{"id":50138,"date":"2015-01-21T21:34:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T03:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=50138"},"modified":"2015-01-21T21:34:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T03:34:33","slug":"david-price-faces-costa-junior-on-february-21-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=50138","title":{"rendered":"David Price Faces Costa Junior on February 21 in Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=50138\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=50138\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-35521 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/David-Price-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"David Price\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>David Price (18-2, 15 KOs) will face Irineu Beato Costa Junior (16-2, 14 KOs) on February 21 at the O2 World in Berlin, Germany. The heavyweights go toe-to-toe on the undercard of the WBO World Super Middleweight rematch between Arthur Abraham (41-4, 28 KOs) and Paul Smith (35-4, 20 KOs), live on Sky Sports.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Price returns, following a six-month injury lay-off, ready to kick-start his 2015 with a ten-round contest against the 34 year-old Brazilian, Costa Junior. \u2018\u2019I can\u2019t wait to get back in the ring and remind everybody what I\u2019m all about,\u2019\u2019 said the former British and Commonwealth Champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Costa Junior is exactly the type of opponent I wanted. He\u2019s got a decent record, similar to my own, with sixteen wins and only two defeats. Last year, he went twelve rounds with Christian Hammer, so we know he\u2019s no mug. It will be another step up, but I think he will bring out the best in me. I\u2019m confident I will get the win.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The O2 World could prove to be a home away from home for the 6ft 8\u2019\u2019 heavyweight, with thousands of British fans expected to make the trip over to Berlin. \u2018\u2019The support from Liverpool will be fantastic,\u2019\u2019 said Price. \u2018\u2019There will be loads of fans coming over to get behind Paul and myself. I&#8217;m looking forward to being a part of such a big card. It will set up me up nicely for a \u2018homecoming\u2019 fight later this year.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u20192015 is going to be a huge year for Pricey,\u2019\u2019 said promoter Kalle Sauerland. \u2018\u2019That starts in Berlin on February 21. Costa Junior is a serious opponent. With a convincing victory, we can send a message to all the heavyweights around the world \u2013 the big man is back and he means business!\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=39299\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/imagez\/rsrad.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Price (18-2, 15 KOs) will face Irineu Beato Costa Junior (16-2, 14 KOs) on February 21 at the O2 World in Berlin, Germany. The heavyweights go toe-to-toe on the undercard of the WBO World Super Middleweight rematch between Arthur Abraham (41-4, 28 KOs) and Paul Smith (35-4, 20 KOs), live on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11875],"class_list":["post-50138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-david-price-faces-costa-junior-on-february-21-in-berlin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50138"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}