David Price is not going to rest on his laurels.
The giant from Liverpool announced today that he will be gunning for the European heavyweight title next.
Recently the former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion fought in front of 80 000 people in Cardiff before Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker took the stage. Unfortunately for Price, the night ended in one of the most brutal knockouts this year courtesy by Alexander Povetkin, Joshua’s new WBA mandatory challenger.
Knockout Of The Week 🥊
Alexander Povetkin knocks out David Price on #JoshuaParker card @BigMouthLeroy@MiamiRadioBeast@rcambo1https://t.co/fOVfElQ8o3— Brendan Tobin (@Brendan_Tobin) April 3, 2018
After the vicious stoppage loss, there was speculation of Price potentially retiring from boxing but the man himself says that is not the case.
“I’m excited to get back in there. I can’t wait. Normally I have some time away from boxing after a fight but I want to get straight back into it this time. I’ve fallen back in love with it.
“I really want to say a huge ‘thanks’ to the support I’ve received before, during and after the fight. It has completely renewed my faith in boxing as a sport.
Price believes he can still compete with elite fighters.
“Although I lost and got knocked out, I proved I can compete with elite fighters. Before the fight, I said I would carry on regardless and after it, I take the positives and will now go for the European title,” said Price in a press release by MTK Global.
When speaking about the knockout loss, Price says that getting knocked out ‘is a part of boxing.’
“That hook landed so cleanly. If the referee hadn’t have given him a count I could have followed up my attack before the end of the round. They were small margins.
“The knockout won’t have been nice for people to watch in the heat of the moment but I didn’t mind watching it straight afterwards when I went backstage. For a long time, I couldn’t watch Erkan Teper knocking me out but you grow as a person.
“If a fighter quits just because they get knocked out, are they really a fighter? Getting knocked out is part of boxing and you have to accept that.”
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