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Josh Taylor UD12 Viktor Postol

Clash of heads in round 1, Postol probably sneaks it though with the right hand bodyshot, but Taylor moved beautifully away behind that punch, not letting Postol reach him. Postol is lively early in the second, Taylor catches him with bodyshots, and good crosses, inside, he looks for the body too, very good start to the second. He looks a superior fighter here, looks like a class above. Postol looks to hit and hold, he knows he can't wait. Josh switches, too, looking for the left hook.

Taylor finds himself again in a fight where his opponent may be slightly technically superior but he has too many layers and places to be for that to matter. Postol shoeshines a bit early in the third, just for keeping Taylor off him, throwing something out there, rough inside, elbow to the face, lovely, Taylor moves off and circles. Postol outworks Taylor through the first half of this round, has some success to the body late in the round, Postol becomes a bit disorganised and lands a left hook that might have nicked the round, but Postol boxes well in the final fifteen seconds.

Very good boxing in the fourth, Taylor seeking counters, both landing good punches. Taylor is circling, jousting, getting out-jousted IMO, but seeking to close the gap and land bodyshots in spells, but Postol is busier. He is off to a good start and has a good lead. Big fifth round. In fact five through seven is a huge phase for the fight.

Good fifth, Taylor slipping and shooting for the body, feinting and shooting for the body. He needs another punch, I feel, when he swarms in, but he's won that round. Postol wins the first half of the sixth though, ironically on a right hand to the body. Taylor is making him fight at a pace though. Tough for an older fight this. And he drives him back in the last 80 seconds of that round; clear Taylor frame. So he's pulled it back, all square.

Yeah, Taylor has set a hot pace, Postol has been forced to match it, Taylor can keep it up all night (at this point in his career...) and Postol cannot. Pressure, a booming left hand over the top, some body work, some frothy jabs, and it's a clear Taylor round up until Postol really hurts him with a surging combo and then pushes him around the ring for a spell; Postol needed that round to stop the Taylor march and he won it. Taylor comes out fleet-footed in the eighth though and uses Postols shoe shining against him, slipping and moving, getting his legs under him after the though seventh. Postol looks a little disturbed by the time the come close with a minute gone. Still, it is Postol that lands the more meaningful shots in the fight up until the last few seconds where Taylor comes on but too late. He wants to be careful now.

Great bodywork to begin the ninth; Postol though, not going away! This is a better fight that I remember it. I don't think Taylor really wants to lose this round, that would be three in a row for Postol then and that's hard to unwind. But there appears to be no danger of that, Taylor landing bodyshots, and a crushing counter right hand as Postol, for some reason, abandons his stance and comes in square.

Massive ninth for Taylor and he follows it up with a better tenth, dropping Postol with a hook, he has taken the fight under his wing in the ninth and tenth. Dipping and crowding Postol, warned him, scything the left hand across his man. Postol is on his heels and needs both rounds to win.

Postol having a very good start for this round though - Taylor seems to want to rest a bit. Taylor needs to work to win fights against an operator like Postol. That dropped point has obviously disturbed him and he bringing punches and heavy pressure. Taylor hurts him towards the end of the round, but it's gone by then.

All the marbles up for grabs in the final round once more. Big round for Taylor though he was aided by a horrible clash of heads. Definitely accidental though and didn't slow Taylor up for a second. Judges scorecards 119-108, 118-110, 117-110 are absolutely disgraceful.

Impressive stuff this in just Taylor's fifteenth fight. Good fight.

Postol:1,3,4,7,8,11.
Taylor:2,5,6,9,10*,12.

114-113 Taylor.

*Postol down.

 

Terence Crawford UD12 Viktor Postol

HBO delighted with Crawfor's golden gloves, and in fairness, he does look spiv tonight. I love boxing trunk/gloves/combo and these are a beauty.

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Postol probably nicks the first round, at distance, unhurried, controlling the action. Crawford likes to take a look in the first round, i'm sure he wants to win it but it doesn't seem to be desperately important to him. The second is a very difficult round to score, Crawford coming on very strong towards the end of the round but probably Postol wins most of the rest of the round; still, there was enough back and forth there, I think Crawford just about nicked it clean. I must say, i'm impressed that Crawford doesn't feel rushed here. He wants to counter-punch but Postol refuses to press him but Crawford doesn't worry about that. He's prepared to outwait Postol, though Postol does land a good bodyshot and probably wins this dull round.

Wow, the wait was worth it for Crawford. He's measured his guy and tattoos him up and down with the left hand in the fourth. In the fifth, he inflicts upon Postol his only knockdown to date with a fast, flashing attack in second one of the round. Postol is completely unhurt but Crawford is away with the fight now. Ducks and lifts Postol for his next trick. Batters him back to the ropes for a second KD. Exquisite from Taylor though, comes out in the sixth patient again, no rush, moving laterally, very limber.

Rather miserable for this Postol. He's cutting the ring but not quite off and Taylor's just waiting for him whether he decides to punch of move. One-sided but kind of mesmeric, very pretty. Hurts him again early in the eighth, late in the ninth. Postol has some chin; but he's not really handing much back. He's terrified to throw and Crawford's mobility has ruined his life.

A performance of genius.

Crawford:2,4,5*,6,7,8,9,10,11^,12.
Postol:1,3.

118-107 Crawford.

*Postol down twice this round.
^Postol has a point taken off for punching behind the head. It was pretty blatant. He had just been warned.

 

Brandon Rios SD12 Richar Abrill

It's a robbery from what I remember: flat out. Let's see.

Rios failed to make weight. He landed on the scales at 137lbs and came back an hour later weighing 139lbs So no ****s given. Might have charged the weight, might not; either way, probably not in great shape for the contest. Does nothing early and ABril recognizes it throwing more punches on the move than I imagine he planned. Rios stalking, not doing a bad job of positioning himself so the ring is cut, but he's just sort of pushing his jab when he gets there. Does land one good left hook at the end of the round which I suppose might explain why a wayward judge could give him the first. Oddly enough I have Rios 2-1 up after three so for me at least, you could legitimately have Rios 3-0 up without it being too disgusting. I'll keep an eye on that phantom card with 1 treated as a swing.

It's kind of reassuring this fight, both box exactly like you'd expect them to based upon how they look. Rios has a shitty mohawk and is short, Abrill looks like he's been spread too thin on shortbread.

Abrill knows where his man is in the beginning of the fourth and looks for single shots. Lands some good ones too, including a very nice counter left-hook. I have to say though, Rios scores with some fine shots up close and I wouldn't be horrified in a rbr next door say if someone gave this round to Rios, though I see it for Abrill. I don't think 4-0 Rios would be a GOOD card but it wouldn't be utterly drunken. As it is I have it 2-2.

And I have it 3-3 after six. The first half of the fight is NOT anything but arguable and there are a wide swathe of cards that would be reasonable to me, including 4-2 Rios. But i'm not identifying swing rounds. I'm scoring the rounds for Abrill as clean Abrill rounds - but i'm just saying, a couple of them, it wouldn't be disgusting if it was seen the other way. TV scorecard has it 5-1 Abrill.

To add insult to injury, the fight is pretty boring. Abrill likes to be in close for phases standing in body-shell defence leaning back, watching for opportunities, it's weird. He holds a fair bit. Rios throws these cuffing little shots with nothing on them. Abrill livens things up defensively a bit, moving away sharply, sometimes hands low, but it's not a great fight this.

Here's your robbery though: Rios looks a bit knackered in the second half of the fight and Abrill just consistently outlands him. The stuff Rios does lands looks what it is, tired, so whether he was overweight because of his training regime or in spite of it it seems to have left him tired. I have Abrill winning seven through ten with only tenth really up for debate.

116-112. Robbery? Yeah. At a push, yeah. No fun to score that's for sure.


ABRILL:1,4,5,7,8,9,10,11.
RIOS: 2,3,6,12.