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Christian Hammer (21-4, 12 KOs) may have finished the career of former British/Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price (21-4, 18 KOs) in stopping him in the 7th round on Friday night at the Olympian in London, England. Hammer teed off a badly out of shape 33-year-old Price until the referee Phil Edwards halted the fight with him still on his feet. The official time of the stoppage was at 1:22 of round 7.

Price was totally gassed out from the 4th round. Price knocked Hammer down in round five with a right uppercut to the head. However, Price exhausted himself with the energy he expended trying to get the knockout.

It was clear that Price had nothing left in the tank at the end of round 6 when he bent over against the ropes and took a free right hand shot from Hammer. Price was so tired that he couldn’t even defend himself. After the round ended, Hammer hit Price with a late shot. Price followed up with a right of his own, but it looked like it was thrown more out of disgust with his own performance during that round rather than in retaliation. Price looked disgusted with himself.

There was nothing wrong with Price’s punching power. He looked very strong when he was throwing his right hands. What he didn’t have was the stamina for him to fight hard long enough to put Hammer away. The thing is, Hammer looked badly out of shape at 264lbs. He was there to be beaten by Price if he’d been able to put his punches together to finish off. It’s just that he didn’t have the stamina to do anything.

Price got the better of Hammer in rounds one through four. Hammer appeared to hurt Price in round 3 with a right uppercut to the head, but it was still a Price round. He got the better of the action.

What’s hard to understand was how out of shape Price looked in the fight. He weighed 275lbs at the weigh-in on Friday, which is 30 pounds heavier than what he used to weigh during his best years. Price had been in the 270s since coming back from his 2nd round knockout loss to Erkan Teper in 2015.

It’s unclear why Price didn’t take the weight off to get back to the 240s, because that was clearly his best weight for him. Was it a lack of discipline or did Price really believe that he fights better in the 270s. After tonight, it’s painfully obvious that Price doesn’t have the conditioning for him to be fighting in the 270s. If Price is going to continue his boxing career, then he’s going to need to get his weight back down to the 240s and hope that he can turn things around. Personally, I don’t see Price having the chin or the gas tank for him to come back from this loss.

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Everyone wants Price to retire now, but he could continue as a high level gatekeeper of sorts--or better yet, get paid as sparring practice for anyone going up against one of the many super-tall heavies.

Like you said, his punching power is there, his offense is there. It doesn't matter that he can't take a punch. He'd be great defensive work for anyone training for Fury, Joshua, Klitschko, Wilder...and others coming down the pike.

If you can't beat 'em....help train their opponents!

Fergus is probably mystified by this result

Are you surprised?? Predicted this as soon as it was announced. Price is total crap, with no engine whatsoever, and even less of a chin! Hope he retires but hope he resists suicide.

Saturday 4 February 2017
Olympia, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
commission: British Boxing Board of Control
promoter: Richard Poxon (Poxon Sports)
matchmaker: Matt Clark (Xcite Fight Promotions), Philippe Fondu (World Sport Promotions), John Ingle
tickets: 01925 755222

Heavyweight
Christian Hammer 20 4 0
vs
David Price 21 3 0
WBO European heavyweight title

Hammer stopped Price
Hammer down once in R5
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FULL CARD HIGHLIGHTS HERE:
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ENJOY!!

His legs always lose him the fight. He's finished

SportsRatings wrote:Everyone wants Price to retire now, but he could continue as a high level gatekeeper of sorts--or better yet, get paid as sparring practice for anyone going up against one of the many super-tall heavies.

Like you said, his punching power is there, his offense is there. It doesn't matter that he can't take a punch. He'd be great defensive work for anyone training for Fury, Joshua, Klitschko, Wilder...and others coming down the pike.

If you can't beat 'em....help train their opponents!

Not really, the gameplan to beat him now is clear because of his flaws, and given he has yet to win beyond domestic level, "high level" is very questionable. Maybe he'd be fine as a sparring partner, but I doubt he'd make a great living, he wouldn't offer much beyond being big in emulating any of them, and he's not the only big guy.

Price has always been fragile. His chin (for a big man is crap). But, more to the point, he lacks HEART and when in trouble, he just backs up and doesn't show any movement. Pretty awful for a paid sportsman.

He just doesn't have the mentality, gassing that quickly is nerves.

Maybe Price can reinvent himself and lose 30 pounds and get in good shape. It wasn't his chin that lost him that fight it was exhaustion.

But the 275 pound Price was supposed to be a reinvention of the 245 pound Price who was KO'd three times. I would think this is it for him, but, then again, he looked finished after the second Thompson loss yet still managed to be favoured over Teper and Hammer. Maybe if he knocks over a couple more journeymen people will be right back into the 'He can KO anyone he hits' stuff.

x2x wrote:Maybe Price can reinvent himself and lose 30 pounds and get in good shape. It wasn't his chin that lost him that fight it was exhaustion.

He's done. Who will he fight? He's British level at best and another Audley Harrison.

crusader wrote:But the 275 pound Price was supposed to be a reinvention of the 245 pound Price who was KO'd three times. ...

Yeah that's right. I forgot about that. Oh well...

Does he do roadwork at all? If he does it sure doesn't show.

x2x wrote:Maybe Price can reinvent himself and lose 30 pounds and get in good shape. It wasn't his chin that lost him that fight it was exhaustion.

I don't think there's any reinventing himself at this point. He's looked uninspiring for years.

gilgamesh wrote:

x2x wrote:Maybe Price can reinvent himself and lose 30 pounds and get in good shape. It wasn't his chin that lost him that fight it was exhaustion.

I don't think there's any reinventing himself at this point. He's looked uninspiring for years.

He doesn't even punch that hard.

Loki wrote:

x2x wrote:Maybe Price can reinvent himself and lose 30 pounds and get in good shape. It wasn't his chin that lost him that fight it was exhaustion.

He's done. Who will he fight? He's British level at best and another Audley Harrison.

Wilder will fight him.

boxing_rocks wrote:

Loki wrote:

x2x wrote:Maybe Price can reinvent himself and lose 30 pounds and get in good shape. It wasn't his chin that lost him that fight it was exhaustion.

He's done. Who will he fight? He's British level at best and another Audley Harrison.

Wilder will fight him.

No way. He hits too hard.

How could someone 6,2 beat someone 6.8.

There's a lot more to boxing than height

Huh? It says Hammer has another title fight against "tba" next month.

crusader wrote:There's a lot more to boxing than height

Yea mate I was just joking given recent "enlightened" posts.

I think the BoxRec schedule is probably inaccurate....I doubt he fights for at least a couple more months. He will likely have a good WBO ranking and be in contention for a shot at the Parker-Fury winner.

lazboy wrote:

crusader wrote:There's a lot more to boxing than height

Yea mate I was just joking given recent "enlightened" posts.

Ah, I see

lazboy wrote:How could someone 6,2 beat someone 6.8.