WBC orders Danny Garcia vs. Viktor Postol

By Boxing News - 08/19/2014 - Comments

garcia100By Dan Ambrose: The WBC has ordered a purse bid on September 12th for a fight between WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (29-0, 17 KOs) and his #1 WBC mandatory challenger Viktor Postol, according to RingTV.

Garcia and Postol are in the free negotiations period where they’re management can put together the fight without it going to purse bids. With Garcia, it’s unknown whether he’ll stay at 147 to defend his title against someone as difficult to fight as the 5’11” Postol.

Garcia has talked about wanting to move up to 147, but he’s also said that he wants to be able to drop back down for big fights. With the WBC ordering the Garcia-Postol fight, it might increase the likelihood that Garcia will vacate his WBC title rather than sticking around and facing someone that could potentially spoil his record like Postol.

Garcia is coming off of an easy fight against an unranked lightweight named Rod Salka from earlier this month. Garcia destroyed Salka in 2 rounds in a fight that was a mismatch the moment the contract was signed. Showtime agreed to televise the fight for some reason, and it was a poor fight in terms of entertaining due to the difference in size and talent between the two fighters.

Postol defeated Selcuk Aydin by an 11th round TKO last May. Postol threw nonstop punched during the fight until Aydin could no longer take the shots, and he went down for the count. Postol also has wins over Henry Lundy and DeMarcus Corley.

It’ll be very surprising if Garcia takes this fight against Postol, because it’s a tough fight and it’s the type of fight that could potentially shorten Garcia’s career. He said recently he wants to make the moves that will help prolong his career, which is why he chose to fight Salka. Postol is a world class opponent, and it won’t be easy for Garcia.

If Garcia does choose to vacate the title rather than fight Postol, then #2 WBC Lucas Matthysse and Postol will face each other for the vacant WBC title. But Garcia isn’t going to find things any either at 147. He’ll need to fight even better guys like Keith Thurman, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao, Devon Alexander, Kell Brook and Tim Bradley. It’s going to be difficult for Garcia to try and win a world title the way he won the WBC strap by beating an over-the-hill Erik Morales.



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