Where does david price go from here?

[Prince Madison]

Might be in the minority but i dont think he needs to retire.

Just because someone isnt going to be world class does not mean they have to jack it in. Only a very limited few become world champions.

Even beside that point, i think theres steps david price can take to improve and i think he can get to fringe world level. That right hand is lethal, thats god given power which many heavyweights could only wish they had. Joshua knows first hand what its like to be caught by that.

Apparantly david price looks very good in the gym, so some of the technical talent is there. Hammers a decent fighter to be honest, hes not a bum but hes not elite. You'd be hard pressed to give hammer a round, price dropped him, and i thought some of the body work price was putting in was really good. However, as he has done before, he gassed and panicked.

Whether he can be a top top heavyweight i doubt, but i dont think hes a hopeless case.

I think dave coldwell was a bad choice and i think hes a trainer with few credentials. I think the state he came in physically for that fight was disgusting, and thats something that can be vastly improved with a better S&C coach. I fail to believe he is some cardio king like dave coldwell made out, when he is in that shape and weight.

Im not sure that price is seeing one already, but surely a good sports psychologist would be able to help?

To me the main fault seems to be in two areas that could potentially both be addressed, fitness and nerves, and it seems to be a shame that he would retire rather than work on these aspects of his game.

So, do people think price should continue? If so, can he improve? Is the psychological issue that easy to combat? Any suggestions for trainers that would help to get the best out of him?

[Rip Chudd]

He could be a knock out for hire like Amir Khan's career is now

[W1LL]

He is his own worst enemy. He labours to unimpressive victories against tomato cans. He doesn't have the heart in 50/50 fights. I doubt that is ever going to change.

[kafkod]

Might be in the minority but i dont think he needs to retire.

Just because someone isnt going to be world class does not mean they have to jack it in. Only a very limited few become world champions.

Even beside that point, i think theres steps david price can take to improve and i think he can get to fringe world level. That right hand is lethal, thats god given power which many heavyweights could only wish they had. Joshua knows first hand what its like to be caught by that.

Apparantly david price looks very good in the gym, so some of the technical talent is there. Hammers a decent fighter to be honest, hes not a bum but hes not elite. You'd be hard pressed to give hammer a round, price dropped him, and i thought some of the body work price was putting in was really good. However, as he has done before, he gassed and panicked.

Whether he can be a top top heavyweight i doubt, but i dont think hes a hopeless case.

I think dave coldwell was a bad choice and i think hes a trainer with few credentials. I think the state he came in physically for that fight was disgusting, and thats something that can be vastly improved with a better S&C coach. I fail to believe he is some cardio king like dave coldwell made out, when he is in that shape and weight.

Im not sure that price is seeing one already, but surely a good sports psychologist would be able to help?

To me the main fault seems to be in two areas that could potentially both be addressed, fitness and nerves, and it seems to be a shame that he would retire rather than work on these aspects of his game.

So, do people think price should continue? If so, can he improve? Is the psychological issue that easy to combat? Any suggestions for trainers that would help to get the best out of him?

I think he should get a new trainer. Dave Coldwell said something to Price in the corner that shocked me, which was that he didn't need to make every jab a stiff one .. "just keep touching him with it"

To me, touching and probing with the jab, instead of using it to hurt his opponents, is the single biggest mistake Price makes. And for crissake sake .. why doesn't somebody teach him how to step off to the side, or turn his opponents when they back him up to the ropes?

Address those deficits, plus conditioning training specifically aimed at improving recovery rates after bursts of heavy exertion.

Evander Holyfield became famous for his stamina and recuperative powers, but at one time, he had a similar problem to Price - gassing out during fights. He hired a specialist trainer to help him with that problem .. and remember, this was back in 1997!

TRAINING STRATEGY FOR EVANDER HOLYFIELD

"The time-honoured -- but unfortunately ill-conceived -- practice of long, slow distance work as a conditioning regimen for boxers is what Evander learned from the training dinosaurs of his youth, and had continued with for years. When I was brought aboard his team, prior to his fight against Buster Douglas in 1990, Evander was in sad physical condition considering the specific demands of his sport. I immediately tested Evander's responses to three minutes of boxing specific total body work (see the 3-minute drill description below), which brought his heart rate above 180 bpm. He needed a full 7 or 8 minutes to recover back to 120 bpm after this single bout, analogous to one hard boxing round. What was worse, after doing five of the 3-minute drills with a one minute rest between, his heart rate remained above 150 between bouts. In short, he did not have the capacity to sustain a high performance level for even half of the duration of a professional fight."

http://www.sportsci.org/news/news9709/hatfield.html

[Dodger07]

Wouldnt mind seeing him as a tuneup for tyson fury when he comes back. Other than that, i don't see many other options for him

[hhs661]

Seth Mitchell. That's the fight he should take

[BoxingFan85]

He can be Wlad's sparring partner if Furry decides to come back & give him that rematch..

[TBear]

He basically has three choices;
He could retire,
he could become an professional opponent,
or he could take the Michael Grant route and collect easy wins with the occasional payday for the rest of his career.

Neither choice can be close to what he expected for himself when he turned pro but it is hard to imagine him ever becoming a top contender.

[Prince Madison]

I think he should get a new trainer. Dave Coldwell said something to Price in the corner that shocked me, which was that he didn't need to make every jab a stiff one .. "just keep touching him with it"

To me, touching and probing with the jab, instead of using it to hurt his opponents, is the single biggest mistake Price makes. And for crissake sake .. why doesn't somebody teach him how to step off to the side, or turn his opponents when they back him up to the ropes?

Address those deficits, plus conditioning training specifically aimed at improving recovery rates after bursts of heavy exertion.

Evander Holyfield became famous for his stamina and recuperative powers, but at one time, he had a similar problem to Price - gassing out during fights. He hired a specialist trainer to help him with that problem .. and remember, this was back in 1997!

TRAINING STRATEGY FOR EVANDER HOLYFIELD

"The time-honoured -- but unfortunately ill-conceived -- practice of long, slow distance work as a conditioning regimen for boxers is what Evander learned from the training dinosaurs of his youth, and had continued with for years. When I was brought aboard his team, prior to his fight against Buster Douglas in 1990, Evander was in sad physical condition considering the specific demands of his sport. I immediately tested Evander's responses to three minutes of boxing specific total body work (see the 3-minute drill description below), which brought his heart rate above 180 bpm. He needed a full 7 or 8 minutes to recover back to 120 bpm after this single bout, analogous to one hard boxing round. What was worse, after doing five of the 3-minute drills with a one minute rest between, his heart rate remained above 150 between bouts. In short, he did not have the capacity to sustain a high performance level for even half of the duration of a professional fight."

http://www.sportsci.org/news/news9709/hatfield.html

that was a good link, just read it at all, thanks for sharing.

[Mequetrefe]

He would make a good plumber.