Tony Thompson: 'David Price will benefit from Lennox Lewis advice'

American heavyweight Tony Thompson has praised David Price for the way that he has reacted to defeat.

The Liverpool fighter has sought the advice of Lennox Lewis in the build-up to his rematch with the 41-year-old, who knocked him out in the second round of their original engagement in February.

"It isn't respect for me that he went to work with Lennox, but [it] shows how seriously he takes his career," Sky Sports News quotes Thompson as saying. "He will be getting great information from Lennox because he is an all-time great and knows the game.

"Sometimes you get your career to a certain level and you just can't receive information and don't even want to listen to a world champion.

"You think you know it all. You get beat and instead of changing things you go back with the same flaws. He is showing a willingness and that is a credit to David."

The rematch takes place at the Echo Arena on July 6.