WBC Prez Feels Crawford Could Be Another Floyd Mayweather
By Miguel Rivera
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman was very impressed with Terence Crawford's performance on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Crawford (29-0, 20KOs) dominated previously undefeated Viktor Postol (28-1, 12KOs) to unify the WBO and WBC junior welterweight titles.
After a close start, Crawford had two knockdowns of Postol in the fifth and then dominated the rest of the way. Postol was considered by most experts as the most dangerous opponent of Crawford's career. Instead the fight became an easy night of work for the boxer from Omaha.
Crawford's performance and boxing ability have Sulaiman flashbacks of retired former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. - who captured WBC belts from super featherweight to junior middleweight.
"It was a real work of art we saw. Crawford has the boxing ability and he completely dominated a great fighter like Viktor Postol, and we saw a clear victory for Crawford - who undoubtedly has great class," Sulaiman said to ESPN Deportes.
"Beyond the southpaw style, Crawford has many similar things to Mayweather, and the bonus there is that he's more aggressive and punches. He's a star who will begin to shine. I am convinced that great things will come to him. Postol did what he could but he was a [unable to do anything]. That was a high class demonstration [by Crawford]."
Crawford is now a frontrunner to fight eight division champion Manny Pacquiao on November 5th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Pacquiao has not officially announced his return to the ring, but Top Rank set aside the November date in the event his return is finalized.
