David Allen wants David Price on October 15

By Boxing News - 08/18/2016 - Comments

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By Scott Gilfoid: Domestic level heavyweight David Allen (9-1-1, 6 KOs) is hoping to lure former British/Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price (20-3, 17 KOs) to fight him on October 15 on the undercard of the Tony Bellew vs. BJ Flores card at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, UK. Price, 33, is already scheduled to fight on the Bellew-Flores card on that date, but he still doesn’t have an opponent scheduled.

The 24-year-old hard hitting Allen would like nothing better than to be the guy that faces the 6’8” Price on the October 15 card, because he believes he can knock him out him and ruin his dreams of fighting IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.

Price has recently started making a play to be the opponent for Joshua in November. Allen doesn’t think Price deserves a title shot against Joshua. He thinks Price is just looking to cash out with a big payday, because he doesn’t see him as having the heart for boxing.

“David Price is out on October 15 and that is one I am looking to take,” said Allen to skysports.com. “He’s got no chin. I don’t believe he’s got any heart for the game. I think he’s just cashing out for a Joshua fight.”

Allen is fighting next month on September 3 against Noureddine Meddoun (4-3, 4 KOs) in a six round confidence booster type fight. As long as Allen wins that fight and doesn’t get injured, he could be back against Price on October 15 if he’s willing to take the fight with him.

In his last fight against Dillian Whyte, Allen lost a one-sided 10 round unanimous decision on July 30 in Leeds. It was a pathetic performance from Allen, as he didn’t let his hands go in the fight, and he looked terrible. The only thing that you can commend Allen on in that fight was his ability to take Whyte’s best shots from his right hand without going down.

Whyte isn’t a big puncher with his right hand. It was his left hook that used to be his primary weapon in his arsenal. However, after injuring his left shoulder in 2015 and having surgery on it last December, Whyte hasn’t been able to regain the power that he once had with that arm. Allen was fortunate in that regard. If Whyte had his left shoulder back at 100%, he would have very likely taken Allen out in the first four round of the contest.

“I came out with a lot of positives and one of them might be getting David Price to man up and fight me because I tried to get him to fight before Dillian Whyte,” said Allen.

I hate to say it, but I think it’s extremely doubtful that Price will agree to fighting Allen. Despite the fact that Allen looked horrendous against Whyte, I think he would be pure poison for a fighter like Price. I mean, Allen could use the same weird economical approach to the Price fight that he used against Whyte, but all it would take is one hard shot from Allen, I think he’d have Price on the canvas.

Allen can definitely punch, and if he lands anything flush on the chin of Price, he would ruin his dreams of a fight against Joshua.

As much as I think Price doesn’t rate a fight against Joshua, I think we’re going to see that fight sooner or later if Price doesn’t get knocked out again. A fight like that is a classic move by Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn. With Price now ranked in the top 15 by the IBF and WBO, it would give Hearn any cover he would need to put together a fight between him and Joshua. Hearn could always tell the critics that Price was technically ranked #12 by the IBF and WBO.

That’s why I can’t see Price’s promoters taking any risks with him by putting him in with a live body with a lukewarm temperature, because he’s probably going to get his title shot against Joshua just by fighting 2nd tier fodder opposition. Price’s last opponent, Vaclav Pejsar, is a fighter that a lot of boxing fans have never heard of before fighting him. Price looked blowing the over-matched Pejsar out of thee in two rounds on May 29 on the undercard of the Tony Bellew vs. Illunga Makabu.

It’s interesting that Price’s fights are now being packaged over and over again on Tony Bellew cards in Liverpool. I guess putting together Liverpool locals helps sell tickets.