Price will face Chisora in 2013 if he can get past Tony Thompson in rematch on July 6th

By Boxing News - 03/28/2013 - Comments

price50By Scott Gilfoid: If British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price (15-1, 13 KO’s) can get past 6’5” Tony Thompson (37-3, 25 KO’s) in their rematch on July 6th, Price will then defend his domestic level straps against Dereck Chisora (15-4, 9 KO’s) this year.

The Price-Chisora fight also hinges upon Chisora getting past Ondrej Pala (32-3, 22 KO’s) on April 20th on the Nathan Cleverly vs. Robin Krasniqi card at the Wembley Arena in London, UK. At this point in his career Chisora can’t take any wins for granted because he hasn’t won a fight in two years. That’s pretty sad, but true.

Why Price would want to waste his time fighting Chisora if he can get past Thompson is the big question. Isn’t that kind of a reverse move for Price in terms of his career growth? Thompson is a world ranked contender, whereas Chisora is just a domestic level fighter that is quickly heading for journeyman status with his four losses in his last five fights.

I honestly don’t see the logic in Price facing Chisora after Thompson. It seems to me that Price should be facing Chisora now, as a tune-up, confidence builder for him. Going from the hard fight to an easy fight seems kind of like a stupid career move.

Thompson and Price will be facing each other once again at the Echo Arena, where they fought last February with Price getting laid out in two rounds by the 41-year-old Thompson.

I know Thompson has got to be wondering why on earth Price is interested in putting his neck on the line again when he got it chopped off last time. I mean, when a fighter is blasted out the way that Price was against Thompson, they tend to want to look for safer pastures to tend their grass.

It’s not exactly the smartest thing for Price to be putting his glass chin back in with the guy that just smashed it last month. We could see Thompson knock Price out for a second time, and pretty much end what’s left of his once promising career. I’m sure Price wouldn’t retire after Thompson knocks him out again, but he might as well because the writing will be on the line at that point.

I think Chisora is all wrong for Price. If Price gets past Thompson, I think he’s going to be big trouble against Chisora because he’s not likely to KO the guy like David Haye did, and that means he’s going to have to take an occasional bomb in every round. I can’t see Price lasting long with Chisora hitting him hard in each round.



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