Tyson Fury v David Price purse bids set for January 9

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A much-anticipated clash between undefeated heavyweight rivals Tyson Fury and David Price has been put to purse bids by the British Board of Boxing Control just a day after promoter Frank Maloney said the bout was unlikely.

Both sides have given the other a verbal pasting in the past when attempting to find common ground in negotiations and now have the chance to put an offer to the board to get the fight made for the spring of 2013.

The BBBC have recently released a date of January 9 for bids to be submitted for the potential British and Commonwealth title clash, with the fight having to take place before the end of March next year.

Fury’s representative Mick Hennessy is keen on sealing a fight against Price for his man, although would want the current Lonsdale belt holder to agree to fight on terrestrial TV with Channel 5 as his agreement stipulates.

On the other hand, Maloney may want the contest to be shown on either BoxNation, where Price has fought his last two victories, or possibly Loaded TV, with whom the former promoter of Lennox Lewis has just penned a one-year deal.

It could well be a positive move by the British Board to end the speculation once and for all as to whether Fury and Price will fight before either goes for a world title, with January 9 the new focus for both parties.

http://www.worldboxingnews.net/2012/12/tyson-fury-v-david-price-heads-to-purse.html

Can any heavyweight be described as "feather fisted"? Surely part of the magic of the heavyweights is that there is the potential that one punch from either man could end the fight at any time.

Exactly right Hampo, in fact for my money only Chisora was truly a step up and although it was not Fury's fault that he turned up in such pitiful shape and fair play to him for doing the business i think he would have had too much for Fury if he had made the effort to actually train for the fight.
After watching the dire Kingpin Johnson over the last few years i would honestly say Sexton, Skelton and McDermott are equally as good if not better opponents who at least try to fight back.
If that big right hand even lands half flush its good night Tyson.

hogey wrote:Exactly right Hampo, in fact for my money only Chisora was truly a step up and although it was not Fury's fault that he turned up in such pitiful shape and fair play to him for doing the business i think he would have had too much for Fury if he had made the effort to actually train for the fight.
After watching the dire Kingpin Johnson over the last few years i would honestly say Sexton, Skelton and McDermott are equally as good if not better opponents who at least try to fight back.
If that big right hand even lands half flush its good night Tyson.

Fury beat chisora who beat sexton twice. Fury already beat McDermott and skelton is a grandad.

If you look at their top 5 opponents fury's have been the better.

I would like to see who fury's next opponent is and we can see how he compares against price's next opponent (41 year old thompson).

Tony Thompson is currently ranked 9th by the IBF, and his last fight was a world title challenge. It would be a very good test for Price.

Furys next fight should be a tune up, he is supposed to be up for a final eliminator against either Chris Arreola or Bermane Stiverne after they fight in February. I can't see the Price fight happening despite purse bids being set as it's a huge risk for Fury who is very close to a possible world title shot.

McDermott was also robbed blind in his first fight with Fury.

Is there an equivalent of "Pactard" and "Flomo" for the Fury & Price fanboys?

Nothing that would have the same ring to it Union.

We'll have to see if we can come up with something then...

I suspect that whatever we come up with will pale in to insignificance when compared to Jeff's 'Furosceptic' quip.

88Chris05 wrote:I suspect that whatever we come up with will pale in to insignificance when compared to Jeff's 'Furosceptic' quip.

Finally the recognition it deserves.

Price to KO Fury within 6.

Both have fought similar levels of opposition, yet Price has dealt with them with complete ease where as Fury has been dropped and laboured in his fights.

Price beat him in the amateurs so has the mental edge if this were to occur.

Fury surely cant duck again can he?!?!

Soon find out, i think he will.

Don't think it would be a duck MM, Fury is close to a world title shot so why risk it on a fight that while is a good domestic rivalry is not the direction he should be going in. If Vitali does retire his next fight could be for the vacant WBC title.

This fight has really got the forum buzzing again!!

Nothing like a good domestic dust up to get the juices flowing.

Everything i've seen tells me that Price is the real deal, heavy handed, looks the part....but who has he beat?!

Fury, is kinda unorthodox in his style, very confident, doesnt punch his weight but has good skills.

If Price doesnt blast him out early, i can see Fury taking this and at 11/2 i'll be having a little go.

http://www.worldboxingnews.net/2012/12/price-purse-bid-means-nothing-to-team.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+worldboxingnews/IwMh+(World+Boxing+News)&m=1

Fury won't even go to purse bids, bigger and better things await for him

Does this count as a duck? Fury/Hennessy not even going to go to purse bids

No because he is one fight away from a world title and a defeat to Price could put him back 12 months. In this instance he's right, the bigger fight is the final eliminator next year.

No way is it a duck, they want to get their hands on the WBC for a fight or two before Wlad unifies the whole lot.

Union Cane wrote:No way is it a duck, they want to get their hands on the WBC for a fight or two before Wlad unifies the whole lot.

I guess its not duck, but if you follow Fury on twitter and see all the bile he spills about Price, you'd think he'd take the fight and see Price off!!

mobilemaster8 wrote:Price to KO Fury within 6.

Both have fought similar levels of opposition, yet Price has dealt with them with complete ease where as Fury has been dropped and laboured in his fights.

Price beat him in the amateurs so has the mental edge if this were to occur.

Fury surely cant duck again can he?!?!

Soon find out, i think he will.

In that fight price was about 23 and Fury was 16! And a 16 year old fury still knocked down a 23 year old price.

victorgarco wrote:

mobilemaster8 wrote:Price to KO Fury within 6.

Both have fought similar levels of opposition, yet Price has dealt with them with complete ease where as Fury has been dropped and laboured in his fights.

Price beat him in the amateurs so has the mental edge if this were to occur.

Fury surely cant duck again can he?!?!

Soon find out, i think he will.

In that fight price was about 23 and Fury was 16! And a 16 year old fury still knocked down a 23 year old price.

Whats your point fella?

victorgarco wrote:

mobilemaster8 wrote:Price to KO Fury within 6.

Both have fought similar levels of opposition, yet Price has dealt with them with complete ease where as Fury has been dropped and laboured in his fights.

Price beat him in the amateurs so has the mental edge if this were to occur.

Fury surely cant duck again can he?!?!

Soon find out, i think he will.

In that fight price was about 23 and Fury was 16! And a 16 year old fury still knocked down a 23 year old price.

Just watched that knock down and it was a shot that caught the very top of the head guard, hardly a concussive knockdown and more off balance than anything because of the way he'd thrown his initial shot. Price won that fight 22-8 which suggests Fury found it very difficult to lay a glove on him.

hampo171 wrote:

victorgarco wrote:

mobilemaster8 wrote:Price to KO Fury within 6.

Both have fought similar levels of opposition, yet Price has dealt with them with complete ease where as Fury has been dropped and laboured in his fights.

Price beat him in the amateurs so has the mental edge if this were to occur.

Fury surely cant duck again can he?!?!

Soon find out, i think he will.

In that fight price was about 23 and Fury was 16! And a 16 year old fury still knocked down a 23 year old price.

Just watched that knock down and it was a shot that caught the very top of the head guard, hardly a concussive knockdown and more off balance than anything because of the way he'd thrown his initial shot. Price won that fight 22-8 which suggests Fury found it very difficult to lay a glove on him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHeLG7e9nT4

victorgarco wrote:

hampo171 wrote:

victorgarco wrote:

mobilemaster8 wrote:Price to KO Fury within 6.

Both have fought similar levels of opposition, yet Price has dealt with them with complete ease where as Fury has been dropped and laboured in his fights.

Price beat him in the amateurs so has the mental edge if this were to occur.

Fury surely cant duck again can he?!?!

Soon find out, i think he will.

In that fight price was about 23 and Fury was 16! And a 16 year old fury still knocked down a 23 year old price.

Just watched that knock down and it was a shot that caught the very top of the head guard, hardly a concussive knockdown and more off balance than anything because of the way he'd thrown his initial shot. Price won that fight 22-8 which suggests Fury found it very difficult to lay a glove on him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHeLG7e9nT4

As I said it didn't look a bad knockdown, the fact that Price won comfortably on points suggests Fury was out boxed. I would also say both are completely different fighters to 6 years ago.

hampo171 wrote:

victorgarco wrote:

mobilemaster8 wrote:Price to KO Fury within 6.

Both have fought similar levels of opposition, yet Price has dealt with them with complete ease where as Fury has been dropped and laboured in his fights.

Price beat him in the amateurs so has the mental edge if this were to occur.

Fury surely cant duck again can he?!?!

Soon find out, i think he will.

In that fight price was about 23 and Fury was 16! And a 16 year old fury still knocked down a 23 year old price.

Just watched that knock down and it was a shot that caught the very top of the head guard, hardly a concussive knockdown and more off balance than anything because of the way he'd thrown his initial shot. Price won that fight 22-8 which suggests Fury found it very difficult to lay a glove on him.

what site did you use to get the scores? i cant find it anywhere

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyson_Fury#section_2

Have seen it mentioned a few other places but I'm on my phone.

am i missing something here, tyson fury vacated the titles, so why is there a purse bid for a fight between title holder price and soon to be world title challenger fury?

BBBoC are getting fed up of the bitching between the two camps.

but fury isnt prices' mandatory..?

Dunno really I just took a wild guess. LEAVE ME ALONE

I am never chewing Khat again

paulscholes wrote:I'm suprised at the odds 2-7 (price) 11-2 (Fury) thought they be a lot closer then that

Ladbrokes are the only firm chalking this up and they go 11/4 Fury not 11/2...

ShahenshahG wrote:I am never chewing Khat again

is that like paan that bengalis chew?

Na its like weed, only legal but not to be used frequently. Paan is just tobacco

Peter Fury has stated the fight isnt going ahead regardless of purse bids.

Tyson's targeting top 5 world contenders and while Price is going to be there one day, he isnt world ranked and it'll do nothing for Fury's aim at challenging for a title.

when a serious title is one the line, like a world, then he said they'll fight.

peter fury is great on twitter, speaks honestly and always responds to fans. he constantly wishes fighters well, including price.

Tyson is on his own path and ranking wise is streets ahead of Price. he just won a wbc eliminator and is calling out the likes of arreola. he's number 3 in the wbc rankings - he has bigger fish to fry right now.

that said....i really hope both keep winning so they eventually fight. i couldnt honestly call it. it's great we've got 2 legitimate heavyweights on the world scene.

I'm actually in the same camp as Rowley here, mate of mine hasn't really seen much of Price and has bought into the whole "unbeaten heavyweight top 10" Fury.

Bet him £50 Price wins. He bit my hand off. Silly beggar.

OasisBFC wrote:Peter Fury has stated the fight isnt going ahead regardless of purse bids.

Tyson's targeting top 5 world contenders and while Price is going to be there one day, he isnt world ranked and it'll do nothing for Fury's aim at challenging for a title

If Tyson can't beat the fella ranked below him (Price), why's he trying to fight the fellas ranked above him?

Tyson gets to fight the guys ranked above him but Price does not get to fight the guys ranked above him (Fury)

TheMackemMawler wrote:

OasisBFC wrote:Peter Fury has stated the fight isnt going ahead regardless of purse bids.

Tyson's targeting top 5 world contenders and while Price is going to be there one day, he isnt world ranked and it'll do nothing for Fury's aim at challenging for a title

If Tyson can't beat the fella ranked below him (Price), why's he trying to fight the fellas ranked above him?

Tyson gets to fight the guys ranked above him but Price does not get to fight the guys ranked above him (Fury)

Slight difference in situation though MM, Fury has just won the semi final of the WBC eliminator and is likely to fight the final eliminator next year. A defeat to Price derails all of that so I can see why he'd want to focus his efforts there. Anyway leave it for another 12-18 months, the rivalry will build and when they eventually meet hopefully there will be two world titles on the line.

ShahenshahG wrote:Na its like weed, only legal but not to be used frequently. Paan is just tobacco

i'd just stick to weed

hampo171 wrote:

TheMackemMawler wrote:

OasisBFC wrote:Peter Fury has stated the fight isnt going ahead regardless of purse bids.

Tyson's targeting top 5 world contenders and while Price is going to be there one day, he isnt world ranked and it'll do nothing for Fury's aim at challenging for a title

If Tyson can't beat the fella ranked below him (Price), why's he trying to fight the fellas ranked above him?

Tyson gets to fight the guys ranked above him but Price does not get to fight the guys ranked above him (Fury)

Slight difference in situation though MM, Fury has just won the semi final of the WBC eliminator and is likely to fight the final eliminator next year. A defeat to Price derails all of that so I can see why he'd want to focus his efforts there. Anyway leave it for another 12-18 months, the rivalry will build and when they eventually meet hopefully there will be two world titles on the line.

Also it seems increasingly likely that TV deals have scuppered the previous fight. They might just be trying to keep it in the public conscious until Fury's c5 contract is finished.

Surprised about Fury's odds.

Price has really only fought tomato cans so far. The big question is whether he can take a shot at HW, the guys he's fought so far really haven't posed that question. Going from fighting smaller much older opponents to the younger bigger Fury is a huge step up. Might even have a wager on Fury if it happens!

Has Price even been hit in the face since turing pro. No doubt he has the power to worry anyone, but he could well be another Khan.

Anyway I don't dislike either of them, and think they are both better for British heavyweight boxing than the last 2 stars (Haye and Audrey).

This fight isn't happen though, I don't even understand the whole purse bid thing. Why would Fury be looking for a belt he dumped? We know Fury is on a set path to a world title challenge, and Price is still looking for an oponent to test him, but not too much, for which Thompson should be perfect. Although I fear that Thompson will have no interest in fighting, he'll just dial in a performance for a couple of rounds, and retire after.

Mayweathers cellmate wrote:Surprised about Fury's odds.

Price has really only fought tomato cans so far. The big question is whether he can take a shot at HW, the guys he's fought so far really haven't posed that question. Going from fighting smaller much older opponents to the younger bigger Fury is a huge step up. Might even have a wager on Fury if it happens!

As stated above he is 11/4 not 11/2

Bartley Gorman wrote:

victorgarco wrote:

mobilemaster8 wrote:Price to KO Fury within 6.

Both have fought similar levels of opposition, yet Price has dealt with them with complete ease where as Fury has been dropped and laboured in his fights.

Price beat him in the amateurs so has the mental edge if this were to occur.

Fury surely cant duck again can he?!?!

Soon find out, i think he will.

In that fight price was about 23 and Fury was 16! And a 16 year old fury still knocked down a 23 year old price.

Whats your point fella?

You obviously missed the 4 pages of garbage regarding how Lewis apparently 'lost' to Vitali because big Vit was 2 rounds up at the point of stoppage.

WHU_Champo_League_in_7Yrs wrote:http://www.worldboxingnews.net/2012/12/price-purse-bid-means-nothing-to-team.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+worldboxingnews/IwMh+(World+Boxing+News)&m=1

Fury won't even go to purse bids, bigger and better things await for him

Does this count as a duck? Fury/Hennessy not even going to go to purse bids

Exactly what happened last time then, really.

The 'duck' will only become apparent retrospectively. If he goes on to challenge for a world strap then no, it's not a duck as it shows he genuinely had bigger fish to fry. However last time he said that he went on to fight two old washed-up cabbies. Basically if his next fight isn't for a title belt, or an eliminator for one, then it's a duck.

Arreola doesn't fight until Febuary in the other eliminator so I wouldn't be against him having a tune up to keep active especially since the winner of the Arreola fight won't be ready for the final eliminator until probably July.

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Bartley Gorman wrote:

victorgarco wrote:

mobilemaster8 wrote:Price to KO Fury within 6.

Both have fought similar levels of opposition, yet Price has dealt with them with complete ease where as Fury has been dropped and laboured in his fights.

Price beat him in the amateurs so has the mental edge if this were to occur.

Fury surely cant duck again can he?!?!

Soon find out, i think he will.

In that fight price was about 23 and Fury was 16! And a 16 year old fury still knocked down a 23 year old price.

Whats your point fella?

You obviously missed the 4 pages of garbage regarding how Lewis apparently 'lost' to Vitali because big Vit was 2 rounds up at the point of stoppage.

Don't confuse the word lost to losing, easy mistake for someone who has a limited knowledge of the English language to make.

victorgarco wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Bartley Gorman wrote:

victorgarco wrote:

mobilemaster8 wrote:Price to KO Fury within 6.

Both have fought similar levels of opposition, yet Price has dealt with them with complete ease where as Fury has been dropped and laboured in his fights.

Price beat him in the amateurs so has the mental edge if this were to occur.

Fury surely cant duck again can he?!?!

Soon find out, i think he will.

In that fight price was about 23 and Fury was 16! And a 16 year old fury still knocked down a 23 year old price.

Whats your point fella?

You obviously missed the 4 pages of garbage regarding how Lewis apparently 'lost' to Vitali because big Vit was 2 rounds up at the point of stoppage.

Don't confuse the word lost to losing, easy mistake for someone who has a limited knowledge of the English language to make.

Haha keep trying kiddo

TopHat24/7 wrote:

victorgarco wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Bartley Gorman wrote:

victorgarco wrote:

mobilemaster8 wrote:Price to KO Fury within 6.

Both have fought similar levels of opposition, yet Price has dealt with them with complete ease where as Fury has been dropped and laboured in his fights.

Price beat him in the amateurs so has the mental edge if this were to occur.

Fury surely cant duck again can he?!?!

Soon find out, i think he will.

In that fight price was about 23 and Fury was 16! And a 16 year old fury still knocked down a 23 year old price.

Whats your point fella?

You obviously missed the 4 pages of garbage regarding how Lewis apparently 'lost' to Vitali because big Vit was 2 rounds up at the point of stoppage.

Don't confuse the word lost to losing, easy mistake for someone who has a limited knowledge of the English language to make.

Haha keep trying kiddo

quote where I said he LOST the fight.