Britain's heavyweight scene come alive again

with three quality fighters all aiming to hit the big time.David Price, Dereck Chisora and Tyson Fury are all in the mix over the next 12 to 18 months. Last weekend Liverpool's Price steamrollered John McDermott in 73 seconds to take his English title, with the fight also doubling up as a final British title eliminator to make him mandatory to the current champion Fury, who also holds the Commonwealth belt. With purse bids set for February 8, it will be interesting to see what Fury's next move will be. He could defend the title and avenge his loss to Price at the 2006 Amateur Boxing Association Championships or vacate the title and go down another route. Price, who won bronze at the Beijing Olympics, is making all the right noises — saying Fury will take the fight because he is a "fighting man" due to his gipsy stock and will look a "bit of a coward" if he ducks him. Both men stand at 6ft 8in although Price, at 28, is five years older than Fury and has the better knockout ratio. Most pundits fancy Price but I think it is an even fight at the moment IF Fury gets into shape. Price, Fury and Chisora all work with different TV companies and promoters. I look after Chisora, who's got a big challenge for the WBC world heavyweight title against Vitali Klitschko on BoxNation next month. Price is with Frank Maloney — with his fights being televised on Sky — while Fury is with Mick Hennessy at Channel 5. In America, meanwhile, new TV network EPIX see the heavyweight division as the key to gaining a competitive foothold in the boxing business. Over three consecutive weekends, they will broadcast Klitschko v Chisora live in the US plus Alexander Povetkin's WBA world heavyweight title defence against Marco Huck and WBO/IBF world champion Wladimir Klitschko's fight against Jean-Marc Mormeck. With a new wave of Olympians set to come through after London 2012, potential super-heavyweight star Anthony Joshua and heavyweight Simon Vallily could be the next names to follow Chisora and Co.