David Price..be Positive.

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I feel sorry for David Price, who comes across as a thoroughly decent bloke. I also respect anybody who has the guts to actually step in the ring.

He was a very good amateur, and his height and technique was well suited to the shorter format. He could definitely punch, he was well schooled and he had those great height and reach advantages.

However, even when he was still an amateur, those in the know had questions about his chin and his stamina.

After the obligatory blow outs against incompetent journeymen, the hype machine began working overtime. He has being compared favourably with the similarly sized Tyson Fury at the time .... but Fury is a fighter through and through and I never got the impression that Price was, deep down, a fighter at heart. Softly spoken, introspective and quite self deprecating - I was not convinced he was a man confident in his abilities.

With his losses, we have seen exactly the same pattern. A bright start, then a shocking collapse. Price is a very very big man, and his weight against Hammer was ridiculous! I don't join in the criticism of his corner, someone with elite level pretensions should have coped easily with the game but limited Hammer.

A man lacking confidence in his durability will always fight 'tense', and this stress is hugely debilitating and tiring. I think that, as well as lacking stamina generally, this psychological tension has just led to all the strength draining out of the guy by the fifth round. He was so exhausted he literally couldn't hold his hands up.

There is no doubting the man's courage, and - actually - Price has had a career he should be proud of. Boxing is hard, and very very few people make it a success. How many of the keyboard warriors on here have accomplished a fraction of what David Price has?

He could very easily continue his career at domestic level. There are many worse heavyweights than him plying a trade up and down the UK. But I do think his faults are too deep seated to correct quickly and in the glare of the public.

my worries aren't about his career. Any fighter who is huge and heavy, and who has courage .... but who literally cannot defend himself when tired is going to risk their long term health.

Nobody wants to see this fundamentally decent man irreparably harmed, or to join the long long list of people broken by the sport.