Strategy wise- What Did Crawford do technically, to beat Postol?

[Weltschmerz]

Footwork, speed, counterpunching.

[Daddy T]

Used great lateral movement so Postol could never get set and countered brilliantly. The fact that he decided to fight southpaw also helped take away Postol's best weapon (his jab).

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Well this seems to get back to what I've been thinking which is that a lot of fighters- even good fighters- don't use their footwork effectively. It is every bit as important as the handwork.

That brings up another question.

Do boxer types excel more than others because they employ their footwork better and by that, I mean effective footwork- not just running around to be elusive?

[1hourRun]

A couple things I picked off. Looks like the southpaw stances was a major factor in this victory ; Terrence switches often but he adhered to it throughout the fight for all the reason already stated in this thread. I believe Crawfords team did a great Job at reading Postols offense -- I noticed going into the fight studying film that Victor has a tendency to lunge forward and leap out for offense and defensive purposes however it limits his arsenal so all Bud had to do is concentrate on the 1. and 2's. Postol really needs to use his height and reach or someone needs to point that out to him: he should of traded Jabs but he just kept reaching as I said he would leap backwards and that completely took him out of range and when you are down in the cards you can not limit your range you have to take whatever you get and take risk.

[Dip_Slide]

Postol's signature win was against Matthysse, what won him the fight partly was the fact that Matthysse was coming to him so he used his height to keep Matthysse on the outside, catch him coming forward and he held Matthysse on the inside all night.

Crawford learnt from that fight, he neutralized that by movement and forced Postol to fight a fight he's not confortable fighting which is an offensive fight, plus he took 80% of Postol's defense away by making Postol hesitant to hold on the inside by being extremely rough in clinches. Only a world class fighter would be able to carry out such a plan in such a disciplined manner for 12 rounds on that level and Crawford did it beautifully, P4P #3 no doubt.

[mathed]

Postol fights off of the back foot, he isn't used to coming forward. Crawford never let him set his feet which he needs to do to be effective. The lateral movement kept Postol moving forward and unable to set his feet.

[M Bison]

Postol does seem one dimensional. I knows how to stick jab and he can put punches together when he get into his rhythm. What did he do to break that rhythm?

I think this could be a revealing look into technical boxing and how to overcome a tall, rangy guy who sticks with the jab from the outside.

Purely technical here.

In my opinion, what he did was wait...

He time wasted to a good degree he run on the outside waiting for Postol to get wreckless and he took advantage of that, Postol was trying to be the aggressor which he very clearly shouldn't have done!
Postol could have easily played possum and just not chase after him but I guess the people paying for the fight really should be thanking Mr.Postol for not doing that because the fight would have been 10x more boring.

Postol performance on the night wasn't something that impressed me that much but then again I wasn't impressed by Crawford either I thought it was a very bad display of a PPV event.

[Mr. Philadel]

Switched to southpaw to completely neutralize his jab by crossing thier "sword hands" together constantly. Used lateral movement going to Postol's left and kept winning the "foot war" and could counter with a right hook or jab when he'd get a reaction from Postol's lead hand. He was also in perfect position to counter Postol's right hand, which he was so reluctant to throw because he's use to setting it up with a jab which was gone as stated.

This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Owlzfan84]

The two knockdowns are what did Postol in. That first one was fluky and didn't really land, more of a cuffing shot similar to the first knockdown in the Bradley/Pacquiao fight. I actually thought he was doing alright before that. He was being a lot more patient and not jumping in. Once he went down he started looking for a one punch equalizer, got caught again and lost his balance and from there on he was mentally broken. He had never been down before this fight, and he sure acted like a guy who didn't know what to do when faced with adversity.

Crawford was moving laterally and not taking any chances and only threw when the timing was right. Effective and all, but he should of gone for the knockout late in the fight. He had Postol beat mentally and physically by the 9th.

[PivotandRoll]

Postol does seem one dimensional. I knows how to stick jab and he can put punches together when he get into his rhythm. What did he do to break that rhythm?

I think this could be a revealing look into technical boxing and how to overcome a tall, rangy guy who sticks with the jab from the outside.

Purely technical here.

He moved and made Postol walk to him as you said. There's a science to that. Ray Leonard would circle his opponents for 2-3 rounds just setting them up in the same manner. Postol was tediously one dimensional. He didn't move his head or approach at angles. He didn't even try anything more creative than 1,2's or the odd 2,3. Postol was trying to draw leads to counter but his great idea to do this was to hop in and out slowly like a geriatric. Postol has decent reflexes so he wasn't completely blown out but his upright stiff stance meant he was always in the same place and a sitting duck.

Great gameplan but honestly think Crawford should have stopped him. If he went righty, the check hook was there for him.