if postol is so good how come hes such a massive underdog....

[Zaroku]

So in other words, Crawford is a hype job. Is that what you're aiming for?

Nice cut to the point. That’s what he’s aiming for, you cut his slow game short.

[HanzGruber]

yeah i said it wouldnt be a tough fight. glad you bumped them for me so people cant say im flip flopping. and yes thats what crawford still is 'potential p4p'. hes gone on to do nothing after that postol win

youre an idiot lol.. im sure youd be sucking postols cawk if he beat crawford and was undisputed

you said postol was very good.. now hes not? stop being so insecure

[Larry the boss]

its ****ing no wonder he has with that level of opposition lol. clearing out a division sounds less impressive when said division is absolute garbage.

Yet you praise GGG..weird

[chrisJS]

yeah i said it wouldnt be a tough fight. glad you bumped them for me so people cant say im flip flopping. and yes thats what crawford still is 'potential p4p'. hes gone on to do nothing after that postol win

"Nothing" is a stretch, he's added two more belts at 140 becoming the first male fighter in over a decade to do such in addition to beating Diaz (had a robbery loss to Peterson, excellent upset win over Vazquez), Molina (off of an upset win of Provodnikov) and added a title at 147. The only one that was available to him at that time.

I also don't think he's lost a round and has KO'd everybody.

If that's "nothing" then surely GGG's career up until his disputed draw with Canelo was a big nothing then?

[Larry the boss]

yet you called GG greatest mw of all time for beating david lemuix gtfo

lol.............

[b00g13man]

When will OP stop embarrassing himself with his dumb threads?

[Larry the boss]

He wasn't considered the same fighter by anyone with common sense. You thought he was the same and would beat Spence. You were wrong.

Exactly...He was the one hyping Brook thru the roof before the fight

[Clegg]

so if he clears out 140 like crawford, does he get rated the same way?

If Taylor beats Postol and then enters, wins WBSS, then beats Ramirez he will have unified the belts like Crawford and have wins over several good/very good but not great fighters so sure I'd have him top 10 P4P.

Part of it with Crawford is the level of dominance in his wins, if Taylor can consistently win by KO/wide decision at title unification level then he can be in the conversation for best fighter in the world, same with the GGG/Clenelo and Usyk/Gassiev winners.

Current Postol isn't rated highly because time changes things, fighters decline, have bad performances, are 34 etc.

It's like how Danny Garcia gets more credit than Postol does for beating LM. Because guys in their 30s can decline in the 2 years after a defeat. And LM had some decent wins in those 2 years, Postol has done nothing since the Crawford loss except get dropped by somebody he was expected to beat easy.

[boliodogs]

Postol lost 12-0 to Crawford, including some knockdowns and has fought once in two years since. That's probably factored in also. Sometimes fighters aren't the same after a loss. Crawford ruined Gamboa as a 2-1 underdog and perhaps that's a reference that after a guy is taken apart by Crawford he's not the same. Tito Trinidad used to do that with highly touted guys too, unbeaten ones also.

Vargas, Mayorga and Whitaker and a few others were never as good after Trinidad beat them up or knocked them out.

[xhiddenx87]

****** logic.
Sports in general are a momentum thing.
In boxing is just like that. Take for example GGG KO streak the dude was a beast, after the KO streak now all of sudden he "is not that good" right?
Guess what? He lost a bit of momentum there.

Same logic applies here. Postol got a decent win over mathisse, and he got the momentum after a few wins. He then fought Crawford and got beat, not looking good after that. Hence why you got now bookies underestimating him