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

[elgu]

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

The only other case i enjoy it is if I don't like a fighter like with Ward. Ward fights bums because he likes to do so, and he sued the man who made his career while on his deathbed just because he didn't want to honor his contract. So much for one of gods son's. I will mock him when Kovalev beats him.

[MrClutch85]

Not impressed that Crawford won. I fully expected him to. What impressed me is how he won. Postol is generally a mover. And Bud usually is a lil more stationary. So Bud comes out moving, which completely confused and exposed Postol. Terrace Crawford is the most versatile fighter in the game, hands down. I don't think he can beat Manny. But its a legit superfight. Bring it on.

I thought Crawford would be the aggressor the movement he took away Postol jab didn't let him set to throw the right hand great gameplan

[Carolina Bomber]

I was just saying the very same thing

Haha I also just posted something bout that.

[NO/BS2468]

Crawford made Postol look like an amateur in there, Great performance by BUD !
Manny should stay retired.

[Boxing Logic]

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.

I knew I would get responses like that so it's cool. The HBO commentary is targeted at people like you who are already fans, and it's just about building hype. They know there are certain fans who don't care about entertaining fights, just seeing one kind of fighter win by any means necessary. The HBO commentators know the performance itself is ugly and impossible to enjoy, which is why they know they have to ****e it up with propaganda. Why do you think these days they barely commentate the fight anymore, and dedicate 98% of their commentating time to "analysis" of the A-side fighter talking about how great he is? They don't talk about uppercuts, hooks, straights, what's happening in the fight, they just throw it to Roy Jones and Max Kellerman over and over again every round to reinforce in your mind how amazing what you're watching is.

It's just common sense, if it was really that amazing, they wouldn't have to keep telling you, trying to make you believe it. It would speak for itself. But like any objective boxing fan, they know that no 3 punches to 2 punches rounds can ever speak for themselves, so they have to add the spin.

And I'm someone who appreciates Rigondeaux, for instance, because he stands right in front of his opponent, and doesn't run until he's up very late in the fight. Then he kind of coasts and that's why he gets some criticism. But for 75% of the fight he offers the smoothest boxing you will see, right in the pocket. Same with Lomachenko. But tonight Crawford circled and juked like a running back from the opening bell. It was the most running compared with the least punching I've ever seen in a fight. Crawford has skills but he it was like he was scared of Postol because he could have taken him out. He had the dominant skill set but still fought more defensively than Lara did against Canelo. Maybe the 15 seconds of trading in round 12 before running again tricked you because he added the taunts which some people seem to think should count as knockdowns, but they didn't trick me. Biggest dud fight of the year. Crawford used the Lara strategy while making Lara look like Pacquiao. And then he even ducked the question about fighting Pacquiao.

[Shadoww702]

Not impressed that Crawford won. I fully expected him to. What impressed me is how he won. Postol is generally a mover. And Bud usually is a lil more stationary. So Bud comes out moving, which completely confused and exposed Postol. Terrace Crawford is the most versatile fighter in the game, hands down. I don't think he can beat Manny. But its a legit superfight. Bring it on.

Bad trainer STYLE. Everyone knows Roach doesn't train defense. Steward does but he's dead. Still 12 KO's and you hire Roach??? That's like Khan hiring Roach lol (Which he did).

[Carolina Bomber]

I knew I would get responses like that so it's cool. The HBO commentary is targeted at people like you who are already fans, and it's just about building hype. They know there are certain fans who don't care about entertaining fights, just seeing one kind of fighter win by any means necessary. The HBO commentators know the performance itself is ugly and impossible to enjoy, which is why they know they have to ****e it up with propaganda. Why do you think these days they barely commentate the fight anymore, and dedicate 98% of their commentating time to "analysis" of the A-side fighter talking about how great he is? They don't talk about uppercuts, hooks, straights, what's happening in the fight, they just throw it to Roy Jones and Max Kellerman over and over again every round to reinforce in your mind how amazing what you're watching is.

It's just common sense, if it was really that amazing, they wouldn't have to keep telling you, trying to make you believe it. It would speak for itself. But like any objective boxing fan, they know that no 3 punches to 2 punches rounds can ever speak for themselves, so they have to add the spin.

And I'm someone who appreciates Rigondeaux, for instance, because he stands right in front of his opponent, and doesn't run until he's up very late in the fight. Then he kind of coasts and that's why he gets some criticism. But for 75% of the fight he offers the smoothest boxing you will see, right in the pocket. Same with Lomachenko. But tonight Crawford circled and juked like a running back from the opening bell. It was the most running compared with the least punching I've ever seen in a fight. Crawford has skills but he it was like he was scared of Postol because he could have taken him out. He had the dominant skill set but still fought more defensively than Lara did against Canelo. Maybe the 15 seconds of trading in round 12 before running again tricked you because he added the taunts which some people seem to think should count as knockdowns, but they didn't trick me. Biggest dud fight of the year. Crawford used the Lara strategy while making Lara look like Pacquiao. And then he even ducked the question about fighting Pacquiao.

I actually watched with UK commentary. Oh and I read like your first line. Got bored and moved on. Thanks.

[NO/BS2468]

I think your right, Postol was made to look very one-dimensional, now any future opponents are going to take advantage of those flaws.

[Carolina Bomber]

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!

I thought Crawford could have taken him out. Don't forgot what Postol did to Mattyse in his last fight though. He can punch.

[HI-TECH Boxing]

I think Crawford can beat most at 140 and 147.
Spence vs. Crawford is going to be THE fight in those weight classes in a few years.
I've been predicting that Spence would dominate 147 for the next few years, but Terence would be his toughest fight (I predicted Crawford and Brook would be Spence's toughest fights, but we don't know what Brook is doing and he may not go back down to 147.)
Will Spence be able to cut the ring off on Crawford? I've seen Spence (in the amateurs) struggle with movement/great footwork.
Having said that, the fighter that made Spence look silly with movement was Serik Sapiyev who is one of the greatest amateur boxers of recent times (even of all time). I've seen Sapiyev and I've seen Crawford and Crawford is no Sapiyev.
It's still going to be interesting to see how Spence handles Crawford's movement. I doubt Crawford is going to stay right in front of a strong guy like Spence. Spence will have to chase.
I predicted Spence would dominate 147 as long as he stays there and I will stay with what I said. I can't wait for the fight though. Hopefully we see it in a few years.

Oh btw, I (and I'm sure everybody else) still need to see more of Spence to be sure. I want to see him get tested more.