a very high percentage of getting decked and/or stopped for someone who is not meant
to be chinny.

What happened when he was an amateur - when he stepped up, he got in to trouble more often than not. So what he needs is to change his style where he becomes more of a defensive counterpuncher ala Wlad. Except Price doesn't have the nous, the speed or even Wlad's durability to get where he wants to go. I think he has done marvellous to have won the British and Commonwealth titles to be honest, but he aint going any further.

[Wales]

Thompson looked fairly dreadful last and landed a clumsy on the ear shot. He was going to get knocked out. He was fat and slow. Price on the other hand was looking sharp, patient and calm.

It shows real naivety, and a lack of experience and knowledge to believe that last nights defeat somehow proves he is chinny. If he got caught with a lacklustre left hand on the chin and went down and wobbled all over the shop, then yes I would agree he was chinny.

You could see his balance was fucked when he tried to get up, nothing like when Khans rolled into the back of his head against Prescott or Maccarinelli doing the Zab Judah jig against Haye.

He will be back and hopefully prove a lot of boxing fans wrong.

What about the other evidence of him being chinny?

If thompson looked dreadful and price looked sharp, patient and calm how come thompson won?

If you think that shot was type of shot that ends a the night of a heavyweight fighter with a sturdy chin then its you showing a lack of knowledge. It wasnt that good a shot, but completley took him out.

[Cap]

I was shocked to see Price go down from that cuff on the side of the head, but it's possible it really did land on a soft spot and unbalanced the big fellow. Price needs to do what Klitschko did. Go back to the drawing board and work on his jab and his defence. In the second round he had Thompson on the ropes and was wailing on him, leaving the whole left-side of his face exposed. If Thompson had been sharper he would have nailed Price then.

Cap

[jamesmcdonnell]

The fact this was high on the head, is very redolent of Herbie Hide, almost every time he got clipped around the top of the head, down he went, happened against Vitali K and also Bowe, and once he was hurt, he never recovered. If anything this is even worse, one single shot, and Price was totally gone, you really cannot hope to be a top heavyweight with such poor powers of recovery.

Price will learn to tighten the defence, and he will use the jab more, but at some point, against top flight fighters, you have to be able to take a shot. People called Lewis chinny, but he took bombs off of Mercer and eat solid shots from many top heavyweights and was only ever stopped by absolutely huge shots.

Price is badly hampered, and he will come undone at top level many times.

A shame as he has everything else except the ability to hold a shot and good powers of recovery.

[the truth]

Suppose there's always plumbing?

[CiganoBoxer]

Suppose there's always plumbing?

[elephant man]

He can't take a shot. All this "It's heavyweight boxing, one punch can change everything" annoys me. He was on the deck multiple times when wearing headgear. He was caught by a glancing blow that had him looking like Bambi on ice. Maloney knows his punch resistance is crap, he's always known it. That's why he's been facing the likes of Skelton, Harrison and Dallas. They thought that Tony was washed up, only here for the cheque and would be another easy KO victim.
Any opponent who can get to him can stop him. He will be stopped again soon enough. He has had these defensive flaws for years and still not corrected them. Won't change now.

[polecateddy]

It's probably just as well a lot of the euro fighters dominating the scene aren't huge punchers. Still a perforated ear drum would screw your balance when you're 6'9''. I remember Mickey Ward being all over the shop in the third Gatti fight with the same thing.

[lillywhite14]

Its amazing how many people are finding so many faults with Price, yet nobody saw it coming. Agree with miss Nield. Prices chin is no worse than Wlads, needs to develop a spiteful jab and a long game mentality.

Safety first.

As a side, khan price similarities? Excellent offensively, poor in the whisker department.

There were a few on here who always had reservations about Pricey's chin.

It's a bit of a myth that Wlad has virtually zero punch resistance.

I have never seen Wlad on chicken legs to the extent David was after taking that mild looking punch from Thompson. Wlads loss to Sanders was the only time I think he lost due to chin issues ( although getting tagged flush numerous times by a banger like Sanders wont help! ) The other two were stamina related. He was gassed against Puritty and Brewster, where it looked like he could barely stand after 5 rounds. Too much loading up. He looked vulnerable against Peter too.
Not sure Wlad had the troubles Price did as an am either. David's chin issues go way back in his am days.

It could be a bit late in the day to develop a spiteful jab. Price has always been fairly easy to hit, especially given the physical advantages he holds over almost every opponent.

[CiganoBoxer]

He can't take a shot. All this "It's heavyweight boxing, one punch can change everything" annoys me. He was on the deck multiple times when wearing headgear. He was caught by a glancing blow that had him looking like Bambi on ice. Maloney knows his punch resistance is crap, he's always known it. That's why he's been facing the likes of Skelton, Harrison and Dallas. They thought that Tony was washed up, only here for the cheque and would be another easy KO victim.
Any opponent who can get to him can stop him. He will be stopped again soon enough. He has had these defensive flaws for years and still not corrected them. Won't change now.

This is one of the best posts on the thread

[ArtOfWar]

6 months on the sidelines is what it will be and then he'll probably come back against a can. These guy's move slow when their winning, it all grinds to a hault when they lose.

Frank Maloney was taken ill, because he realised how much money had just gone down the shitter with this result. That's what happens when you sit on a golden egg to long.

The Fury fight should have been made. Now Team Price have got to pick up the pieces and have probably lost about a year of moving forward.

Get Tony Thompson back over. Price is 29 and hasn't got time to f**k about.

[danconnollyeire]

He can't take a shot. All this "It's heavyweight boxing, one punch can change everything" annoys me. He was on the deck multiple times when wearing headgear. He was caught by a glancing blow that had him looking like Bambi on ice. Maloney knows his punch resistance is crap, he's always known it. That's why he's been facing the likes of Skelton, Harrison and Dallas. They thought that Tony was washed up, only here for the cheque and would be another easy KO victim.
Any opponent who can get to him can stop him. He will be stopped again soon enough. He has had these defensive flaws for years and still not corrected them. Won't change now.

This is one of the best posts on the thread

Are you Phil Fury?

[CARLING]

Gonna be difficult to match Price for a while. A new trainer and a new defensive style ought to be top of the list though.

[Wa1nuts]

Mr Pedigree sounds distinctly like Tyson Fury.

[CiganoBoxer]

He can't take a shot. All this "It's heavyweight boxing, one punch can change everything" annoys me. He was on the deck multiple times when wearing headgear. He was caught by a glancing blow that had him looking like Bambi on ice. Maloney knows his punch resistance is crap, he's always known it. That's why he's been facing the likes of Skelton, Harrison and Dallas. They thought that Tony was washed up, only here for the cheque and would be another easy KO victim.
Any opponent who can get to him can stop him. He will be stopped again soon enough. He has had these defensive flaws for years and still not corrected them. Won't change now.

This is one of the best posts on the thread

Are you Phil Fury?

WTF has it got to do with a sap like u ?

[Coco]

Mr Pedigree's spelling is far better than Tyson Fury's twitter so I def think they are different people.

[CiganoBoxer]

Mr Pedigree's spelling is far better than Tyson Fury's twitter so I def think they are different people.

thanks for that mate...i think