Boxing preview: Terence Crawford vs. Viktor Postol

Saturday night, HBO presents a terrific boxing main event as Terence Crawford (28-0; 20 KO) takes on Viktor Postol (28-0; 12 KO). The fight is a 12 round Light Welterweight (140 lb.) fight. Ring Magazine has this as a battle between the division’s #1 (Postol) and #2 (Crawford); they also list Crawford at #6 on their pound for pound list. HBO Boxing Crawford vs. Postol airs this Saturday, July 23 on PPV with a fight time of 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT.

Boxing’s glut of world titles can be very confusing to the average viewer, and so a “world title fight” or even a unification fight can often be meaningless. That is not so here. This is a true unification fight – a clash for Crawford’s WBO title and Postol’s WBC belt. It’s also for the currently vacant Ring Magazine title – a belt the magazine created to truly capture who is the top dog in any given weight class. When that title is vacant, the way to win it is for the division’s #1 and #2 to face off, and that’s exactly what’s happening here. Much of the pre-show talk has been about the decision to air this on PPV, but don’t let that detract from this important fact – this is a great fight.

How do these two stack up?

Crawford: 28 years old | 5’8″ | 70″ reach | orthodox stance (switches)Postol: 32 years old | 5’11” | 74″ reach | orthodox stance

What have these two done recently?

Crawford: W – Hank Lundy (KO) | W – Dierry Jean (KO) | W – Thomas …

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