David Price is Hungry To Get His Hands on Anthony Joshua

By Elliot Foster

As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, David Price made a successful return to his home city.

The Liverpool heavyweight hadn’t fought there in almost three years but took less than two completed rounds to end the challenge of his opponent, exclusively live on Sky Sports.

Price, who is now 20-3 with 17 early finishes, looked sharp in his first fight since teaming up with new coach Dave Coldwell.

And after downing his Czech counterpart, Vaclav Pejsar, in the opener, Price stepped on the gas and attempted to get his man out of there.

But Pejsar, who slips to 9-3 (8 KOs) in defeat, hung on until the end of the session.

It was the second, though, which ultimately proved to be final round as Price, boxing behind the jab and with sound fundamentals, uncorked two cracking right uppercuts to send his man to the canvas twice before the referee called a halt to proceedings.

"I felt good in there. It didn't last long, but it felt like what we worked on came to fruition. After the last fight I made the decision to bulk up. I used the time out to add some weight on and now feel that bit more solid. Hopefully it will work out. I need to sit down and work out a plan. This was about getting in the ring and now we look to the future," Price told The Mirror.

Price now hopes to work his way to a world title fight with IBF heavyweight king Anthony Joshua, who next month defends against Dominic Breazeale.

"I feel it's only right that I should get my ranking back now that I'm active again," Price said. "A top-five ranking would put me in the picture for Anthony Joshua and that would be a great fight in this an Olympic year. He won gold at London and I won bronze in Beijing and the public would love to see us fight."