Price vs Thompson the "KO"

[Beanflicker]

Chin alludes to overall punch resistance to the head. Heavyweight boxing is tricky and Tony is a big guy with some pop, but it for sure proves that he doesn't have an iron chin.

I still can't believe he lost to Tony Thompson.

[El Kabong]

Not many of the big lanky guys have great chins historically speaking and at any given weight class. Sure there are a few that were MORE durable than others, but now that were really great in the punch resistance department.

I think an immediate rematch is kind of silly for a few reasons. #1 Thompson will want to cash in on this win and that more than likely means a fight vs Fury at this point. #2 Price will need to regroup and get his mind right...a loss like that can really knock your confidence through the floor. #3 Thompson knows he can hurt Price AND Thompson has decent defense & a good chin, Price knows this as well AND will have terrible confidence in a rematch due to how he lost to just up and throw him back in with a dude that hurt him that bad is a poor management decision.

If Price wants revenge he'll have to earn it over time. Fight another southpaw, get used to the stance and get your confidence back up to snuff & THEN fight Thompson. Allow Price 1-2 fights before trying Thompson again. Watch how Wlad dismantled Thompson (twice) & use that as a blueprint, that's Price's best chance to get back in the mix.

David's career is by no means over, but it's taking on water and he's got to fix this pretty quick if he's to salvage it. He could easily lose again now that people will have less fear of him, they know he's vulnerable....VERY vulnerable.

[TitoFan]

The short list of future, dangerous, potential Wlad challengers has just been decreased by one.
Scratch David Price.

Chances just increased many-fold that Wlad will continue cruising through the riff-raff of the HW division until he just gets too old to continue fighting. Then, he will retire. And we'll never know whether he would've survived the epic fight I personally have been wishing for for a long, long time.