Comments Thread For: Josh Taylor: I Started Very Poorly, I Thought Postol Was Slower

[Tatabanya]

I still haven't seen this. Was there any controversy as to the winner or was Taylor clearly the better man?

Taylor won deservedly, but the judges scored it too wide. Postol was in the fight until the end.

[1hourRun]

That would be a classic case of "make it or break it".

Beating Postol in your 13th fight is impressive enough, though I was convinced that Taylor would have been able to stop him.

Taylor needs more fights before mixing it up with the cream. As of now he would be risking a lot in a genuine title fight.

Agreed with everything here. Respect to Postol, what a chin ; hes never been KO.






Another one.

[mlac]

I still haven't seen this. Was there any controversy as to the winner or was Taylor clearly the better man?

It was an even fight halfway through, then postol had a big round in the 7th, then taylor came back big and practically swept all the remaining rounds +the KD. so yeah he was the clear winner by 3-4 points.

[ShoulderRoll]

It was kinda close early on, but Taylor got a second wind in the 10th and was getting the better of Postol.

I'm Scottish and thought Taylor won 115-112 but the scorecards were far too wide

Taylor won deservedly, but the judges scored it too wide. Postol was in the fight until the end.

It was an even fight halfway through, then postol had a big round in the 7th, then taylor came back big and practically swept all the remaining rounds +the KD. so yeah he was the clear winner by 3-4 points.

Thanks guys.

If that's the case then this was a statement win by Taylor, to get a victory over someone like Postol after only 12 fights is pretty impressive.

[Zaroku]

Thanks guys.

If that's the case then this was a statement win by Taylor, to get a victory over someone like Postol after only 12 fights is pretty impressive.

I thought so, he knocked postal down too!

[Letmaku]

Postol has nothing to offer at 34 !?

[nick_viking]

I had it 114 - 113 to Taylor with the KD crucial. Could see it a point wider for Taylor as I scored the eighth to Postol but could have gone either way. That meant I had Postol 6-2 up after eight, but Taylor swept the last 4.

Thought Taylor was in big trouble, speed wasn't necessarily the issue so much as accuracy and a consistent jab from Vik. Once Taylor got beyond his own jab late on and closed the distance there was only one winner.

Very good high quality fight, with the scorecards the only negative.

[Illmatic94]

the KD was the difference.

[Clegg]

Perfect timing on taking this fight for Taylor, this is the sort of fights more guys need to take before a title shot as it's a great learning experience that's gonna make him better for the future.

It seemed to me in the 2nd half Taylor realised that looping left was able to land and hurt Postol and he just stuck at it even when some were missing and that led to the KD and win. Hopefully he doesn't make a habit of throwing too much that it gets predictable as future opponents are going to look out for it.

[Marvlus Marv]

The Taylor from rounds 1 to 8 is nowhere near dethroning Prograis but the Taylor after that is maybe 2 or 3 fights away from giving him a good scrap at least. Taylor vs Relikh would be good buzz.