Comments Thread For: Terence Crawford Drops, Dominates Postol To Unify Titles

[Boxing Logic]

Kovalev, Gvozdyk, Postol, they look terrible without it. Please bring it back for their sake, we can change this. Believe.

https://www.change.org/petitions

Now I see why Pedvetkin purposely failed his test.

You may be onto something actually. Just be consistent. If this was a result of not having meldonium, and Postol is as bad as he looked tonight without it, then this win is meaningless for Crawford, who also looked bad, so no one should be hyping it.

Same for Kovalev-Ward. I got hyped up about the Kovalev who fought Pascal, BHop, where VADA told me he was clean. But if he was actually on meldonium, and he's ordinary without it, then we can't give Ward credit for beating an ordinary fighter either if Ward wins.

See how boxing is a totally ruined sport? Totally broken. You can't even give fighters credit for wins anymore because you don't know which version of a fighter they are fighting. Like how Sugar Shane looked amazing vs Margarito while he still had his Sugar, then only had 2 rounds of fight in him against Floyd and stood there doing nothing, without the Sugar. At least that time, we know what happened, but all these other fights, we are probably giving fighters credit for "making that amazing fighter look awful! Totally dismantling him!" when in reality they probably just couldn't take PEDs anymore once the big fight came around with the drug tests, attention, and the big payday that wasn't worth risking to take the PEDs anymore.

And we have no idea which fights they are. There's no way to know so the sport is compromised. With all the cheating and inconsistent drug testing in boxing, only for some fights but not others, we have no way of knowing which performances were great performances, and which were just guys facing fighters who had to go off the juice for that fight. For this sport to function, they either need drug testing in every fight, or the same drug testing in every fight. You can't change it every other fight because then fighters are always fighting different versions of certain opponents, and we can never judge which performances were good or bad, or which were just based on going on or off PEDs.

This sport is so frustrating man!

[Carolina Bomber]

What a pathetic performance by both guys. Punch stats were complete bullisht, they exaggerated the output of both fighters to make this look like it was a fight. Postol landed maybe 20 punches all night, Crawford landed maybe 50. Postol could not take a single punch clean, and showed why old Matthysse was kicking his ass and outboxing him until he re-injured his eye. Unfortunately that circumstance allowed unwarranted hype to be put behind Postol, setting up the Crawford hype train to run full steam ahead after beating an extremely basic fighter.

I've never seen a fighter run like that. I miss Floyd. Even Lara vs Canelo, Lara did the exact same thing, run laps around the ring, but he at least stung Canelo with 4-6 clean lefts down the pipe per round. Crawford would just ambush Postol with one shot to start a round, which Postol fell for like an amateur, then run laps and juke like a running back without throwing the next 90 seconds any time Postol got close, then juke into one punch after Postol had no choice but to overextend after 90 seconds of chasing a marathon runner if he wanted to make any action, and then kill the clock for the rest of the round. Most of these rounds were 2 punches to 1, 3 punches to 2 or 1, at best 4-5 punches. Least action I've ever seen in a prize fight.

It's like HBO and their defensive fighters use the same joint gameplan to con boxing fans every time. It's always the same script.

Hype up a basic opponent with neither elite power or speed, who has never beat a good boxer and only fought the opposite style, as some world beater? Check.

When the defensive fighter still can't do anything but run and out-potshot the basic fighter by a punch or two per round, talk incessantly about what a virtuoso display it is? Check.

Crawford even pulled the exact Floyd Mayweather at the end. After running for 11 rounds, getting booed, he acts like he's finally going to show a little something to the crowd, and acts tough for all of 15 seconds exchanging, until he gets caught once by a punch that isn't even that great, and then all of a sudden the tough guy act turns 180 degrees into a "you can't hit me while I run look at me taunting you act!" that is pure salesmanship, but the HBO crew always hypes up like "see how he's running and taunting to try to trick everyone into realizing he's not running? That means he's super confident and a virtuoso! Floyd did dat too!!!!! That means he's amazing!"

And the final cherry on top that these defensive fighters who avoid engaging always add to the spectacle? They're always asked simple questions in the post fight interviews, "do you want the super fight now since you haven't fought a top opponent ever?" and instead of just saying yes, hell yeah, bring it on next! they always pull a Canelo "well I'll talk to my team. But I'll fight anyone! Just don't want to mention anyone by name, especially the guy you just asked me about that everyone wants to see me fight. But I'll fight anyone!"

And then Jim Lampley, coordinating his spin with the post fight interview avoidance just like he did with the whole fight, tries to downplay the fight happening next, on cue, because we learned from May-Pac that marinating Pacquiao fights at age 37 is great for boxing!

The whole charade was a joke. Crawford's speed, foot speed, and two-handed punching are elite. He has the tools but that performance was a joke. Postol, what can you say, Crawford ran all night so the only way he could get to him was to overextend, and Crawford is twice as fast and twice as powerful as him, so that wasn't an option either. He was constantly jabbing three feet in the air over Crawford's head, and Crawford didn't even have to duck. He showed all he knows how to do is throw the 1-2, he had zero punch selection and no snap in his left hook. Had no left uppercut at all. Just not a natural boxer which explains why he made brawler Lucas Matthysse look like SRL until he caught no-head-movement Matthysse in the eye and reinjured it. Otherwise Matthysse would have won and we would have gotten a much better fight tonight.

But, that's how boxing has been for an entire decade. Nothing goes how it's supposed to. That's because even if Matthysse would have won, then they probably just wouldn't have made the fight right now, because Arum knows Postol is much more limited. Bob views these fighters as his last few "investments" I think and he's not putting a single one of them in any fight where the hype for the opponent does not exceed that opponent's abilities by a factor of 100.

You got this HBO crap on one side, PBC on the other... boxing is a mess. Kovalev-Ward is boxing's only hope this year. But it's boxing so that won't happen either I bet.

On behalf of boxing, you are kicked out of the club. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Best Regards, Boxing.

[Shadoww702]

WOW!!!! Roach is a FKN SHTY @SS TRAINER!!!! Emanuel Steward is ROLLING over in his grave on how BAD you trained Postol! WTF is a tall rangy fighter with 12 ko's chasing around Crawford??? Who HAD a 72% KO rate??? God DAMN if your NOT GGG, Maidana, Pac, Matty, Kov. Or even REMOTELY a KO artist STAY the *** away from ROACH!

Roach had Khan going chin up, arms swinging ....CHARGE!!!! He is TERRIBLE!!!! He was right in his plan for Postol too STOP chasing Crawford but those MONTHS of training said HELL NO!

Roach is DONE! Stay the *** away from him.

[Carolina Bomber]

It isn't necessary. Beating a person up is sadistic enough. Showboating is only acceptable if your opponent was disrespectful towards you in the build up like a De la Hoya vs Vargas fight.

I enjoy it from time to time. Crawford is just ruthless in the ring. No mercy on anyone.

[O.K.! 2.0]

Way to go Crawford! I thought his footwork was really good but could have closed the show if he pressed a little more. Crawford has major power in both hands. I call it fake pressure Postal was applying on Bud! The few times Bud stood directly in front of Postal, Postal refused to engage! Beautiful game by Crawford but I think he moved a little to much! Should have given more angles in close range.

[Mr. Luthor]

Where's Freddie Roach? ☺

[Shadoww702]

On behalf of boxing, you are kicked out of the club. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Best Regards, Boxing.

It was a SHT filled fight! We had the tall, lengthy, NO KO guy chasing the bigger puncher around... I ain't mad at Crawford! He played him. RoACH fkn suks! He TEACHES ZERO defense and ALL offense!

[SteveM]

Anybody that paid for this better thank Oscar Valdez. lmao!!!

Yeah, it was a boring fight. Rigondeaux - Donaire was far better to watch. Lara Canelo was better to watch. In fact a fight hardly broke out tonight. Postol wanted to engage but Crawford was gone most of the time. Sure boxing is hit and not be hit and all that and I do admire a slick fighter that stays in the pocket, but Crawford rarely choose to stay in the pocket. When he did he was totally comfortable which begs the question why didn't he engage more?
By not engaging more he has possibly lost the Pacquaio fight. Notice when Arum was asked whether it was gonna be Crawford against Pac he replied "we're all gonna fly home and enjoy the weekend" lol.

[Shadoww702]

Where's Freddie Roach? ☺

Probably training Brook to go ALL-IN on GGG.

[Shadoww702]

How the HELL did Roach get out COACHED by guys from Omaha??? He needs to RETIRE.