David Price announces his retirement after 12-year professional career and glittering amateur career featuring Olympic medals and beating Tyson Fury

David Price has officially announced his retirement from boxing at the age of 38.

The 2008 Olympic Bronze medallist held the British and Commonwealth titles from 2012 to 2013 and challenged for the European title in 2015.

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His professional career started brightly, with a string of powerful knockouts and his extensive amateur pedigree leading him to be named ESPN’s Prospect of the Year in 2012.

Unfortunately, his career began to unravel after back-to-back defeats to former world title contender Tony Thompson and he failed to recapture the early promise which had seen him beat Tyson Fury as an amateur.

Price shared the ring with Fury back in 2006 and outpointed the Mancunian after climbing off the canvas in an amateur bout.

Although their career trajectories would go off on completely different tangents, Fury still remembers the defeat and even spoke about it candidly in his autobiography.

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Defeat to Alexander Povetkin effectively wrecked any lingering world title dreams he had in 2018, with the Russian going on to fight Anthony Joshua later in the year at Wembley stadium as the WBA No.1 contender.

He dominated Dave Allen in July 2019, but was then stopped by Dereck Chisora in October and has not boxed since, making his decision easier.

“I haven’t officially announced that I’ve retired, but I won’t be fighting anymore. You won’t see me in a boxing ring again for a fight,” said David Price to BT Sport Boxing.

“That was only officially made up in my mind about six weeks ago. When the call came, there was no desire to fight,” said Price in what made him decide to retire.

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“I didn’t even want to know who, and I was like, I don’t want to fight on that end, and I don’t want to fight again. So that’s the end of my boxing career.

“A few factors came into that,” said Price on his reasons for hanging up the gloves at 38. “I haven’t fought in two years. So I’ve been totally inactive.

“Yeah, the hunger is no longer there, and that’s massive, which is why your elite fighters like Tyson, like your Canelos, your AJs, they’ve got as much money as they’ll ever need, but that hunger is still there.

“That’s because they’re fighting for glory, and the glory is gone in my career. I’m just fighting for the extra bit of money and at what cost?

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“I want to cash them in because I’ve got my faculties, I’m healthy, and that’s the decision I’ve come to.

“I’ve set a little business up, I’ve got my properties, and I’m happy and content with the end.”

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