David Price Waiting on Tyson Fury

by Thomas Hill on Feb 1, 2012 7:30 PM EST in Boxing News Analysis

Will Price and Fury meet for the British Heavyweight belt, or will Price be forced State side? (Photo by Scott Heavey/Getty Images)

On Monday Scott brought you the story that David Price was/is (little confusion at the moment) coming to fight in America in March.

A new update has arisen, as Price is desperate to see if Heavyweight rival Tyson Fury will fight him. Price earned his shot at Fury last month when he destroyed John McDermott in the first round.

Fury and Price however may not face each other if Fury chooses to give up his British belt and defend his commonwealth belt instead. Frank Maloney, Price's promoter has made an offer to the Fury camp, and his hoping to hear back by the end of the week.

This is what Maloney had to say when speaking to Skysports:

"We have made a formal offer to Fury and they have until Thursday to agree terms. We want the fight as quick as possible - he's got to defend it by the end of May but we're looking at April. I want to keep him fighting, keep him working."

So at the moment the ball appears to firmly be in the Fury camp, if they wanna play ball and fight Price then it looks like it could be happening. Fury is a very proud fighter and I don't see him ducking Price, but he is the hottest property in the heavyweight division in Britain so as we all know he will have a hard fight. Going to America on a pretty poor untelevised bill does nothing for Price in my opinion, on the under-card of a big fight then yes. Staying at home and going to war with Fury would 1. Put fans in seats, and 2. Give the heavyweight division a real mouth watering clash to look forward to.

I see Price winning but at the moment it's pointless discussing predictions with the negotiations only starting this week, hopefully we will see Price and Fury get it on.

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Fury-Price would be the biggest non-KLitschko HW fight right now.

However, in the US, the silence would be deafening, whereas anywhere in Europe, it would, I suspect, be the most significant fight aside from either Klitschko fighting anyone (including me, although I wish one of them would).

by DrRck on Feb 1, 2012 8:01 PM EST reply actions

There is slight U.S. buzz for Fury. Very, very small, but maybe a hair more than one would expect. I think his name helps.

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by Scott Christ on Feb 1, 2012 8:09 PM EST up reply actions

Is all this buzz here on BLH? That won’t translate into much revenue.

by DrRck on Feb 1, 2012 8:13 PM EST up reply actions

Just in the American boxing media, which generally couldn’t give a horse’s shit about anything that doesn’t happen on American soil.

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by Scott Christ on Feb 1, 2012 8:16 PM EST up reply actions

Seriously, I’m surprised.

by DrRck on Feb 1, 2012 8:20 PM EST up reply actions

I think Price and Fury could both become stars here if they moved their operations to the States in a post-Klitschko world.

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by Scott Christ on Feb 1, 2012 8:54 PM EST up reply actions

“Just in the American boxing media, which generally couldn’t give a horse’s shit about anything that doesn’t happen on American soil.”

Yeah, you got that right. Xenophobic fucks like Bert Sugar make me sick. Since the main action in the HW now and in the foreseeable future is in Europe, I guess America won’t be coming along for the ride.

by Gutter Candy on Feb 1, 2012 8:48 PM EST up reply actions

I'll believe it when Rob Lowe tweets it.

Hope this fight gets done though.

by Im_a_fun_haver on Feb 1, 2012 8:50 PM EST reply actions

Thomas………………..if Fury gives up the British belt, who would Price fight for the vacant title (if he goes that direction)?

by DPlainview on Feb 1, 2012 9:18 PM EST reply actions

maybe someone like Sam Sexton

Or they might just award him the belt….. Given the McDermott fight made him the number one contender

by Sweet science on Feb 2, 2012 6:37 AM EST up reply actions

I wouldn’t mind seeing him fight Sexton for the title. Sexton gave Chisora two solid fights, and he’d give Price a different style match-up than he’s fought recently.

Better than coming to the USA, and fighting some dude.

by DPlainview on Feb 2, 2012 7:35 AM EST up reply actions

I'd still pick Price by early KO

And to be honest, I doubt he’l be ready. I didn’t see the cut he suffered in his fight against THE WAR MACHINE but it was bad enough for the fight to be stopped

by Sweet science on Feb 2, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions