David Price's second successive loss to Tony Thompson was more than a defeat. It was an absolute disaster.
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In his defence Price still lacks in experience as well. Thompson is not the best fighter in the world, but he has been around and he has been in with the best - and he showed his nous by getting up off the floor and then turning the fight in his favour.
Now though, not only has Price's confidence gone, but all of a sudden he is getting criticised left, right and centre. People used to talk about him and how far he will go, but straight away they are more worried about whether he will fight again. Well he will, but he will have to eat plenty of humble pie.
He has to go back to basics and he has to show - and prove - that he is commitment is still there, that boxing is still his life. He has to give it his all.
This not going to be easy. In fact, this is going to be very, very tough. There are going to be some dark times for Price to deal with. This is about his character.
He needs to ignore the barrage of criticism and abuse that will come his way, because it can be overcome. Being successful and becoming a world champion is never straightforward and without the bad times.
Look at Lennox himself, he went through it; David Haye has had it recently and the reason this is so important for me, it is what I had to go through to succeed.
It brought out the animal instinct, that nasty streak that you need. As soon as the dark side arrives, you immediately want to hit back.
People are giving him grief so he should fight back and if he is wound up by someone like Tony Thompson, you want to do knock them out, show them who is the boss.
David Price needs to sort out what is going on with his training, he needs to make sure he is committed to the cause but above all, he needs to have that edge.
Only one man can sort that out: David Price. If he can't then he has to walk away...
