David Price talks about his "week to forget"

This week's blog comes fresh off the back of a very frustrating seven days!

It was confirmed last week that my promotor, Frank Maloney, will not have his contract renewed by Sky Sports which means that I'll no longer feature on the channel. Another small set back also developed last week when, due to circumstances outside of my control, I was informed that I'm no longer able to feature on the Atlantic City bill in July. Having fought in the USA as an amateur and trained in LA and Las Vegas on a number of occasions I was looking forward to making my US debut as a professional.

However, my training camp has already started and I'll continue working with Franny Smith as I'm hopeful of appearing 'across the pond' sometime in August. There has been lots of online speculation about who I'll fight when I get out to America, but I can categorically rule out Franny's suggestion of getting actor Carl Weathers to reprise his role as Apollo Creed aka The Count of Monte Fisto!

Having spent the last few weeks training hard in the gym it's easy to put the business side of the fight game to the back of your mind. In my opinion that's how it should be for a fighter because it's important that your focus is 100% on getting physically and mentally prepared. However, sometimes it's difficult not to let yourself get distracted by what's going on around you!

Obviously the Sky decision has come as a huge disappointment to all involved. Frank has worked in partnership with them for the last 23 years and, as a fight fan myself, I've grown up watching the likes of Lennox Lewis, Naseem Hamed and Ricky Hatton develop and flourish under the Sky banner. They have a proven track record of helping to build fighters reputations on a fantastic platform and to part company just as my own career is starting to progress nicely is a real shame. My focus now is to keep working hard in the gym and work towards fulfilling my own personal goals. I'm in good hands with Frank, who's talking to a number of potential broadcasters about my future fights, and the key for me is to leave the business side of things to the people around me.

Since I want to finish this week's blog on a lighter note I'll not mention England's performance from last night! I'll be running my first competition in next Monday's blog so if you want to be in with a chance of winning a pair of signed boxing gloves make sure you check back next week.

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