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ldlamb wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 19:36 There are 20 fights a week that are more one sided.

keirw wrote: ↑29 Mar 2018, 06:08 Price seems like a decent guy and although it would be nice to see him get at least one good win in his career, I can't help but worry that if he wins this it could put him in line to face either Joshua or Wilder.

They would be closer to public executions than fights, and nobody wants to see that.

But then the chances of Price even coming close to winning on saturday are about as slim as it gets. So I probably shouldn't worry too much.

HeavyHitters wrote: ↑29 Mar 2018, 12:30 I hear they are allowing Price to go in wearing headgear, so the fight may last 2 or 3 rounds.

Thomastearns wrote: ↑29 Mar 2018, 18:35

keirw wrote: ↑29 Mar 2018, 06:08 Price seems like a decent guy and although it would be nice to see him get at least one good win in his career, I can't help but worry that if he wins this it could put him in line to face either Joshua or Wilder.

They would be closer to public executions than fights, and nobody wants to see that.

But then the chances of Price even coming close to winning on saturday are about as slim as it gets. So I probably shouldn't worry too much.

Sad, but true. This fight works for Povetkin, it works for Hearn, but it doesn't work for Price.
At this level, and in front of the whole world watching, this is a shocking mismatch. I hope this gets stopped as early as possible if David is in any trouble. We are here to watch a fight, not a ritual sacrifice.

There must be plenty of feather fisted opponents out there for David to rebuild his confidence against - Tyson Fury, Hughie Fury to name but two. Go back 5/6 years after he'd easily disposed of John McDermott (who gave Tyson Fury trouble twice), Audley Harrison, and Matt Skelton, all seemed to be going so well. The trouble was he wasn't learning much from those fights, and his flaws were not being shown up, let alone being worked upon.

He's still a relatively fresh 34 year old and this seems like an unnecessarily desperate attempt at a final throw of the dice. Yes his confidence has totally gone now but once upon a time his potential couldn't have been far short of Wladimir Klitschko's.

Luis Fernando12 wrote: ↑30 Mar 2018, 02:10

Thomastearns wrote: ↑29 Mar 2018, 18:35

keirw wrote: ↑29 Mar 2018, 06:08 Price seems like a decent guy and although it would be nice to see him get at least one good win in his career, I can't help but worry that if he wins this it could put him in line to face either Joshua or Wilder.

They would be closer to public executions than fights, and nobody wants to see that.

But then the chances of Price even coming close to winning on saturday are about as slim as it gets. So I probably shouldn't worry too much.

Sad, but true. This fight works for Povetkin, it works for Hearn, but it doesn't work for Price.
At this level, and in front of the whole world watching, this is a shocking mismatch. I hope this gets stopped as early as possible if David is in any trouble. We are here to watch a fight, not a ritual sacrifice.

There must be plenty of feather fisted opponents out there for David to rebuild his confidence against - Tyson Fury, Hughie Fury to name but two. Go back 5/6 years after he'd easily disposed of John McDermott (who gave Tyson Fury trouble twice), Audley Harrison, and Matt Skelton, all seemed to be going so well. The trouble was he wasn't learning much from those fights, and his flaws were not being shown up, let alone being worked upon.

He's still a relatively fresh 34 year old and this seems like an unnecessarily desperate attempt at a final throw of the dice. Yes his confidence has totally gone now but once upon a time his potential couldn't have been far short of Wladimir Klitschko's.

Alexander Povetkin vs Anthony Joshua is probably a bigger mismatch in my opinion in favor of the much bigger Anthony Joshua.

Alexander Povetkin is:

1) Extremely small for the current heavyweight division. Especially compared to the much taller, muscular and the physical specimen in Anthony Joshua

2) Extremely old, nearing age 40 and is 10 years older than the in-prime Anthony Joshua.

3) Has been in multiple tough fights and is becoming less and less durable from all the mileage and damage he has sustained from his past fights.


David Price, at least holds a significant size, height, reach, weight and probably also a power advantage over the much smaller and weaker Povetkin.

This fight looks more dangerous against Povetkin than vice versa. And I'm not even too confident that Povetkin will even win this. He may win by decision, or by late stoppage if Price gets tired in the later rounds. But Price is extremely dangerous for someone as small and weak as Povetkin

Mexi-Box wrote: ↑30 Mar 2018, 02:21

Luis Fernando12 wrote: ↑30 Mar 2018, 02:10

Thomastearns wrote: ↑29 Mar 2018, 18:35

Sad, but true. This fight works for Povetkin, it works for Hearn, but it doesn't work for Price.
At this level, and in front of the whole world watching, this is a shocking mismatch. I hope this gets stopped as early as possible if David is in any trouble. We are here to watch a fight, not a ritual sacrifice.

There must be plenty of feather fisted opponents out there for David to rebuild his confidence against - Tyson Fury, Hughie Fury to name but two. Go back 5/6 years after he'd easily disposed of John McDermott (who gave Tyson Fury trouble twice), Audley Harrison, and Matt Skelton, all seemed to be going so well. The trouble was he wasn't learning much from those fights, and his flaws were not being shown up, let alone being worked upon.

He's still a relatively fresh 34 year old and this seems like an unnecessarily desperate attempt at a final throw of the dice. Yes his confidence has totally gone now but once upon a time his potential couldn't have been far short of Wladimir Klitschko's.

Alexander Povetkin vs Anthony Joshua is probably a bigger mismatch in my opinion in favor of the much bigger Anthony Joshua.

Alexander Povetkin is:

1) Extremely small for the current heavyweight division. Especially compared to the much taller, muscular and the physical specimen in Anthony Joshua

2) Extremely old, nearing age 40 and is 10 years older than the in-prime Anthony Joshua.

3) Has been in multiple tough fights and is becoming less and less durable from all the mileage and damage he has sustained from his past fights.


David Price, at least holds a significant size, height, reach, weight and probably also a power advantage over the much smaller and weaker Povetkin.

This fight looks more dangerous against Povetkin than vice versa. And I'm not even too confident that Povetkin will even win this. He may win by decision, or by late stoppage if Price gets tired in the later rounds. But Price is extremely dangerous for someone as small and weak as Povetkin

Unless Povetkin ages dramatically, you are dreaming. Povetkin will give AJ hell. Only reason Klitschko made it look easy was because he cheated the entire fight. Any rational viewer could easily see that Klitschko deserved disqualification.

Luis Fernando12 wrote: ↑30 Mar 2018, 02:10 This fight looks more dangerous against Povetkin than vice versa. And I'm not even too confident that Povetkin will even win this. He may win by decision, or by late stoppage if Price gets tired in the later rounds. But Price is extremely dangerous for someone as small and weak as Povetkin