Hughie. Ready for Price?

[p4pking]

Even if Price has his limits and doesn't improve, I'd still give him a great chance to spark Tyson Fury this year. Quite possible Hughie could be the better boxer in a few years, but he's still a kid.

[nuggetdotcom]

Even if Price has his limits and doesn't improve, I'd still give him a great chance to spark Tyson Fury this year. Quite possible Hughie could be the better boxer in a few years, but he's still a kid.

Huey did the full six rounds with the fat lummox that Joshua recently sparked quite impressively, might put his record into context.

[Dark Lord Al]

All the talk of Fury being the youngest HW champion since Mike Tyson is laughable , Joshua would KO him in a round , he has a padded record , he is a light puncher , and will not reach the top in my opinion , Price would do him in a round also.

[bzkfn]

Jury is out on Hughie but right now Joshua is improving at a rapid rate and looks like a more powerful puncher. Hughie isn't ready for the step up in class but it really can't be long before they let him off the leash. Price didn't show me anything last fight. He's a rabbit in the headlights right now and a young fighter looking to prove himself might rush him and I'm not sure Price would know how to handle that. I wouldn't put Price in with a live body this year. I'd keep him busy against stiffs to get his confidence back and learn new things because they almost ruined him.

[ross]

I think Hughie would take price now but you dont risk throwing a 19 year old in with someone as experience as Price, so soon.

Joshua is 5 years older than Hughie. If he had Hughies schedule, he too would have started looking jaded.

Hughie is slowly coming away from the amateur style and looked good man handling Matt Grear. Come the end of this year, he will be a fearsome prospect as he maturs in to his frame.

On another note, Joshua is big strong and powerfull but I have a feeling there will be question marks as I had with Price when he gets upped in class. There were signs in the olympics that he will not be ale to deal with movement, like his first fight which he shouldnt have won, against Erislandy Savon.

Ask Dillion Whyte about Joshua. In Whytes first amateur fight he dropped Joshua a few times and beat him easily.

[bzkfn]

I think Hughie would take price now but you dont risk throwing a 19 year old in with someone as experience as Price, so soon.

Joshua is 5 years older than Hughie. If he had Hughies schedule, he too would have started looking jaded.

Hughie is slowly coming away from the amateur style and looked good man handling Matt Grear. Come the end of this year, he will be a fearsome prospect as he maturs in to his frame.

On another note, Joshua is big strong and powerfull but I have a feeling there will be question marks as I had with Price when he gets upped in class. There were signs in the olympics that he will not be ale to deal with movement, like his first fight which he shouldnt have won, against Erislandy Savon.

Ask Dillion Whyte about Joshua. In Whytes first amateur fight he dropped Joshua a few times and beat him easily.

All good points really. Right now, Joshua looks more impressive having less fights. However, David Price looked impressive until somebody was hitting him back so judgement on how good any of these prospects are is reserved until they step it up.

As for what you said about Joshua having Hughie's schedule, we should discover this year if you're right, as Hearn is looking to have Joshua very busy this year. Not that I believe it'll be this many, but they've said they hope to have him out 10 times in 2014. That'll never happen, but he should be busy.

[Fenster]

I thought he looked good the weekend. He looked fitter/sharper than he normally does. His lack of power is a bit obvious though, he best hope he develops some or he wont be going anywhere.

At this stage David Price would be 50/50 with Tyson Fury let alone Hughie.

Seeing Joshua easily KO guys that Fury can't put a dent in is a good measuring guide at the moment.