In my own opinion, Im usually reluctant to put faith in a Western European white or North American white fighter. Usually I find that such fighters tend to have a psychological/mental disadvantage, caste-system issues, cultural marxist issues etc.
Generally speaking, I find that Eastern European or Southern European athletes achieve much more and more reliable in boxing.
So much of boxing has to do not only with training and skills, but also with mentality, confidence, and smart fighter management. In the latter regards, I feel Western white fighters are many times disadvantaged. Ricky Hatton, Donnie Lalonde, Tommy Morrison, Gerry Cooney etc are Western white fighters that I would say had confidence issues and/or bad career management.
In any case, there are many exceptions to this rule I have described.
Joe Calzaghe is a Western white who routinely beat Negroes post to post, and achieved so much in the boxing ring, retiring undefeated as one of the greatest boxers of alltime. Carl Froch is also a very accomplished guy, Kelly Pavlik before his fall from grace was a very accomplished guy and his KO win over Taylor was truly breathtaking.
The greatness of Joe Calzaghe was truly breathtaking. Understand that we have a white man here, who dominated and beat probably the greatest black fighter of the last 20 years (Bopkins). Tremendous career achievements from Joe and he truly was world-class in every sense of the term.
I feel David Price is a notable exception to the rule as well.
I really like what Im seeing from David Price. He seems to have excellent timing, excellent power, good speed, very smart boxing IQ. I also like that Price is an Olympian and has a great amateur boxing background. The two things I question of Price is his ability to take a punch/deal with a fight, stamina, and no doubt we'll find that out as his career moves along.
Another good sign for Price is that he has already fought numerous Negroes and seemed to have no problem KOing them early. Thats a good sign and shows his confidence is in a good way.
Check it out:
David Price KO Raphael Butler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEuT_MHF_tc
David Price also KO'd African Osborn Machimana very impressively, but that KO doesnt seem to be on youtube.
In any case Im very optimistic for David Price. He looks sensational so far. I just hope he will keep it up. No worries if he doesn't though. There are so many Russians/Ukrainians in heavyweight boxing who will keep up Euro rule of heavyweight long after Klitschko's retire.
