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KiwiRider wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 21:17 “It will be a great night in The Hydro,” Taylor told Sky Sports. “It’ll be full of passion and very loud – the fans always make a lot of noise. It might be a bit hostile for Postol, so we’ll have to wait and see how he deals with it.
“That atmosphere lifts me that extra five, 10 percent every time and when I walk out of the ring I feel like ‘King Kong.’ I know no one is going to beat me in front of my home fans.”

Rock and roll!

Taansend wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 22:29 I'd love it if an athlete used a percentage outside of 5 or 10?

"The crowd will lift me 22.37%"

KiwiRider wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 21:02

The_Don1 wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 06:37 Taylor KO opened up at 2.05 in decimal odds with Bet 365, just above evens both KO and Points were priced at 2.05, the punters smashed the price down to odds on.

He is popular. A lot of expectation on Josh to get the KO. I hope he doesn't try too hard, too early. Postol is a tough old steak, he might need some marinading first.
Like Pipi said, break Postol down, let his age and some good early body shots get him ready.

The_Don1 wrote: ↑22 Jun 2018, 06:20

KiwiRider wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 21:02

The_Don1 wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 06:37 Taylor KO opened up at 2.05 in decimal odds with Bet 365, just above evens both KO and Points were priced at 2.05, the punters smashed the price down to odds on.

He is popular. A lot of expectation on Josh to get the KO. I hope he doesn't try too hard, too early. Postol is a tough old steak, he might need some marinading first.
Like Pipi said, break Postol down, let his age and some good early body shots get him ready.

I think the fact that as of today Postol has had one fight in 23 months and in that fight he looked poor, being knocked down twice (one of them was incorrectly not called) by relative unknown has something to do with it too. Honestly think Taylor gets Postol out of there within 8 rounds, it's more the narrative that the "bookies odds are wrong" that I disagree with, the bookies couldn't separate points or KO with their odds, the punters helped them do that by hammering the price.

TheLeprechaun wrote: ↑22 Jun 2018, 11:17

The_Don1 wrote: ↑22 Jun 2018, 06:20

KiwiRider wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 21:02

He is popular. A lot of expectation on Josh to get the KO. I hope he doesn't try too hard, too early. Postol is a tough old steak, he might need some marinading first.
Like Pipi said, break Postol down, let his age and some good early body shots get him ready.

I think the fact that as of today Postol has had one fight in 23 months and in that fight he looked poor, being knocked down twice (one of them was incorrectly not called) by relative unknown has something to do with it too. Honestly think Taylor gets Postol out of there within 8 rounds, it's more the narrative that the "bookies odds are wrong" that I disagree with, the bookies couldn't separate points or KO with their odds, the punters helped them do that by hammering the price.

"Hammering the price" is a bit ridiculous. Trust me, it takes very little to move those initial prices. The bookies have limits on how much exposure they can take and as soon as they see a moderate amount they shift the line.

sgtcecil wrote: ↑23 Jun 2018, 15:26 Undercard on TV/stream anywhere?