David Price – Yaroslav Zavorotnyi on Saturday night

By Boxing News - 06/05/2014 - Comments

price667(Photo Wende) By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight David Price (17-2, 15 KO’s) will be taking another small step this Saturday night in trying to resurrect the broken pieces of what was once a promising career against Yaroslav Zavorotnyi (16-6, 14 KO’s) at the Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since signing with Sauerland Events, Price has fought once in Germany and another time in Denmark. Now he’ll be back in Germany.

It’s obviously not the ideal situation for Price for him to be fighting in front of foreign boxing fans who don’t identify with him like his British fans do, but nothing is forever. If Price fails to pan out for Sauerland, he’ll likely be back in the UK trying to figure out what do with his career. As of now, he’s won his last two fights against weak opposition, and it looks like his handlers are slowly but surely looking to build him up for a cash out world title fight in a year or two.

Price should be safe on Saturday night against the guy that his German handlers have matched him against in 39-year-old Zavorotnyi. They wouldn’t have picked him out if they hadn’t checked him well to make sure he’s not too tough of an opponent for the 6’8” Price. Zavorotnyi, 6’4”, has been in with a few notable heavyweights like Kubrat Pulev, Alexander Dimitrenko, Richel Hersisia, Rene Dettweiler, Gbenga Oloukun and Nikolay Valuev. The problem is they’ve all beaten him before.

‘’He is coming on like gangbusters, baby!’’ said Brooks. ‘’He has a real bright future ahead of him. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think he could make it all the way to the top.

Price’s trainer Tommy Brooks is pretty excited about his future, and he thinks Price will be ready for Wladimir Klitschko by next year.

‘’His losses to Thompson came because of inexperience. He didn’t know what to do. When he got dropped he jumped straight up. When he had Thompson hurt he ran right at him, you’ve got to set it up. But experience doesn’t fall out of the sky. He needs to be shown. That’s why I am here, to teach him, so that if he is in that situation again he knows what he has to do. You can tell he is really starting to understand what I am showing him. If he keeps listening to what I am saying, this time next year he will be ready for Wladimir (Klitschko).‘’

I can’t really agree with the notion of Price being ready for Wladimir by 2015. I mean, if Price can’t even beat 44-year-old Tony Thompson, then how in the heck is he supposed to beat Wladimir?



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