Sexton needs to go headhunting against Price on 5/19

By Boxing News - 04/26/2012 - Comments

Image: Sexton needs to go headhunting against Price on 5/19By William Mackay: It kind of goes without saying that former Commonwealth heavyweight champion Sam Sexton (15-2, 6 KO’s) doesn’t have much of a chance of beating the hard hitting and much bigger David Price (12-0, 10 KO’s) next month in their fight for the vacant British heavyweight title at the Aintree Equestrian Centre, in Liverpool, England.

Sexton, 27, isn’t a big puncher and has a weak chin. That means he’s got little chance of beating the 28-year-old Price unless he takes some chances early and really swings for the fences before Price has gotten a full head of steam.

Luckily for Sexton, Price has a vulnerable chin and can be taken out if you give him some big smacks, as we saw in his amateur days when he fought a couple of big punchers. For Sexton to get Price out of there, he’s going to have to forget about trying to box the guy and instead focus on unloading on him when Price is trying to mow him down early in the fight.

Price doesn’t seem to know how to back off and just box, so it’s a doable for Sexton to knock Price out if he puts everything into his shots and really comes at him hard and fast in the first round.

Price is all arms, and he needs the fight to be fought at a slower pace on the outside. He’s like a taller version of Ronald Hearns. The way to fight Hearns is to blitz him all out in the 1st round to take him out. You can’t let him fight on the inside to peck away with his right hands and left hooks, because he’ll bruise you and maybe even KO you if the fight takes place like that.

This is why Sexton needs to look to tear Price’s head off early by loading up with everything. John McDermott was able to land his shots in the first round against Price. The problem is he was so slow and so weak of chin, that Price was still able to take him out early in only one round. That was because McDermott didn’t fight the right fight. He could have fought better but he didn’t attack Price hard enough and let him dictate the action from the outside.



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