After last weeks all English title fight between Sam Sexton and Larry Olubamiwo we have another interesting all English clash as Olympic bronze medal winner David Price (11-0, 9) faces the experienced John McDermott (26-7, 17) in a fight for the English Heavyweight title. This one promises a lot and has been one of the Heavyweight clashes that everyone in Britain has been looking forward to for a while as it not only gives us a marker as to how good Price is but it is also the chance for McDermott to take another notable scalp after defeating Larry Olubamiwo last year.
McDermott is the big underdog in the bout but he has been in most of his bouts as he's effectively become Britain's most under-rated fighter, due in part to his record which some may feel should read 30-3 (17) as many of his losses have been hotly debated (the 2 Danny Williams fights, the first Tyson Fury fight and the Mark Krence fight). He is a very hard working fighter who despite a doughy figure has a solid engine and work rate as well as being technically very solid even if he's not spectacular. On the flipside however is the fact that "Big Bad John" can be hurt (having been stopped 3 times), he does give away a lot of height to price (around 5" in this fight) and will giving away reach and maybe more importantly he has fought in 11 long months. In fact McDermott has only fought a single round in 18 months which really is a worry.
Price on the other hand has been more active in the last year and has also been stepping up through the levels well with many feeling he's the best active Heavyweight in the UK. Stood at 6'8" Price is a fighting giant and will tower over McDermott and Price has found a way, so far to use his height and reach to keep opponents at bay whilst looking for a chance to land his straight right hand (which for my money is the hardest punch in Britain by a long way). Whilst he may not be the hardest worker in the ring he does fight intelligently using his size and skills well and has so far protected his suspect chin incredibly well. With wins in 2011 over the likes of Raphael Butler and Tom Dallas it's fair to say Price is on the right and his promoter is certainly well behind him and will have a lot of confidence in the confident Scouser to pick up the W here, though at 1/6 he's hard to back outright.
The key to betting here is likely looking at the fact McDermott has been stopped 3 times in his career already and Price is certainly a hard puncher so the 4/11 offered by a number of book makers for Price to win inside the distance may be worth a punt. I'd personally look more at the over/unders though and maybe the tastiest is Evens on under 6.5 rounds offered by Ladbrokes.
Bets:
Outright-No bet
Others-Price by KO/TKO/DQ 4/11, Under 6.5 rounds Evens.
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