Today’s presser for Saturdays Matchroom card at the M & S Bank Arena in Liverpool, (formerly the Echo Arena) headlined by Sam Eggington v Liam Smith was largely overshadowed by an entertaining verbal exchange between heavyweights Kash Ali and David Price who meet in an interesting chief support bout.. Both guys usually sedate by nature sprung to life when the unbeaten Sheffield fighter stated “Price, I’m coming for you!” Which ignited a fire under the Liverpool man who dragged the exchange into the gutter.. Price 23-6 (19 Ko’s) feels that the animated Ali, is trying to convince himself that he belongs in the same class as himself, he retorted, “When I’m finished with you, I’ll send you back to the fucking leisure centres where you belong..” referring to the small shows on which Ali has currently been appearing.. Price continued, “I’m glad he’s gone like this, because I thought he was half alright, but it just shows he’s a Blert and he’s getting sparked out.”
The back and forth took a darker turn when a member of Ali’s entourage got involved, Price jumped to his feet and responded with “I’ll pull that fucking beard off your face you cunt, When I’ve knocked him out, I’ll come and fucking knock you out.. “ Ali stuck by his guns, continually referring to sparring sessions where he found his adversary, no real trouble, Price interjected “Yes, you was ok with that big helmet on with a steel bar on the front and your 20 ounce gloves..” The comedy value was priceless, as Kash referred to Prices stamina, saying that he will ‘ Quit and Gas’ at some point, around the 4th round.. Price laughed “Oh I can’t wait, Gas after 4 rounds, I’ll just be getting warmed up for you, I can’t wait for Saturday.” Many more insults were exchanged and Price told Ali’s team, whom he referred to as his little bunch of cronies, “That the biggest issue they are gonna have on their hands, is keeping this guy calm by fight-night, because he’s all charged up and his arse is gonna go.. “ Ali did respond but misunderstood the statement, as a drug accusation, to which he replied “ I don’t drink and I’ve never done drugs.. “
Fight night is close and regardless of what is said, the 15-0 (7 Ko’s) underdog Ali, looks spiritually up for this his biggest test.. The problem lies in how seasoned he is as a pro, his last bout was a stoppage over a novice with a 2-2 record called Colin Goldhawk, and prior to that he struggled to a points win over a 1-4, Phil Williams.. In fact his biggest win, was probably a final round stoppage over 20 stone, 16-23-1 veteran Paul Butlin.. Ali has only boxed in 11 scheduled 4 rounders and 3 scheduled 6 rounders, and a single 10 which never got out of the second round with Dave Howe.. Price has actually featured in 9 twelve round scheduled fights and 5 scheduled 10 rounders, in a career that has seen him pick up British and Commonwealth titles, on top of an Olympic bronze.. Mixing in company like Alexander Povetkin, Audley Harrison, Erkan Teper and Sergey Kuzmin.. On paper the mountain for Ali to climb on Saturday is a steep one, but it’s boxing and unbeaten heavyweights bring momentum and confidence.. those two ingredients along with power, can make for an interesting evening..
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