Comments Thread For: Crawford Respects Postol's Refusal To Fight Him In Omaha

[New England]

Just curious how you come to the conclusion that Postol has fought better competition than Crawford considering Postols best win was over Lucas Matthysse which was still a pretty close fight with excessive clinching but other than that he hasnt really fought anyone relevant Lundy gave him trouble in their fight and he beat Selcuk Aydin the same one who got outboxed by Jesus Soto Karass.

Gamboa and Burns are multiple division champions regardless of what people who have never boxed in their lives say and Prescott was still seen as a big puncher at 140 and Crawford moved up on schooled him when he was still a lightweight. Burns and Gamboa alone beat anyone on Postols resume including their common opponent of Lundy who Crawford broke down. I think Crawford wins a close tactical fight with a lot of holding no disrespect to Postol because he is a good figher I just think Crawford has the intangibles to win

lucas matthysse is a better fighter than anybody crawford has beaten. it's on those grounds that i say "he's more proven against better competition." he beat teh best fighter on either of their resumes.


crawford is more experienced, but he hasn't beaten anybody as good as matthysse, who was a fading, but had been a top fighter in his day. gamboa had done his best work at much lower weights, and ricky burns is ricky burns. dulorme wasn't as good as matthysse. neithe was beltran.


oretty obvious that postol faced the best figter of the two, and has the best win. and postol is ranked higher at 140, if you notice, because of it.

[-PBP-]

Can't wait to see this.

I base my knowledge of Postol's power mostly on stopping Matthysse... but does anybody know what's up with his somewhat low KO ratio?

Not sure if anyone on here's been following his career for more than a few years, just curious about it.

He caught my attention after he beat my boy Chop Chop. He has power but he's a boxer first. He prefers to use his jab, maintain his distance and cruise. Matthysse and Aydin got careless and Postol made them pay for their mistakes.

[Kigali]

lucas matthysse is a better fighter than anybody crawford has beaten. it's on those grounds that i say "he's more proven against better competition." he beat teh best fighter on either of their resumes.


crawford is more experienced, but he hasn't beaten anybody as good as matthysse, who was a fading, but had been a top fighter in his day. gamboa had done his best work at much lower weights, and ricky burns is ricky burns. dulorme wasn't as good as matthysse. neithe was beltran.


oretty obvious that postol faced the best figter of the two, and has the best win. and postol is ranked higher at 140, if you notice, because of it.

Lucas WAS a better fighter.
Garcia knocked that all away...so did John Molina.

Crawford is better than the battered Mathysee Postol beat up.

You'll see..

[New England]

Lucas WAS a better fighter.
Garcia knocked that all away...so did John Molina.

Crawford is better than the battered Mathysee Postol beat up.

You'll see..

that's speculation. i'm not speculating. i'm actually looking at the rankings right now, and everybody has postol out front on the strength of the matthysse win.


matthysse was a better win at 140 than anything crawford has on his record, and it got crawford ranked behind postol for that reason.


crawford has dulorme, an unproven prospect, jean, a nobody in the scheme of things, and lundy, an athletic guy but basically a gatekeeper.

[Kigali]

that's speculation. i'm not speculating. i'm actually looking at the rankings right now, and everybody has postol out front on the strength of the matthysse win.


matthysse was a better win at 140 than anything crawford has on his record, and it got crawford ranked behind postol for that reason.


crawford has dulorme, an unproven prospect, jean, a nobody in the scheme of things, and lundy, an athletic guy but basically a gatekeeper.

Everybody might be wrong.
That's the problem with seeking the safety of a herd.

A lot of people say shi.t and you dive into the unwashed masses.

Mathysse being better than anybody Crawford fought wont take Crawford's boots out of Postol's as.s.

Crawford brings a lot more to the table than triangle theories and resumes.


John Molina is a gatekeeper and he almost put Mathysse to sleep.

[techliam]

Everybody might be wrong.
That's the problem with seeking the safety of a herd.

A lot of people say shi.t and you dive into the unwashed masses.

Mathysse being better than anybody Crawford fought wont take Crawford's boots out of Postol's as.s.

Crawford brings a lot more to the table than triangle theories and resumes.


John Molina is a gatekeeper and he almost put Mathysse to sleep.

I've seen a few of your posts around, so i'm not terribly surprised that you don't seem to understand what he's saying.

Crawford may well win and I wouldn't bet against it, but Postol has proven more of the two so far, hence his higher ranking. Based on actual evidence, Postol should be the slight favourite. It's fairly simple stuff

[Mike_R]

Crawford has more tricks up his sleeve I think, but the big question is how well he'll be able to break through to hit Postol. Crawford not having a height and reach advantage is going to be really interesting.

Crawford's comfort level in switching stance is potentially a pretty huge puzzle and problem that Postol may have to deal with and adjust to.

I think both guys can crack, but they are also both pretty high IQ fighters who think and adjust on the fly. Hoping for a good chess match with a KO.

[Kigali]

I've seen a few of your posts around, so i'm not terribly surprised that you don't seem to understand what he's saying.

Crawford may well win and I wouldn't bet against it, but Postol has proven more of the two so far, hence his higher ranking. Based on actual evidence, Postol should be the slight favourite. It's fairly simple stuff

Based on ability Crawford should be the slight favorite.

Postol is getting a lot of steam by beating what was left of Mathysse.

Garcia broke him...and John Molina almost broke him again.

[Motorcity Cobra]

I got Postol by UD or late stoppage 10-12 rds. Crawford starts slow then he bullies the smaller fighter. Postol has a good jab and will keep Crawford on the outside and when Crawford gets inside Postol will clinch. Postol is stronger than he gets credit for and he has a good chin. He ate some good shots from Matthysse. I think Crawford is skilled but I think he's benefited from good matchmaking.

[BaDaBingVIP2]

crawford at bad dude. i respect him a lot more after those comments. champion respect champion. but in the ring Bud going to get em. postol good but i think Crawfords skills are much better. i going to have to say Crawford but late 10 round stoppage. postol is game but i think Bud can make adjustments throughout the fight. i like that he respects his opponents but has that silent im gunna crush em anyway attitude. war Bud.