Quote Originally Posted by p4pking View Post
That's unfair, we weren't the ones in the ring and the nuances in those fights or the way Crawford felt physically might have made them completely different. I'm in the camp of "people criticizing this fight don't appreciate pure boxing", to be honest, even though a few people who have posted as much know more about it than I do. I'd outpoint them over 12 rounds, straight up.
I agree with your point, crawford could have not felt 100%. My feed cut off before the post fight interview. My criticism is not with the fight really as it is with crawford's decision to play superstar rather than just doing what got him here. Um.. maybe postol was distracted by the birth of his twins, but really I feel like he was doing his best but him and his team prepped for the crawford they saw before that fought more aggressive and showed up with the wrong plan. In that sense kudos to crawford and his team by winning the fight before even getting into the ring. It's a smart move. To me its the clowning, single shot, perimeter stuff that had me disinterested after a while. Early on, I figured he was figuring postol out and then setting him up. Then the clowning just made it look like he was playing with his food...

He's a good fighter; It was a skilled performance, its the delivery of the statement he was trying to make that was lost in translation or according to some, that is being misinterpreted by myself and others. I guess it comes down to what people consider dominance. Dominance does not have to be a knockout, but if you look like you're not taking it seriously... you're not trying hard enough in my opinion. It's just my opinion but its the same stuff as Wilder side humping in response to Arreola's body shots or that nonsense broner pulls. Crawfords too good for that, but I guess that's the ebb and flow of the sport. Some go one way and some go the other. I have a new found respect for Rigo based on his last performance... and I would have never expected that but he said he would sit in the middle of the ring and true to his word, he did still was just as effective and still slick enough to not get hit. Breaking dickens jaw doesn't sway my opinion either way. Just the same I'll hold off on any more negativity till he shows this is more a pattern than him displaying his versatility.