The Price is right again

David Price aiming to relaunch his career

The British heavyweight boxing scene is buzzing at the moment, with fight fans spoilt for choice on both the domestic and world stage. There’s little doubt about our star attraction – Anthony Joshua. The 27-year-old world champion, with a record of 18 fights – 18 wins – 18 knockouts.

The Watford super-star is currently in training for a career-defining fight with Dr Steelhammer Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium in April.

AJ tops the bill only in the absence of fellow Englishman Tyson Fury. The former ruler of the world handed his belts back and walked away from the game to commit to a battle against a much more formidable opponent – depression.

Down a level and we have plenty of talented operators plying their trade in the top division, including David Haye, Dillian Whyte, Dereck Chisora and the very well thought of Hughie Fury. But there’s another who may have slipped your mind, one who has ambitions to throw his hat into the ring on the world stage. Hands up if you remember David Price.

Price back in business

The towering Scouser, once thought to be the future of the heavyweight game in this country, has been working away behind the headlines and returns to the ring on Saturday night at London’s Olympia against a respected foe in Christian Hammer – a European champion, and former opponent of Tyson Fury, Michael Sprott and Danny Williams. This match-up promises to tell us exactly where Price is at these days.

6ft 8inch orthodox boxer David Price has all the qualities of a heavyweight world champion, except the punch-resistance needed to compete at the highest level. He goes into Saturday’s contest with a record of 21 wins against three defeats, with each of those losses coming by KO. American Tony Thompson shattered his progress by halting David in two rounds back in 2013, and did the same again in a rematch five months later. Price was also knocked out in two by German Erkan Teper in the summer of 2015. Watch that punch below…..