These kinds of upsets really hurt the heavyweight landscape IMO...you don't get the Ali-Frazier, Foreman-Frazier, battle of the 2 undefeated fighters for the title. You barely get the Gerry Cooney vs Larry Holmes kinds of fights where you have a green prospect and an established Champion because either the champion loses which puts the top of the division at a standstill due to rematch clauses (but that's not happening recently) or the prospect gets stopped before getting another step closer to a title shot.

The kind of loss Price suffered vs Thompson (especially given how Wlad just manhandled Thompson in that rematch) has probably set Price back 2 years, and that's providing everything goes right for Price. Price will have to win this next fight and then prove himself vs a big puncher to show he can handle them and THEN vs a top tier contender to show he's class enough to fight for the titles.