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Postol: No Doubt in My Mind - I Would Beat Crawford!
Posted by: Victor Salazar on 10/9/2015 .
By Victor Salazar
Carson, California- Viktor Postol (28-0, 12KOs) was not a big underdog going into his fight with Lucas Matthysse last Saturday night, but he wasn't the favorite either. When he made Matthysse take a knee and get counted out in the tenth round, that surprised a lot of people. The win gave Postol the WBC junior welterweight championship.
“My emotions are filling me over right now,” Postol told BoxingScene.com. “I feel great. My dream was to take the WBC back to Ukraine and that’s what I did. I wasn’t planning for a knockout. My corner told me after the eight round so now I’m the knockout artist.”
The conversation of WBO champion Terence Crawford, who like Postol is promoted by Top Rank, was immediately brought up. Postol said it’s a fight that was offered to him earlier this year - and he accepted - and he plans to repeat that acceptance when the fight is offered again.
“There was conversation about that but we can talk about that now,” Postol said. “I know him well. I've seen his fights, he’s a high level fighter. We’ve already been offered this fight and taken it and I’ll take it again. Just like Matthysse, there’s no doubt in my mind I can beat him and have another belt.”
Crawford (26-0, 18KOs) is back on October 24th against Dierry Jean.
Many were surprised at the knockout of Matthysse because coming in Postol had only secured 11 knockouts in 27 fights. But Postol attests that low ratio to the brand of gloves that he primarily used in Ukraine, and credits the increased power to his trainer Freddie Roach.
“If I started fighting in the United States, I’d probably have more knockouts because of the gloves we use in the Ukraine, it’s more for an amateur style. I have to give Freddie Roach support and praise, Freddie told me the right thing and it worked in the end. I achieved my goal. I was waiting for the second part of the fight, I wanted to see what he had left in the second half of the fight.”
Postol: No Doubt in My Mind - I Would Beat Crawford!
Doesn't sound like he's scared to me
i was alright with him until he lied.
he shook and im not changing .
we have all saw this story before , when a fighter accused a fighter of ducking cause he knows his 15 mins of hype is through when they step in ring.
guys a liar.
