Comments Thread For: Josh Taylor Drops, Decisions Viktor Postol in Tough Fight

[S7V7N]

I'm Scottish and biased to Taylor. Watched it with friends and we had it close through 8 but thought Taylor won all the late rounds and he got the knockdown. It worries me that fighters won't want to come here because the scorecards are too biased

Appreciate the honesty & fair scoring. I also had it even through 8 but Taylor picked up the pace & sealed it with that KD in a fight that should have been scored 116-111 on the outside.

Taylor killed him with counters, inside & on the breaks. Postol kept him at distance pretty well throughout but couldn't pull the trigger with that right enough. Good work to the body though, a decent jab & left uppercut that snapped his head back more than a few times.

Really impressed with how Taylor handled the championship rounds by just going for it, had never been through 10 before I don't believe, let alone 12. Added pressure paid off with that KD & forced Postol to fight more defensively the next couple rounds. Seemed to be the difference in the fight even though the judges had it wider than should of been. All in all, great action & very entertaining bout. Looking forward to seeing both again actually. Taylor passed the giant step up in comp with relative ease.

[kidaguilar]

I'm Scottish and biased to Taylor. Watched it with friends and we had it close through 8 but thought Taylor won all the late rounds and he got the knockdown. It worries me that fighters won't want to come here because the scorecards are too biased

You guys got a hell of a fighter and the right man won but those scorecards were corrupt. Those judges disrespected Postol and Taylor. This great fight was unfortunately overshadowed by biased judges

[R_Walken]

Crawford dominated Postol scoring two knockdowns and taking no damage in return, Taylor went life and death with him. There is a big difference in those two wins. Shows how far apart in skill Crawford is to the contenders he left behind at 140.

Agree Crawford made easy work of Postol but I thought there was only 1 kd ( don’t qoute me ) you say this shows how far apart Crawford is skill wise to rest of 140 , while I somewhat agree I think this fight and the Indogo/prograis fight show how dogsh.it 140 was when Bud was in it and the Champs he beat are not very good,

Postol is maybe his 2-3 best win and he got beat by a fighter who’s 12-13 fights deep , been a pro for 3 years and before today had fought 1 former champ in a Vasquez a shell of his former self. This is proof Postol was never that good and only
Got to be considered 2nd best at 140 because it was barren of talent not because Postol was any good

what are you talking about Crawford played with Postol. Postol gave Taylor a hell of a fight. Fux what the judges say

Like I said haven’t watched the fight

But from what I read Taylor deserved the decision

While Taylor looks to be the goods he’s been a pro 3 years had beaten 1 former World Champ and just beat Crawford’s 2nd-3rd best win. How can you say this doesn’t put a whole in Crawford’s resume

[A.K]

If I can't split them, why would I score the round to one of the fighters? And which fighter gets the round?


That's the only way you're going to get a proper reading on events.


The only person here saying Postal won is you. So it's clear who can't score a fight properly. But it has nothing to do with that does it? You just want to smear a British fighter to make you feel better. **** off with your insecurity will you.

the reason you don’t know how to split them because you don’t know how boxing is scored

[Mister Wolf]

Agree Crawford made easy work of Postol but I thought there was only 1 kd ( don’t qoute me ) you say this shows how far apart Crawford is skill wise to rest of 140 , while I somewhat agree I think this fight and the Indogo/prograis fight show how dogsh.it 140 was when Bud was in it and the Champs he beat are not very good,

Postol is maybe his 2-3 best win and he got beat by a fighter who’s 12-13 fights deep , been a pro for 3 years and before today had fought 1 former champ in a Vasquez a shell of his former self. This is proof Postol was never that good and only
Got to be considered 2nd best at 140 because it was barren of talent not because Postol was any good



Like I said haven’t watched the fight

But from what I read Taylor deserved the decision

While Taylor looks to be the goods he’s been a pro 3 years had beaten 1 former World Champ and just beat Crawford’s 2nd-3rd best win. How can you say this doesn’t put a whole in Crawford’s resume

It doesn't because Postol posed no challenge to Crawford. Its how he beat them I keep repeating that. Take Indongo for example, he couldn't even figure out how to land on Crawford. Both Prograis and Crawford stopped him but Crawford did so without getting hit. Same with Jeff Horn. He landed enough on Manny but couldn't land **** on Crawford losing every round by a wide margin. The last person to be competitive with Crawford was Gamboa because of speed and if you notice as soon as Crawford turned southpaw(his better stance) he started beating Gamboa's ass. All of those guys at 140 are glad Crawford is gone. Imagine if it was Taylor fighting Crawford tonight how that would have went based on both their fights with Postol.

[steeve steel]

The knockdown made the difference. 114-113 for Taylor. Postal came to fight. Taylor was well prepared. Good performance by both.

[R_Walken]

It doesn't because Postol posed no challenge to Crawford. Its how he beat them I keep repeating that. Take Indongo for example, he couldn't even figure out how to land on Crawford. Both Prograis and Crawford stopped him but Crawford did so without getting hit. Same with Jeff Horn. He landed enough on Manny but couldn't land **** on Crawford losing every round by a wide margin. The last person to be competitive with Crawford was Gamboa because of speed and if you notice as soon as Crawford turned southpaw(his better stance) he started beating Gamboa's ass. All of those guys at 140 are glad Crawford is gone. Imagine if it was Taylor fighting Crawford tonight how that would have went based on both their fights with Postol.

Everything you wrote is true and I’m a fan of Bud and think he’s legit and a P4P fighter I think it’s also fair to say his resume is borderline sh.it. I don’t care how many trinkets he’s won. When he fought at 140 it was the worst division in the sport so a elite fighter like Crawford should be able to run through with no problems. Buds true greatness won’t be seen until he steps in with the top dogs at WWs and see what he can do. He’s P4p because of the eye test definitely not because of resume

His 2nd or 3rd best win just lost to a fighter with 3 years pro experience with 12 fights who before tonight had 1 good domestic win and a faded World Champ on his resume. Indongo another one of his top wins got boot f.ucked by a fighter with no World Champs on his resume.

Now Taylor & Prograis both seem to probably be the best guys at 140 and well soon find out because of the WBSS. But right now where it stands Crawford’s best Ws at 140 couldn’t even hang with the next wave of talent at 140. Throw in Diaz who’s claim to fame is losing a close decision to Lamont and Crawfords best Ws at 140
Aren’t impressive regardless of how he beat them because they’ve all proven they aren’t that good. The rest of his run at 140 with the Lundy’s , Jeans , Dulhorme, Molina is a heaping pile of dogs.hit

Sh.it with the exception of Gamboa who was way undersized hisnrun at 135 is really impressive either.

Like I said I’m a fan of Crawford in and out of the ring and I’m obviously being critical but I think it’s fair to say his resume isn’t great

[jackblack008]

Postol has better skills and boxing IQ. his stamina did him in. The refree was idiot. This calls for a rematch

[jackblack008]

It doesn't because Postol posed no challenge to Crawford. Its how he beat them I keep repeating that. Take Indongo for example, he couldn't even figure out how to land on Crawford. Both Prograis and Crawford stopped him but Crawford did so without getting hit. Same with Jeff Horn. He landed enough on Manny but couldn't land **** on Crawford losing every round by a wide margin. The last person to be competitive with Crawford was Gamboa because of speed and if you notice as soon as Crawford turned southpaw(his better stance) he started beating Gamboa's ass. All of those guys at 140 are glad Crawford is gone. Imagine if it was Taylor fighting Crawford tonight how that would have went based on both their fights with Postol.

Thurman and Garcia both give boxing lesson to Crawford. He has sh** resume with no commendable fights

[dan_cov]

Good performance from both I had it 115-112. Taylor was never going to be as dominant as Crawford and tbf I I've always felt Postol and Roaches gameplan was terrible for that fight.
They both answered a lot of questions and though a Taylor fan and while I've not seen any huge cause for concern I can't say I'm too convinced on Taylors chin.
Its not glass but it doesn't appear to solid either.