Price v Pulev?
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Yes...Pulev's not risking his shot to fight Price, I wouldn't think. Yet, I've heard people saying Price/Pulev and Helenius/Pulev next. I just don't think so. Not that I would complain, mind.
@McGrain. Where's that quote on their sparring you had? Of course, even if so, sparring is just sparring. It's no basket to put all your eggs in.
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Pulev didn't have it all his own way against Ustinov, he got caught a bit, he looked fine but considering Ustinov has the movement of an iceberg it was a little worrying for Pulev should he meet someone who can move a better or hits (even) harder. He looked decent, had a good chin etc but I felt like someone a little sharper would have had him in trouble late on there. So while we have not seen anyone really put it on Price, I doubt that Pulev's people will want to take a risk against Price at this point. If Price can cope with the speed and take a shot I'd fancy him to stop Pulev in the second half of the fight.
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Really dont rate Pulev all that much. He is able to get along in the division because even at the level he is fighting at the opposition is absolutely woeful. Dimitrenko and Ustinov would both get banjoed by Price. That said would definitely fancy Pulev to take Price into deeper waters.
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I agree with you entirely subject to the one caveat that we have never really seen Price backed up and hit clean. I think he'd be fine, but until I know then the bigger fights will always make me slightly nervous.
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Yes I think the problem is because of Price's size and power until he gets into the really high echelons there will be a question mark over his chin. There is nobody durable enough but also offensively minded enough to test him sadly. The worry of course as you mentioned is that we get to world title level and his chin/defence has still been relatively untested and the first person to test it is.........the man with the biggest right hand in the game today Wladimir Klitschko.
I suppose this is why a fight with Fury who is of similar dimension and skill is imperative. That said you wouldn't entirely rule it out with the way Fury fights that Tyson might walk onto one and it all ends early.
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I think there are fair few fighters who can test Price's chin, but as you say, they are all a level above at the minute. Even someone like Helenius or Dimitrenko would test his whiskers somewhat.
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Yes, my fear is the same - Price only gets to find out about his chin when Wlad lands on it, goes into his shell at the shock of it and suddenly gets labelled by all and sundry as a protected, overrated Brit. We need him tested before then but, as you say, there are not many out there who can. With his size and famed power, at domestic level he almost has some Tyson impact on opponents, they're gunshy before the bell even rings. I agree, too, that it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that Price-Fury looks uncannily like Price-Harrison. Fury's last few fights (indeed, all of his fights!) have hardly prepared him for Price coming at him. Just a chance that it is hilariously brief, Fury's ringwalk and twitter rant could be longer than the fight. It is comfortably the best domestic fight, though (Haye is not a domestic fighter, really, I guess).
I think Helenius would be either be hurt, scared and stopped or scared, hurt and stopped. It would be brutal. Dimitrenko? I think he'd get tagged before he got to test Price.
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Price isn't some sort of destroyer, I think Helenius could take him rounds and land enough on him to give us a good indication of what his chin is like. I'd actually favour that fight to go the distance or a stoppage after 10.
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I think Dimitrenko fight would looks similar to the Harrison fight big man with all the dimensions but little idea of how to use them. Helenius probably a little more sturdy but you cant help but think he would be a bit reticent on the attack against a big man such as Price which would only play into Price's hands.
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I didn't say he was, but then he does not need to be as Helenius is not some sort of Wlad. The secret is out with Helenius, he was beaten pretty comfortably by Chisora, who was handled by Wlad, Haye and Fury. Helenius is awkward and overrated and does not have the movement to overcome Price's belief and advantages, imho. Price hits Helenius once and there is no longer sufficient power in Helenius' work to tell us anything more about Price's chin, malheur.
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Chisora fought Vitali, not Wlad. Also, the comparison with how Chisora did against Helenius isn't exactly comparable to how Price would do. Chisora has fought at a much higher level, granted he's come up short the majority of the time, but he's a totally different fighter to Price. Polar opposites.
Price is completely untested, his best wins are domestic level dross, Helenius can provide a test that Price hasn't come close to yet. I expect him to pass that test, but Audley and Sexton are not good measuring sticks for that.
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:lol: yes, sorry, obviously you're right but that actually makes it worse for Chisora. Anyway, I'm not saying that Sexton et al are measuring sticks for Helenius, I'm just saying that I don't think that Helenius is very good, so when Price reaches that level I think he will show Helenius up. Just to be clear, I am not saying that Price is some all-conquering hero, and if he fought Wlad (yes, I mean Wlad this time) next I think he'd lose spectacularly. I just don't rate Helenius. I do want to see them fight, though, as it will enhance Price's cv and give him a go at someone without a British passport for a change.
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Fair points, Simon. I agree on all counts (Except the bits that may contradict my previous statements).
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:lol: have you considered a career in politics, Bryn?
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I can neither confirm nor deny.
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