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Crawford vs Postol post fight results and analysis
- Updated: July 24, 2016
Terence Crawford is a great fighter. There, I said it. I admit, I’ve been a bit skeptical about the Crawford hype train – I think largely because of how quickly HBO pushed that train forward. But tonight he proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that HBO was right to push him – he’s the real deal. After becoming the undisputed king at Lightweight, Crawford moved up to 140 pounds and tonight became the undisputed king of that division, beating the #2 Viktor Postol in a completely dominating performance. Thefight started off somewhat evenly (if a bit boring) with tentative rounds 1-3 that favored Postol a bit. In round 5, Crawford dropped him with one punch and the fight was basically over from there, as he used great timing, movement, and accuracy to control the fight from that point forward.
Will fans be happy with this? Probably not. The fight has already drawn the ire of many fans for being on PPV, and for those who did tune in, it was far from a barn-burner, late fight theatrics from Crawford aside. We did not get a classic here – instead we got the continued rise of a great fighter.
So what is next for Crawford? Manny Pacquiao is back in November, and Crawford is on the short list there, but I just …
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