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                                      LAS VEGAS -- Terence Crawford, already a two-division world titleholder and the 2014 fighter of the year, has been hailed by many as Americas next big boxing star. Vapormax Off White Fake .He went a long way toward living up to those lofty accolades after taking apart Viktor Postol in a masterful performance. Crawford won by unanimous decision and unified two junior welterweight world titles before 7,027 on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.Crawford and Postol, both undefeated titleholders in their primes, were universally regarded as the two best 140-pounders in the world coming into the fight. With the victory, Crawford staked his indisputable claim to division supremacy and set himself up for much bigger business, possibly against Manny Pacquiao.Crawford, who scored two knockdowns in the fifth round, won going away on all three scorecards: 118-107, 118-107 and 117-108. ESPN.com also scored the fight 118-107 for Crawford, who figures to rise on the mythical pound-for-pound list with this performance.I just stick to what I know, boxing, Crawford said. Everybody kept saying I was running from him, but that wasnt true. I asked for the fight.I feel like I get better every fight. Viktor Postol is a great champion and he was dodged for a reason, but I aint the type to duck and dodge anyone.The victory was huge for Crawford (29-0, 20 KOs). Going into the bout, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said the winner would be one of two leading candidates, along with welterweight titleholder Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs), to land a pay-per-view main event against Pacquiao, who is coming out of a brief retirement, on Nov. 5 at the Thomas & Mack Center.Postol had no answers for Crawford on Saturday.I thought it was a good fight between two technicians, but he was quicker than me, Postol said through a translator. He is one of the best fighters in the world. I just didnt have the answers for him.Freddie Roach, Postols trainer, said: He was just too fast for us. I was surprised how fast and how good he was. Im very impressed with his talent.Crawford took time to gloat over the win, praising his trainer, Brian McIntyre.Freddie Roach and Postol said that Freddie would outcoach my coach, but you tell em who got outcoached tonight, Crawford said.?Added McIntyre: The game plan was to keep Postols legs moving, and that took away his jab and right hand. And they told me I wasnt on Freddie Roachs level. ... I had the better fighter.The fight began slowly as both men looked to get a sense of each other. But Postol, who is 5-foot-11 and held a 3-inch height advantage, appeared to tower over Crawford, who struggled to find his range early. Crawford, 28, of Omaha, Nebraska, fired plenty of jabs, but virtually all of them missed because he could not get inside the longer Postol.After three technical rounds, the action heated up in the fourth, when Crawford seemed to hurt Postol, 32, of Ukraine, with a hard left hand to the head, bringing to life the pro-Crawford crowd, which began to chant, Omaha! Omaha!Crawford, who retained his title for the third time, appeared to have figured out Postol by the fifth round. He landed a left hand that forced Postol (28-1, 12 KOs) to touch the mat with his right knee for a knockdown. Later in the round, Crawford landed a powerful left hand that sent him into the ropes and forced him to touch his gloves to the mat to keep his balance; referee Tony Weeks called another knockdown.After the round, McIntyre told Crawford, He aint got no legs no more, he aint got no legs after that knockdown.The fifth round was the turning point of the fight. Before that round, all three judges had the fight 38-38. Then Crawford won all but one round on one card the rest of the fight.I caught my rhythm and I knew everything I would do from there on (after the fifth round), Crawford said. Hes the type of fighter that has to be set to punch, so I kept his feet moving, kept him off balance. Every time I connect with a solid shot, I was hurting him.Crawford, who switched from right-handed to southpaw early in the fight, rocked Postol with a left hand in the sixth round -- another clear round Crawford won.I went southpaw and took his jab away, Crawford said. I jabbed over his jab. My right hand caught his jab.Crawford continued to dominate at the start of the eighth round, when he landed a clean right hand to drive Postol back. Later in the round, he knocked Postol off balance with a hard jab and then landed another flurry of shots, including a left hand, that nearly dropped him.Crawford nearly dropped Postol again in the ninth round with a left hand.?A frustrated Postol, who made $675,000, resorted to rabbit punching in the 11th round. He nailed Crawford with a right hand behind the head, for which Postol was penalized one point, merely adding to Crawfords overwhelming advantage.As Crawford, who earned $1.3 million, toyed with Postol in the 12th round, he taunted him, stuck his tongue out and also lashed him with hard punches, eliciting roars from the crowd as the fight ended. HBO will replay the pay-per-view fight next Saturday at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT.Crawford was going for a knockout in the final round as he strafed Postol, who knocked out Lucas Matthysse in the 10th round to win a vacant title in a big upset in October and was making his first defense.He told me come on, so I said, Lets go and he retreated, Crawford said.After the fight, talk quickly turned to the possible showdown with Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 KOs), the Filipino great and boxings only eight-division titleholder.If Bob Arum wants that fight and my coaches want that fight, thats something well talk about later, Crawford said. I let my coaches handle that. I am a fighter and I will fight anybody. Im happy and Im about to go on vacation. We not worried about Manny Pacquiao right now.But Crawford made one thing clear -- if the fight happens, he will insist that Pacquiao, who has been fighting as a welterweight for years, come down in weight to challenge him for his title belts at junior welterweight.It will be at 140, Crawford said. Nike Vapormax Damske .C. -- Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said after all of these years in the NBA hes still amazed at some of the things LeBron James does. Vapormax Flyknit Pánská . I cant pinpoint a date, but I do remember a player from my youth. Brian Downing was with the Chicago White Sox at a time when I listened to every game I possibly could on the radio. That particular season the late great Harry Caray was calling the White Sox games. http://www.vapormaxlevne.cz/ . Three came down to the fourth quarter while quarterbacks continued to shine in all four games; so important to the overall quality of the game. With the best record in the American League at stake, the Texas Rangers send Yu Darvish to the mound Friday night to start a three-game home series against Tampa Bay to close out the regular season.The AL West champion Rangers (94-65) are sitting in good shape to lock down home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. Boston (92-67) and Cleveland (91-67) are still in the mix, but Texas can clinch with one win against the Rays (66-93) at Globe Life Park.Darvish (6-5, 3.53 ERA) is making his final start before the AL Division Series. The 30-year-old right-hander is slotted to pitch the second game of the playoffs behind Cole Hamels.Im very much looking forward to it, Darvish said. I pitched in one postseason game and that was it. Its going to be on the bigger stage, and Im looking forward to pitching in it.Darvish appears to be hitting his stride at the right time. Hes struck out 30.8 percent of batters faced (101 of 328) since the All-Star break, the second-highest mark in AL and fourth in the majors.He made his only postseason start in the 2012 AL Wild Card game against Baltimore, allowing two earned runs in 6 2/3 innings.I feel like Im a better pitcher now, mentally and mechanically, Darvish said. I have been trying a lot of stuff, and my last outing gave me more confidence. Im happy where I am at.Darvish earned the win Sept. 24 in Oakland, a 5-0 victory. He worked seven innings, allowed two hits and struck out niine. Vapormax Flyknit Levně. The Rangers are going with a four-man rotation in the postseason, though manager Jeff Banister hasnt named the starters behind Hamels and Darvish. The likely favorites are Colby Lewis and Martin Perez, who will close out the regular season against Tampa Bay.We look at all different scenarios, weigh the pros and cons, Banister said. We just feel that four guys, given where we are at and the pitchers that we have, I think thats the best scenario for us.The Rays send Matt Andriese (8-7, 4.34) to the hill in the series opener. The right-hander has allowed two or fewer runs in his last three starts after struggling throughout August and the first half of September.Hes done a really nice job, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. When he was put back in the rotation he probably wasnt as efficient, wasnt consistent with his pitches, but over the last couple of starts hes really pitched ... well. Both the changeup and the curveball have played huge. Hes got a better feel for his off-speed now.Its been a long season for Tampa Bay, but Cash is looking forward to the environment this weekend.We expect to see some big crowds there, which will be good, he said. Its always fun to play in front of those crowds, and they are playing for something because that home-field advantage means a ton. ' ' '