By Scott Gilfoid: Former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price (15-2, 13 KO’s) has reportedly let his trainer Adam Booth go after a brief time spent with him as his head guy. There’s still no word about why the 6’8″ Price let Booth go, but the speculation is it was because of Price’s new promotional deal with Sauerland Events.
Whoever emerges as the new trainer for Price is going to have his work cut out for him because he’s lost his last two fights to Tony Thompson, both by knockouts. Price has a questionable chin, and it’s hard to imagine that changing no matter who trains him.
If Sauerland puts one of their German trainers in charge of Price, I still see him struggling when eventually is put in with an opponent with any kind of power. What Price needs is a trainer that can try and duplicate the efforts made by the late trainer Emanuel Steward with Wladimir Klitschko.
I doubt that Wladimir’s punch resistance is any better than Price’s, but he had Steward help him with devising a strategy to where Wladimir rarely gets hit. It’s worked for the past 9 years for Wladimir, as he’s only been beaten once during that time. Wladimir had an advantage that Price doesn’t have in that he was more flexible, capable throwing jabs from the outside, and quicker on his feet.
For some reason Price tends to stand at medium range when he throws his jabs instead of at a distance, and this enables his shorter opponents to nail him with shots. Price also is stiff on his feet, and not good at moving around the ring. I think it does without saying that Price will never be able to move like Wladimir. He’s just not built to do that.
The best thing that Price’s new trainer can do for him is to teach to jab from a distance, if possible, and teach him to clinch like mad each time one of his opponents get near him. With Price’s huge size, he can lean on his opposition and wear them out the way that Wladimir does. I think Price would be better off fighting in Germany as well, because he can build up a fan base there and make a good living.
Price was supposed to fight journeyman Evgeny Orlov this month, but he suffered an illness and couldn’t take the fight.
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