3. Smother Him
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It’s no secret, at 5’11” with a 73 ½” reach that Viktor Postol is a very long fighter, and he knows how to use that. He knows how to keep fighters off of him and force them to fight the way he wants using his long reach.
Timothy Bradley made a strong observation when commentating over one of “The Iceman’s” fights however; the way to beat Postol is to fight him like Marcos Maidana fought Floyd Mayweather.
In order to defeat Postol, you have to smother his punches and do all you can to make him uncomfortable.
If Crawford can make Postol uncomfortable and smother his punches, it will disrupt Postol’s entire gameplan and force him to try to make up a new gameplan as he goes, which will open up more opportunities for Crawford.
