David Price Coming to America: March 24 in Atlantic City Marks Brit Heavyweight's U.S. Debut
by Scott Christ on Jan 30, 2012 11:12 AM EST
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According to BoxingScene.com, undefeated British heavyweight prospect David Price will indeed be making his American ring debut on March 24 in Atlantic City.
The 28-year-old Price (12-0, 10 KO) is coming off of a one-round blasting of veteran John McDermott on January 21, a win that set him up as the mandatory challenger to Tyson Fury's British championship.
He'll be matched with Josue Blocus, a 42-year-old born in France and now living in Atlanta. Blocus (16-2, 14 KO) hasn't fought since October 2010. The night's main event is scheduled to be a battle of giants, as 6'7" Mariusz Wach (26-0, 14 KO) will take on 6'9" Tye Fields (49-4, 44 KO). Fields was recently turned down as a replacement opponent for Siarhei Liakhovich on the NBC Sports Fight Night series premiere, as promoter Kathy Duva recalled that Tye Fields had been "everything wrong" with the last boxing series on that network, when it was called Versus.
Unless GFL or some other small carrier picks up the March 24 show in Atlantic City, it will not be televised. So if you're wondering if this fight (if it happens) will truly expose Price to an American audience, the answer is no.
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I actually don't understand this obsession among some British promoters to "advertise" their fighters in America.
What does this fight do for David Price exactly? It’s a step down in quality, won’t be televised to an American audience (and likely not a British one either) and isn’t like he’s getting experience of fighting on a big card. I mean, he’s on the undercard of Wach-Fields. At least when Kell fought in America, it was at the Boardwalk Hall beneath a big, important fight. Still, I look forward to Frank Maloney telling us all that “they loved David in America” and that he was shown on “terrestrial television”.
"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."
I agree, as a British-American-Canadian (Mother from the UK, father from Canada, I was born in Michigan and raised in Ottawa) I tend to believe that the United States still remains the most epicenter of the boxing world and that no matter how good a British heavyweight might be, it won’t matter because that heavyweight isn’t American. Everyone on both sides of the pond agree that in order for the heavyweight division to matter the next dominant or at least capable heavyweight champion as to be an American or else people won’t care. My fellow Brits tried to cram David Haye down the throats of the American boxing public but it failed because Haye failed.
Now you have Derek Chisora saying everyone in America wants him to be the heavyweight champion. Now we may root for you but if Del Boy somehow upsets the odds next month would anyone outside of the UK and outside the more hardcore boxing fraternity care? If he’s not American then the public at large won’t give a flying crap. I love my British brothers and I support British boxing but give it a rest, Brit fighters aren’t really that good compared to fighters from United States and Latin America.
by CollegeDropIn on Jan 30, 2012 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t think that’s what Oli was saying at all. You say you agree but then state something totally different to what his point was.
Lennox Lewis was as good as any heavyweight from the last 30 years.
America in general might not be bothered about non-American heavies, but there’s a whole world out there if you take a look, and alot of them are unterested in their fighters.
Brit fighters aren’t really that good compared to fighters from United States and Latin America.
In the past was the case. Nowadays, i would agree about Latin Americans, not North Americans.
Looks like you hadn’t noticed, but US boxing is nowhere near what it once was.
Totally agree. This perception that America is the centre of the boxing world is just fundamentally wrong. The fights that make the most money might take place there, but there are lots of people in lots of different places who care about the sport a lot. If anything, what I was saying was that British fighters shouldn’t feel the need to pointlessly go to fight in the States. Unless you’re doing what Carl Froch did, which was actively seek out the best fighters away from home, I don’t see any point in someone like David Price fighting on a minor card without any television coverage. He’s just fighting a scrub in a different place. Big deal.
"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."
by Oli Goldstein on Jan 30, 2012 3:16 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Honestly, that you should say it wouldn’t matter if a British heavyweight is good because he’s not from America actually kind of offends me. I don’t care if you’re British-Canadian whatever. If a British heavyweight is good, it matters to people from Britain.
"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."
by Oli Goldstein on Jan 30, 2012 3:20 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I don’t understand the beef. Do you know how many casual fans would care if an American heavyweight came on the scene and had real top tier potential as oppose to a British heavyweight coming over here? That’s my point I wasn’t slamming British heavyweight boxing or British boxing in general because as I said I support British fighters but until an AMERICAN I REPEAT FOR THE FUCKTARDS WHO GOT MAD UNTIL AN AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT REAL POTENTIAL STEPS UP CASUAL FANS IN AMERICA WON’T REALLY CARE. AND AS WE ALL KNOW THE BIG MONEY AND THE BIG FIGHTS HAPPEN IN AMERICA. AMERICA IS WHERE THE NETWORKS AND THE MEDIA EXPOSURE IS. DON’T JUMP DOWN MY THROAT BECAUSE I DIDN’T MAKE THE FUCKING RULES YOU ASSHOLES. THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HARDCORE FANS WHO WILL WATCH BOXING NO MATTER WHAT AND CASUAL FANS WHO TEND TO ONLY BE INTERESTED IN THE SUPER STARS LIKE PACQUIAO AND MAYWEATHER. AND HISTORICALLY THE MOST POPULAR DIVISION IN BOXING HAS BEEN THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION. ONCE AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DUMB FUCKS, THAT’’S JUST THE WAY THINGS ARE.
Thank You and God Bless
by CollegeDropIn on Jan 30, 2012 5:51 PM EST up reply actions
well, that was fun
Bye.
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by Scott Christ on Jan 30, 2012 6:04 PM EST up reply actions
Lol.
"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."
by Oli Goldstein on Jan 30, 2012 8:07 PM EST up reply actions
Dumb ass
As a brit i find your insights insulting, how narrow minded and ignorant are you? you do know that the world is a very big place right? have you ever seen the world news at all?
Yes as America has been the richest country in the world since we were (60years) the boxing has had the razz matazz more over there, and america was the big stage for the big money fights, and has produced some brilliant blue collar fighters down the years..such as my all time favourite Smokin’ joe Frazier.
But to suggest that britain produces no decent fighters is nonsense, and to further and suggest if they are not from USA they aren’t worth bothering with is absurd to say the least.
For you information, David Haye, as silly as he was for the toe farce, is still more marketable and several times better than any American heavyweight at the moment.
Even Tyson fury who is rubbish in my view has picked up quite a following from the irish/american fan base, and likely british/american too.
The Klitchkos, whilst boring to me, have a massive following around the world and are better than any American that hasn’t taken steroids (ahem.evan fields lol) since 80’s Tyson.
Lennox was better than that and was top 5 of all time.
Im not slating our cousin American fighters at all, but the worlds is bigger than USA, and its a good job we have other countrys to step up to the plate because American boxers have slipped off the top scene in recent years
by french toast on Jan 30, 2012 4:16 PM EST up reply actions
I didn’t say the UK doesn’t have decent fighters. I said compared to Latin America and the United States fighters from Britain aren’t as good. You can disagree with me if you want but its my opinion and I mean call me crazy but last I checked I thought I was allowed to you know, state one of those…opinion thingies?
But it goes without saying that an American heavyweight with real championship potential will ultimately bring the heavyweight division back life. Why get offended by the truth? This I don’t understand much…you?
by CollegeDropIn on Jan 30, 2012 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
yea right.
Your words; =‘’ I tend to believe that the United States still remains the most epicenter of the boxing world and that no matter how good a British heavyweight might be, it won’t matter because that heavyweight isn’t American. Everyone on both sides of the pond agree that in order for the heavyweight division to matter the next dominant or at least capable heavyweight champion as to be an American or else people won’t care’’
Have you just woke up from a 20 year coma or something??
Well somebody point out to me if i have read that wrong, but that sounds very much like that YOU BELIEVE America is the only place that matters..not just to Americans but everywhere INCLUDING british people, I can tell you with some certainty that is NOT correct.
YOU also state that for the heavyweight division to matter..(again you dont single out Americans per se, so you mean in general)…There has to be an American as champion!? what a load of bollocks.
In case you have been asleep for a while, whilst America is a very important feature of boxing, and i enjoy it immensly, i would say things have moved on since the nineties..other countrys have opened up and produced great fighters, which ill have to admit are not to my personal taste, but i wouldn’t be so bloody ignorant to suggest that there achievements dont matter as much as if they were American…i wont go as far as to call you racist..just stupid thats all.
What i think you meant to say..i hope..is that for the AMERICAN PUBLIC to care about the Heavyweight scene, then an American fighter has to be at the top, which is just basic common sense, as far as america being the main attraction for boxing that has unfortunatly died abit in recent years, and other countrys such as Germany have staged the big fights.
by french toast on Jan 31, 2012 9:56 AM EST up reply actions
Breaking news.
ufc is my generation's pet rock.
by BoxingOutlivesFads on Jan 30, 2012 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
Yes.
ufc is my generation's pet rock.
by BoxingOutlivesFads on Jan 30, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
I was really hoping he'd end up on the Macklin undercard at least
Not sure how this helps Price’s career at all. Although, honestly, Wach-Fields and Price-Blocus probably makes a better Shobox than several of them that have happened lately. Then in might make sense.
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