Price: I don’t think Fury has the talent to win a world title against the Klitschkos

By Boxing News - 02/23/2013 - Comments

fury6556By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated British heavyweight champion David Price (15-0, 13 KO’s) says he’d like to get a fight over with between him and unbeaten British heavyweight Tyson Fury (20-0, 14 KO’s) sooner rather than later because he only sees it worthy of being a domestic level scrap rather than a battle between two world level contenders.

Price says he doesn’t see the 6’9” Fury as having the talent to win a heavyweight world title, and because of that he wants to fight Fury now while he’s still facing mostly domestic level opposition.

Price said to Sky Sports “I don’t think Fury is going to win a world title against the Klitschkos. I just don’t think he’s got the capabilities. I think it’s [a fight between him and Fury] just worthy of a domestic level super fight.”

I totally agree with Price. I don’t see Fury as having the talent to beat the Klitschkos either, but I’ll go one further. I don’t think Fury has the talent to defeat the other top heavyweights in the division such as Alexander Povetkin, Kubrat Pulev, Chris Arreola, Bermane Stiverne, Magomed Abdusalamov, Bryant Jennings or Deontay Wilder. Those guys will test Fury’s chin and find it wanting.

It’s definitely better for Price to face Fury while he’s still messing around with domestic level competition because when Price eventually moves up to world class opposition at some point in the future, he’s going to be facing a lot more serious competition than what he’d be getting from the slapping Fury.

We’re talking about guys that have the power to take Price out just like Roberto Cammarelle did in the Olympics, and Fury doesn’t have that power. It would be good for Price to face Fury while Fury is still undefeated because he once he faces his first quality opponent, likely Pulev, Fury will lose that fight and then the interest in a Price-Fury fight will drop off considerably.

Fury will be fighting next on April 20th against Steve Cunningham in New York. This isn’t a dangerous for Fury, and the fight proves nothing about what will happen when Fury faces someone like Wladimir Klitschko. A win over Cunningham will only show that Fury can beat a cruiserweight that he outweighs by 50 pounds.



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