José Carlos Ramírez vs. Viktor Vasylovych Postol

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"Greenblood Goldheart" or the Iceman?

Poll closed Jan 31, 2020.

  1. Ramírez on points

    13 vote(s)
    68.4%

  2. Ramírez by stoppage

    4 vote(s)
    21.1%

  3. Draw

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  4. Postol on points

    2 vote(s)
    10.5%

  5. Postol by stoppage

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    (As of the most recently published WBC rankings, Postol was #2, behind IBF & WBA champ Josh Taylor. Postol is also ranked by the WBO, but most recently at #12 so I doubt he would be Ramírez's mandatory with them...)

    Postol has only been defeated by fighters currently ranked p4p top 15 - dropping a UD to Bud Crawford in 2016 and then Josh Taylor last year. His form has been shaky the last few years, at times looking shot, but he is still a stern test for anyone. Speaking of shaky, the multiple-time United States championship gold medalist and Olympian - whose scouting report might well read "talented but complacent" - is still undefeated (and coming off a career-biggest victory over Maurice Hooker) but needed a gift to keep his zero against Chon Zepeda back in February...and, glaringly, failed to stop or even drop the chinny Amir Imam when they met in early 2018.
     
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    Oh and yes, that is JCR's nickname, self-chosen, peep his soc med. :rolleyes:
     
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  3. Chuck Norris

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    Jamel Herring will be on the card.
     
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    Ramírez's longtime buddy, Olympic teammate. :thumbsup:
     
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    ... discount Pistol at your peril. He'll rightfully be an underdog but the upset would by no means be a shocker.
     
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    Ramirez wins by stoppage inside 8
     
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    Doesn't stop Amir Imam over 12 but stops Postol in 8...?
     
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    Postal had me really worried against Taylor as I feared.Take him lightly at your peril.
     
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    Exactly, we all wrote him off as shot & finished altogether when he struggled with (and was dropped by) Najmitdinov in what should have been an easy tuneup at home versus a nobody ...but then he rebounded with a good showing against TTT and decent form in wins over Şiar Ozgul and Mohamed Mimoune.
     
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    Like this fight a lot. I think Ramirez will get him out of there but it's going to take him a while to get inside Postol's range.
     
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    I just know Postol is going to get dropped in this one. But for some reason I feel he is another one of those guys who gets dropped often, but always gets up.
     
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    Beating Mimoune convinced me he's fully focused and capable of doing his best again. He can pull an upset if Jose isn't on his game.
     
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    IntentionalButt, Jan 14, 2020
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    No longer the case, apparently.
     
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    Postol cold pull an upset, but he is so mechanical I don't know.
     
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