Comments Thread For: Postol Shocker, Knocks Out Lucas Matthysse For WBC Belt!

[iniduoh]

damn kinda sad to see how matthysses career went he was my favorite prospect not long ago

eastern euros are working through every division in boxing

Not quite, Broner just picked one off tonight.

[-Hyperion-]

The hard Lucas lover always overrated him and that has caused a lot of people to hate him and underrate him.

This fight after round 6 was simply a small tired fighter frustrated by not being able to work(in legal and illegal ways, and yes he landed rabbit punches himself but 90% of them were pretty much Postol's fault with his excessive clinching) and mentally quitting once he knew he couldn't land and was starting to get hit with solid punches and hurt.

It was an extreme representation of most of his flaws, precipitated by the stage of his career right now, and a frustrating opponent for him.

As for those flaws:

Lucas is a 5'6' tops, not big for the division, and is not a physically strong guy, just a very good puncher, but he is not someone who can push you and drain you with physicality. He is not super athletic so he relies on a block and then work approach, which limits his activity, especially against busy guys with a reach advantage.
His biggest flaw to me has always been that he is pretty fragile, when he gets hit wiht big punches, his body breaks down fast. His eyed got ****ed by a solid right from Vivian Harris, then his eye got ****ed by Garcia's left hook, and it probably got ****ed again with Postol.
Against guys who can drain you physically, he has looked dead tired loads of times because he just doesn't have the kind of conditioning that other small guys like Tim Bradley have(probably shouldve hired a world class conditioning coach).

His demeanor is of a pretty calm guy who enjoys a quiet life, and doesn't like to get punched at all(another limitant to his activity) which is why he'd rather stay at a safe distance and try to block, and thus gets outworked at times, and sometimes backfires on him because, while he has a decent block, he can be overwhelmed.

so to summarize, a bit small, physically not that strong, not a great athlete, fragile, a bit too methodical, shells up at the wrong times sometimes, a bit too easygoing with his career to make serious sacrifices in order to get better training/conditioning.

[Showtime..]

Postol would've beat Garcia 12-0. Would a been insanely dirty beat-down.

Imam vs. Postol is 50-50

[Savage Poster]

u seriously need jesus. and postol ended the fight like a hero unlike floyd who does very little and cruises. postol threw more punches in the last few rounds than floyd does in 12 rounds. get a clue.

I named my Frankenweenie Jesus, motherf**ker. You want Jesus in your anus?

[russogd3]

Wow

Very disappointed in Lucas... Definitely got to give due credit to Postol, he fought a heck of a fight. Just didn't see much of anything promising out of Matthysse. Don't know what he has left to look forward to... Maybe he can be Broner's first defense? I mean why not, Broner got a title fight fresh off getting his ass kicked.

[bigdunny1]

Postol would've beat Garcia 12-0. Would a been insanely dirty beat-down.

Imam vs. Postol is 50-50

Dannys camp knew Postol was dangerous and wanted no parts of him. That's why they ducked this fight.

[livershot73]

That was definitely a war, but he was very much in that fight throughout and had the upper hand in most of the exchanges. But against Garcia and Postol, it seems like mental frustration got the better of him due to his inability to get into a rhythm + absorbing clean shots. In the rounds prior to the knockout, it seemed like he stopped trying like in the Garcia fight, and once he was dropped, he called it a day.

COMPLETELY AGREE.....I was thinking the same....

[LA_2_Vegas]

Postol's jab to the body looked like it reached across the entire ring

[MrClutch85]

I know Amir Khan is happy Postol won he might be the front runner to get the Pacquiao fight now

[HIGHNESS]

I kind of had a feeling Postol would win or do better than people expected.

Let me wait for people to list Postol as their favorite boxers in their signature list, or avatar images of Viktor Postol or even other sig pics of him.