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Early wins for Price & Ohara
- Updated: October 1, 2016
British hopes David Price and Ohara Davies both recorded second-round stoppage wins in Germany on Saturday night.
Liverpool heavyweight Price (21-3-KO18) showed good punch economy before producing a rare body-shot finish of Croatia’s Ivica Perkovic (22-31-KO17).
Price had his man down with his first combination; a spearing right uppercut followed by a clubbing left hook and the job was finished in the second session when the underdog waved off the fight himself after sustaining a left to the solar plexus.
The 33-year-old said afterwards: “It was about using the night for a purpose and getting back under the lights, going through the fight-day routine and using things we’ve been working on in the gym.
“It was worthwhile to come out injury-free and I’m good to go again. I didn’t want to get in and bish-bash out. I wanted to get something from it. I didn’t get my jab off as well as I’d like because he …