By Scott Gilfoid: Britain’s David Price (16-2, 14 KO’s) already has a fight date lined up next month on March 8th at the Max Schmeling Halle, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. Sauerland Events has the 6’8″ Price scheduled for an 8 round fight against an opponent that is still to be determined. Price will be fighting on the undercard of IBF cruiserweight Yoan Pablo Hernandez’s next title defense, but interestingly enough, Price will be the co-feature bout.
That doesn’t mean necessarily that he’ll be fighting anyone with talent, because a lot of fights that occur in Germany involving heavyweights are hopefully one-sided mismatches, and surprisingly the fans seem to not mind watching them.
Price demolished Istvan Ruzsinszky in the 1st round on Jan. 25th last month in his first bout for Sauerland, and it was such a bad mismatch. Price dropped the guy with the first right hand he threw, and the fight was then over even though Ruzsinszky beat the count and appeared to be okay. If this is the type of opposition that Price will be fighting until he gets a title shot, then I feel sorry for him, because he’s not going to be ready for someone like Chris Arreola, Bermane Stiverne, Deontay Wilder or Wladimir Klitschko with this kind of matchmaking.
Price fully realizes that he needs to be facing better opposition than in his last fight. Price said “I am hoping for a bit more resistance this time. I’d like to get a bit more ring time so I can show everyone what I have been working on and what I’m capable of.”
Well, if what we saw from Price last January was any indication of what he’s been working on with his German promoters, then I think he needs to go back to the drawing board, because he looked God awful from start to finish. Price’s jab was like a wet noodle, lacking any kind of power or snap on it. On top of that, Price looked like he had no confidence at all, and he just had the appearance of someone that was scared. He moved around the ring like he was trudging through foot deep snow, and he was so upright and hittable.
Price showed his same old bad habit of throwing his jabs while standing two close to his opponent. At 6’8″, Price should be able to stand far on the outside and jab his opposition into submission. But instead of going that, he gets within range of their punches, and throws jabs without getting the proper spacing. It looks incredibly strange looking, and I can’t figure out why Price does this. Picture in your mind someone getting as close as possible to his opponent and then throwing a jab, and that’s what you have with Price. I guess that’s something he won’t be changing, because if I was his German promoter, I’d have broken him of this habit by now.
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