As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics; gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2008 EU Championships; and three ABA titles; all in the super-heavyweight division.
In August 2003 he won the Commonwealth Confederations tournament in Kuala Lumpur, defeating Muzzafar Iqbal of Pakistan 21:9, and Justin Whitehead of Australia 22:6.
Price lost to Roberto Cammarelle in the quarter-finals of the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Bulgaria in 2004, a defeat that prevented him from going to the Athens Olympics.
Price captained the 2006 Commonwealth Games boxing team in Melbourne and achieved a gold medal there, beating Indian Varghese Johnson in the process, despite being knocked down three times.
[3] At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago he defeated three opponents including Marko Tomasović of Croatia 23:11, Frenchman Mohamed Samoudi whom he stopped, Primislav Dimovski (Skopje) 20:4 but a hand injury kept him from showing for his fight against Roberto Cammarelle.
[7] On 19 May 2012 at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, Price beat Sam Sexton in a fourth-round KO victory, and won the vacant British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles.
[8] Widely considered Price's best performance to date, he impressively controlled the bout with his jab and distance, hurting Sexton badly whenever he connected.
[17] In December 2012, it was announced that Price would fight American former two-time world title challenger Tony Thompson (36-3, 24 KOs) at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on 23 February 2013.
In the second round Price caught Thompson with a right hand sending him hurt to the ropes, he then launched his first big attack of the bout.
One option was to fight British rival Derek Chisora, but decided to take a small pay cut to avenge his only loss.
Price seemed to collapse physically in the fifth round, at one point turning his back to Thompson and retreating to the corner where the referee started a count.
[29][30] After this loss Price separated from trainers Franny Smith and Lennox Lewis and it was later announced that Thompson had failed a drugs test and was subsequently banned by the British Boxing Board of Control for 18 months.
After ten hard fought rounds, for the first time in four years, the former British and Commonwealth went the scheduled distance, leaving the decision in the hands of the judges.
After a cautious start, Price began to boss his Brazilian opponent around the ring, before unloading a massive right hand in the sixth-round to finish the fight prematurely.
During the first round, Price threw a counter uppercut that knocked Pejsar to the ground for the first time in his career and gave him a black eye.
Price continued his comeback on 1 October in Germany, stopping journeyman Ivica Perkovic in the second round with a body shot.
Price signed to fight Dave Allen in another tune up bout on 22 October but was forced to pull out due to illness.
[45] On 8 January 2017 it was announced that Price would fight on the undercard of IBO super-middleweight bout Eubank Jr.-Quinlan at the Olympia in London on 4 February against WBO European heavyweight champion Christian Hammer (20-4, 11 KOs) to take place on ITV Box Office.
Price last fought at the Echo Arena in July 2013, where he lost his second consecutive fight to American veteran Tony Thompson.
It was revealed that Price had parted ways with trainer Dave Coldwell and would now train with George Vaughan, Derry Mathews and Joe McNally.
[53] Price would next fight UK based Polish journeyman Kamil Sokolowski on 2 December 2017 at the Brentwood Centre Arena in Brentford, having last fought there in 2010.
[65] In early August 2018, it was rumoured that Price would appear on the Joshua vs. Povetkin undercard against rising Russian heavyweight Sergei Kuzmin (12-0-1, 9 KOs).
[66] On 20 August, it was announced that Price would next fight on 5 October at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast against Irish boxer Sean Turner (12-3, 8 KOs).
[68] Former two-time world title challenger Eric Molina was the first to put his name forward to fight Price, although at the time, he was banned for an anti-doping violation.
[72][73] In November 2018, trainer Joe McNally revealed Price would return to the ring on the Whyte vs. Chisora II undercard on 22 December at The O2 Arena on Sky Box Office.
[77][78] On 24 December 2018, Hearn revealed he was planning to hold an event in Liverpool at the ECHO Arena on 30 March 2019, with Price rumoured to be on the card.
"[80] His opponent was later announced as the outspoken, undefeated Birmingham heavyweight Kash Ali (15-0, 7 KOs) at the newly renamed M&S Bank Arena.
When asked about a possible rematch, Price said, “I don’t want to share a ring with an animal like that again.” Tony Bellew also branded Ali as “a disgrace”.
[91] On 28 April, the fight between Price and Allen (17-4-2, 14 KOs) was announced to take place on the undercard of Dillian Whyte vs. Óscar Rivas at The O2 Arena on 20 July 2019, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
[100][101] On 31 August 2019, a fight between Derek Chisora (31-9, 22 KOs) and Joseph Parker was announced to take place at the O2 Arena in London on 26 October, with the bout taking place as the co-main event to the World Boxing Super Series: Light welterweight final between Regis Prograis and Josh Taylor live on Sky Sports Box Office.