Price thinks Fury’s management is keeping the fight from getting made

By Boxing News - 02/19/2013 - Comments

price45By Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweight champion David Price (15-0, 13 KO’s) says he wants to fight Tyson Fury (20-0, 14 KO’s) now because he doesn’t see their fight getting much bigger before they fight for a world title. Price thinks Fury wants the fight, but his management around him is keeping him from taking the fight.

Price said to Sky Sports “It’s the people around him [Fury]. They’ve got the brains and they are thinking ‘David Price is a big puncher and a dangerous opponent, this could end very quickly.’ I think it’s down to them.”

Price believes Fury’s management is waiting until fight is potentially bigger, which does make a lot of sense. But neither of those guys is going to be fighting for world titles in 2013, and it may take a good portion of 2014 until one or both of them fight for a world title.

The Klitschkos can drag it out for long periods of time if they want to, so Price and Fury are going to have a lot of time on their hands before they do fight for a world title. Price will be 30, and going on 31 by the time he fights for a world title. I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t get a shot until he’s 31.

That’s why it’s such a tragedy that Price keeps fighting these older heavyweights like the 41-year-old Tony Thompson, who Price will be fighting this Saturday night at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK.

If Price would step it up against better competition instead of facing 40-year-olds over and over again, he might get ranked higher and get a title shot faster. But that’s the price you pay when you’re matched softly. It makes it easy for a world champion to ignore you because you’re not ranked high enough.

Price and Fury have been going back and forth so long that I don’t take much of what they say seriously anymore. I think Fury’s team will never agree to face Price, and if they did say yes, I think Price’s team wouldn’t take the fight.



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