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Announced on the undercard for the Eubanks Jr fight! Everyone's thoughts on it?

Happy with this.

Hammer coming off a win v Teper as well

Very good fight. Hammer is a tough guy.

Ideal fight for Price. Hammer has a name of sorts but has zero power himself, is small and easy to hit. Price can look good against him, potentially! He needs to come out and put it on him and try to make a statement. Last thing he wants is going late in this fight.

Decent fight for Price but this probably could've happened a year ago,Price's career has no momentum whatsoever

I think I'm maybe gonna have to throw the towel in and admit David Price will not be the next Wladimir Klitschko

Got to be Prices last chance. Lose this its back to the scaffolding.

Hammer isn't very good but does Price actually have any confidence left at this point? If Price does that nervous pawing thing all night and is afraid to throw shots I would pick someone way further down the rankings (whatever rankings are worth at heavy these days) than Hammer to beat him.

Great matchmaking by Team Price.

He's got every opportunity to win this fight and get a big fight on the back of it.

samwbr wrote:Got to be Prices last chance. Lose this its back to the scaffolding.

A bit harsh to execute him for losing.

lillywhite14 wrote:Ideal fight for Price. Hammer has a name of sorts but has zero power himself, is small and easy to hit. Price can look good against him, potentially! He needs to come out and put it on him and try to make a statement. Last thing he wants is going late in this fight.

This.

handsofstone wrote:Decent fight for Price but this probably could've happened a year ago,Price's career has no momentum whatsoever

I think I'm maybe gonna have to throw the towel in and admit David Price will not be the next Wladimir Klitschko

Pessimist

Hammer is not particularly good and probably won't be capable of sparking Price out so in that sense he's a tailor-made opponent. However, where does Price go after he wins this? I just cannot see how they are going to step him up and avoid history repeating itself there are some fundamental weaknesses there. Best they match him very carefully and position him for one big cash out fight against a belt holder...

chinarich wrote:Hammer is not particularly good and probably won't be capable of sparking Price out so in that sense he's a tailor-made opponent. However, where does Price go after he wins this? I just cannot see how they are going to step him up and avoid history repeating itself there are some fundamental weaknesses there. Best they match him very carefully and position him for one big cash out fight against a belt holder...

It's a good fight though. It would be Price's best win and they've obviously realised they have to actually beat at least one top 20 type guy to get a shot at some kind of world title. Loose and its over but this and another similar win and he'll probably get a shot and a decent pay day

chinarich wrote:Hammer is not particularly good and probably won't be capable of sparking Price out

You are overestimating Price's chin.

Riddick Blowe wrote:Hammer isn't very good but does Price actually have any confidence left at this point? If Price does that nervous pawing thing all night and is afraid to throw shots I would pick someone way further down the rankings (whatever rankings are worth at heavy these days) than Hammer to beat him.

The pawing! It's so frustrating to watch... All he needs to do is pump the jab out follow it with the straight right and most guys won't be able to get near him. Instead he paws a bit and then drifts into his opponents punching range... and gets knocked out.

Dixonian wrote:

Riddick Blowe wrote:Hammer isn't very good but does Price actually have any confidence left at this point? If Price does that nervous pawing thing all night and is afraid to throw shots I would pick someone way further down the rankings (whatever rankings are worth at heavy these days) than Hammer to beat him.

The pawing! It's so frustrating to watch... All he needs to do is pump the jab out follow it with the straight right and most guys won't be able to get near him. Instead he paws a bit and then drifts into his opponents punching range... and gets knocked out.

Thing is, people tend to confuse having long arms and height with being able to have a great jab! He's never had even a good jab so he's not suddenly going to start popping it out like a tall Larry Holmes, he doesn't have the timing or talent needed for a great jab, it's only ever been a range finder. For such a big man he fights small. His head is virtually resting on his own chest at times!

chinarich wrote:Hammer is not particularly good and probably won't be capable of sparking Price out so in that sense he's a tailor-made opponent. However, where does Price go after he wins this? I just cannot see how they are going to step him up and avoid history repeating itself there are some fundamental weaknesses there. Best they match him very carefully and position him for one big cash out fight against a belt holder...

Assuming he beats Hammer? Why not throw a few quid Charles Martin's way? Nice angle to that one obviously. If Price could beat both in good fashion he can bring up the Fury/Joshua fights against the same opponents. Certainly better than the ammo he is using now ( 'sparring, sparring, I'm big, er, I'm English? Er, er....' ) to try and land a big fight.

lillywhite14 wrote:

chinarich wrote:Hammer is not particularly good and probably won't be capable of sparking Price out so in that sense he's a tailor-made opponent. However, where does Price go after he wins this? I just cannot see how they are going to step him up and avoid history repeating itself there are some fundamental weaknesses there. Best they match him very carefully and position him for one big cash out fight against a belt holder...

Assuming he beats Hammer? Why not throw a few quid Charles Martin's way? Nice angle to that one obviously. If Price could beat both in good fashion he can bring up the Fury/Joshua fights against the same opponents. Certainly better than the ammo he is using now ( 'sparring, sparring, I'm big, er, I'm English? Er, er....' ) to try and land a big fight.

Charles is too busy burning the crack pipe at both ends judging by his last video

lillywhite14 wrote:

Dixonian wrote:

Riddick Blowe wrote:Hammer isn't very good but does Price actually have any confidence left at this point? If Price does that nervous pawing thing all night and is afraid to throw shots I would pick someone way further down the rankings (whatever rankings are worth at heavy these days) than Hammer to beat him.

The pawing! It's so frustrating to watch... All he needs to do is pump the jab out follow it with the straight right and most guys won't be able to get near him. Instead he paws a bit and then drifts into his opponents punching range... and gets knocked out.

Thing is, people tend to confuse having long arms and height with being able to have a great jab! He's never had even a good jab so he's not suddenly going to start popping it out like a tall Larry Holmes, he doesn't have the timing or talent needed for a great jab, it's only ever been a range finder. For such a big man he fights small. His head is virtually resting on his own chest at times!

True but he could at least use a jab!

fizzjambo wrote:

chinarich wrote:Hammer is not particularly good and probably won't be capable of sparking Price out so in that sense he's a tailor-made opponent. However, where does Price go after he wins this? I just cannot see how they are going to step him up and avoid history repeating itself there are some fundamental weaknesses there. Best they match him very carefully and position him for one big cash out fight against a belt holder...

It's a good fight though. It would be Price's best win and they've obviously realised they have to actually beat at least one top 20 type guy to get a shot at some kind of world title. Loose and its over but this and another similar win and he'll probably get a shot and a decent pay day

Hammer not a top 20 guy though.

world ranked wrote:Hammer not a top 20 guy though.

Yes, he is.

Probably the best matchmaking made for a career going nowhere. Could've happened sooner. Fair play though

Stuarty30 wrote:

lillywhite14 wrote:

chinarich wrote:Hammer is not particularly good and probably won't be capable of sparking Price out so in that sense he's a tailor-made opponent. However, where does Price go after he wins this? I just cannot see how they are going to step him up and avoid history repeating itself there are some fundamental weaknesses there. Best they match him very carefully and position him for one big cash out fight against a belt holder...

Assuming he beats Hammer? Why not throw a few quid Charles Martin's way? Nice angle to that one obviously. If Price could beat both in good fashion he can bring up the Fury/Joshua fights against the same opponents. Certainly better than the ammo he is using now ( 'sparring, sparring, I'm big, er, I'm English? Er, er....' ) to try and land a big fight.

Charles is too busy burning the crack pipe at both ends judging by his last video

Martin is seriously mentally ill. There's plenty of 'rants' and weird selfie videos floating around and the kid has absolutely lost the plot and looks like he's dangerous to be around. For all the talk about Tyson Fury's supposed bi-polar, Martin looks like the real deal.

world ranked wrote:

fizzjambo wrote:

chinarich wrote:Hammer is not particularly good and probably won't be capable of sparking Price out so in that sense he's a tailor-made opponent. However, where does Price go after he wins this? I just cannot see how they are going to step him up and avoid history repeating itself there are some fundamental weaknesses there. Best they match him very carefully and position him for one big cash out fight against a belt holder...

It's a good fight though. It would be Price's best win and they've obviously realised they have to actually beat at least one top 20 type guy to get a shot at some kind of world title. Loose and its over but this and another similar win and he'll probably get a shot and a decent pay day

Hammer not a top 20 guy though.

He didn't say he is top 20, but a top 20 type of guy. I think that's fair. It's not easy to pick a bonafide top 20. It's probably more of a case of there being 30 odd fighters who could feasibly sneak in a top 20 and it wouldn't be too outrageous. He's one of them.

Well, I'm sorry, but I expect Hammer to win this one by KO in round 6 ish.