The offical Crawford vs. Postol July 23 at MGM Grand

[Apex]

I think Crawford will win but I think it will be a close fight. You can't underestimate Postol. Very excited about this bout.

[-PBP-]

I'm rooting for Victor Postol who is a very good fighter, but he's up against it here.

Crawford is also a good fighter, about equal to Postol. But the difference is that Crawford has home country advantage. The promoter of both (Arum) will be wanting him to win, so we'll likely see a referee like Jack Reiss or Lawrence Cole who will be on Crawford's side. And if it goes to the scorecards, the judges will of course favor Crawford too.

Another factor may be the long layoff for Postol. Arum showed he values Crawford more highly by getting him a fight during that time.

So even though it's a close matchup, I think Crawford will win, probably by decision.

Correction: Arum offered a double header in NYC of Postol/Granados and Walters/Lomachenko to HBO but that fell through because Walters wanted more money.

[HanzGruber]

I find it extremely funny that Golovkin/Brook has the same odds as Crawford/Postol.. and that Smith is a bigger underdog vs. Canelo.

yea makes no sense lol

[El JACKAL]

Postol gonna shock the world.

[BrometheusBob.]

Holy **** it's almost here hnnnnghhhhh

[BrometheusBob.]

I noticed Postol by KO is 14/1. I don't see that as the most likely outcome but might have a small bet just because he has a far better chance than the odds are suggesting.

I'd be shocked if Postol got a KO. He has a pretty modest KO% overall and that includes decision wins over some fairly non-sturdy fighters (for example Jay Morris, who was 12-15-1 with 9 stoppage losses at the time, and 7 stoppage losses since). If he performs as well as he did against Matthysse then you never know I guess but I'm not expecting that.

[The Hammer]

Correction: Arum offered a double header in NYC of Postol/Granados and Walters/Lomachenko to HBO but that fell through because Walters wanted more money.

And that's not a good reason why Postol-Granados couldn't have gone ahead on another Top Rank card. It wasn't Granados who demanded more money.

[-PBP-]

And that's not a good reason why Postol-Granados couldn't have gone ahead on another Top Rank card. It wasn't Granados who demanded more money.

Like what? The Top Rank HBO cards this year have been:

Pac/Bradley
Crawford/Lundy
Loma/Martinez

By the time Loma/Martinez happened Postol/Crawford was already in the works. Just enjoy the damn fight and stop hedging your pick so you don't have to give credit to the fighter you don't like.

Postol is a great fighter, a true professional, stays in shape year around and will be ready to go.

[The Hammer]

Like what? The Top Rank HBO cards this year have been:

Pac/Bradley
Crawford/Lundy
Loma/Martinez

By the time Loma/Martinez happened Postol/Crawford was already in the works.

They could have had Postol-Granados on one of their many UniMas cards.

There's no excuse for a big promoter to leave a boxer inactive for nearly a year.

[Larry the boss]

When is the weigh in?