Crawford Decisions Postol, Valdez Jr. Kos Rueda in 2rds (Full Fightcard Report)
By Ralph Rimpell
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 25 Jul 2016
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, LAS VEGAS -- As usual Terrence Crawford took his time to feel out his opponent Viktor Postol for the first three rounds in his Pay Per View debut. Some in the audience even thought that Postol would present a challenge possibly give Crawford his first defeat because Postol used his reach, height, and good movement to stalk Crawford the first three rounds.
Crawford began to find his spots and close the gap by the 4th round. In the 5th round he was credited with two knockdowns against Postol, even though they were really off balance shots that caused Postol to touch the canvas. Crawford used his ring intelligence, speed, power, and a little ?showboating? to cruise to a well deserved unanimous decision victory against Postol.
Postol tries to corner the slippery Terence Crawford.
Postol drops to 28-1, 12KOs. Crawford now stands as the ?man? to beat in the 140lbs division. He improves his record to 29-0, 20 KOs and now holds the WBC, Ring Magazine title, as well as the WBO 140lb titles.
At the post fight press conference Crawford was open to any challenge from any of his peers when asked who he wished to fight in his next bout. He is rumored to be in the running to fight Manny Pacquiao, but this writer doesn?t think that fight will happen.
Valdez clips Rueda.
Attention Featherweight division! There?s a new kid on the block! His name is Oscar Valdez jr. In spectacular fashion the undefeated Valdez took only two rounds to totally outclass and stop the capable and undefeated Matias Rueda (26-1, 23KOs) to capture his first world title. He is now 20-0, 18KO?s and the WBO featherweight champion. Valdez stated he is willing to fight the best in the division. Look for this young fighter to make a splash in the featherweight division!
In other Bouts
In an exciting welterweight bout, Jose Benavidez Jr (25-0, 16KOs) and Francisco Santana (25-5-1, 12KOs) put on a spectacular performance with the momentum shifting back and forth to each fighter. Benavidez would outwork and earn a unanimous decision victory and stay undefeated.
NABF light heavyweight champ and Olympic bronze medalist Oleksandor Gvoztdyk of the Ukraine overcame a surprising 1st rd knockdown to come back and stop former world title challenger Tommy Karpency in spectacular fashion. Gvoztdyk improves to 11-0, 9KOs, while Karpency drops to 26-6-1, 15KOs.
2012 Olympic gold medalist and former amateur world champion Ryoto Murata 11-0,8KOs) made short work of G. Tahdooahnippah (34-3-3,24KOs) knocking him out 1:52 seconds of the 1st round.
Lenny Zappavigna (35-2,25KOs) prevailed by knockout over former world title challenger Lianhui Yang ?IK? (19-2,14KOs) in welterweight bout. The time of stoppage was 0:43 of the 6th round.
In a super welterweight bout, Christon Edwards improves to 6-2, 3KOs by decisions Edward Williams who now drops to 12-1-1, 4KOs.
In middleweight bout, Hakim Bryant 6-1, 4KOs suffered his first defeat to Stanyslav Skorokhod who improves to 11-1, 8KOs.
In a light heavyweight bout, Steve Nelson improved his record to 3-0, 3KOs by stopping Tim Meek. Meek is now drops to 5-3-1, 3KOs.
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