Viktor Postol (The Iceman) boxer

Viktor Postol boxer
bouts
35
won
31
lost
4
draw
0
Status
active
Division
super lightweight
Debut
2007-12-01
Height
5′ 11″/180cm
Reach
73½″/187cm
Age
35
Born
1984-01-16
Death
-
Nationality
Ukraine

Viktor Vasylovych Postol (Ukrainian: Віктор Васильович Постол; born 16 January 1984) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who held the WBC light-welterweight title from 2015 to 2016 and challenged twice for the WBO light-welterweight title in 2016 and in 2020. As of May 2021, he is ranked as the world's fifth best active light-welterweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and by BoxRec and fourth by The Ring magazine.Postol made his professional debut on 1 October 2007 at the age of 23 against Zsolt Vicze, stopping him in round 2. He won his next fourteen bouts fighting in countries Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Spain, Russia and Georgia. Postol's first significant title fight came in December 2011 against Karen Tevosyan for the vacant WBC Silver International light welterweight title. Postol managed to win via unanimous decision to claim the belt. He then successfully defended it against Yvan Mendy and DeMarcus Corley.After vacating the belt, it was announced in February 2013 that Postol would next fight American boxer Hank Lundy for the vacant WBC International light welterweight title. Lundy was originally due to fight Lucas Matthysse, but the fight fell apart. Postol won the bout via a 12-round unanimous decision. Two judges scored the fight 116-112 and the remaining judge scored it 116-113 all in Postol's favour. Before vacating the belt, Postol had managed to retain it against Ignacio Mendoza.On 7 November 2013, the World Boxing Council ordered a final eliminator for their super lightweight title, held at the time by unified champion Danny García, which would see Postol fight Turkish boxer Selçuk Aydin (26-2, 19 KOs). Before engaging in the eliminator, Postol finished the year with a dominant decision win over tough journeyman Behzod Nabiyev (22-6-1, 16 KOs) at the SportLife club in Kyiv, Ukraine. Over 10 rounds, Nabiyev was dropped once in round 4 and twice in the final round. The three judges scored all rounds for Postol (100-79).In February 2014, a purse bid took place where Elite Boxing Promotions bid an amount of $120,000, which was more than Aydin's promoter Ahmet Oner offer, which was $50,000. Due to Postol's team winning the bid, the fight was likely set for Ukraine. It was instead announced to take place at The Forum in Inglewood, California on the undercard of Márquez vs. Alvarado on 17 May 2014. On his American debut, Postol stopped Aydin in round 11 to become the mandatory challenger for the WBC title. The time of stoppage was 2:52 of the round.On 19 August 2014, the WBC ordered Postol vs. García and scheduled purse bids for 12 September. This was then pushed back to 10 October. On 11 October, Postol's manager Vadim Kornilov stated a deal was close to being reached for García to make a voluntary defence before fighting Postol. Kornilov said, "There is a step aside agreement that we have almost finalized. Postol and García will both get options to take other fights over the next 4 months and then Postol will again be in the mandatory position to fight the WBC champion." Both camps agreed the step-a-side deal the same day. Postol next planned to fight again in December 2014. Having not fought in December 2014, in January 2015, Postol announced that he would fight on the undercard of Danny García vs. Lamont Peterson on 11 April at the Barclays Center in New York. Kornilov announced his opponent to be Jake Giuriceo (17-2-1, 4 KOs) in a scheduled 10 round bout. This was later shortened to 8 rounds. Postol won the fight via unanimous decision after 8 rounds.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2022-02-26 Gary Antuanne Russell WWWWWW Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas LOST
Technical knockout
2020-08-29 Jose Carlos Ramirez WWWWWW The Bubble, MGM Grand, Las Vegas LOST
Majority decision
2019-04-27 Mohamed Mimoune WWWWWW Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas
2018-11-03 Siar Ozgul WWWWWL The SSE Hydro, Glasgow WIN
Points
2018-06-23 Josh Taylor WWWWWW The SSE Hydro, Glasgow LOST
Unanimous decision
2017-09-16 Jamshidbek Najmiddinov WWWWWW AKKO International, Kiev WIN
Unanimous decision
2016-07-23 Terence Crawford WWWWWW MGM Grand, Las Vegas LOST
Unanimous decision
2015-10-03 Lucas Martin Matthysse WWLWWW StubHub Center, Carson WIN
KO
2015-04-11 Jake Giuriceo WWWLLW Barclays Center, Brooklyn WIN
Unanimous decision
2014-05-17 Selcuk Aydin WLLWWW Forum, Inglewood WIN
KO
2013-12-26 Behzod Nabiev WLLLWL Club Sportlife, Kiev WIN
Unanimous decision
2013-10-03 Ignacio Mendoza LWWWWW Club Sportlife, Kiev WIN
Unanimous decision
2013-05-29 Bakhrom Payazov WWWWLW Club Sportlife, Kiev WIN
Unanimous decision
2013-03-21 Henry Lundy LWWWWL Club Sportlife, Kiev WIN
Unanimous decision
2012-12-22 Henry Auraad LLWLWL Hollywood Park Casino, Inglewood WIN
KO
2012-10-27 DeMarcus Corley LLLLWW Club Sportlife, Kiev WIN
Unanimous decision
2012-06-27 Yvan Mendy DLWWWW Club Sportlife, Kiev WIN
Unanimous decision
2012-04-27 Jose Eduardo Lopez Rodriguez WWWWLW Club Sportlife, Kiev WIN
Unanimous decision
2012-02-26 Artem Ayvazidi WWWWLL Club Sportlife, Kiev WIN
Corner retirement
2011-12-18 Karen Tevosian LLWWWW Sport Palace Yunost, Zaporozhye WIN
Unanimous decision
2011-10-03 Felix Lora DWDWLW Sports Complex "Freestyle", Kiev WIN
Unanimous decision
2011-06-11 Tarik Madni WWWWWL Sport Palace, Kiev WIN
Unanimous decision
2011-03-13 Sam Rukundo WWWLLL Sport Palace, Tbilisi WIN
Majority decision
2010-11-19 Jahongir Abdullaev WLLLWL Sports Complex "Freestyle", Kiev WIN
Technical knockout
2010-08-28 Jay Morris LLWWLW Independence Square, Kiev WIN
Unanimous decision
2010-05-21 Mamasoli Kimsanboev WWWWLL Sports Complex "Freestyle", Kiev WIN
Unanimous decision
2010-03-13 Khujabek Mamatov W Podmoskovye Hall, Podolsk WIN
Corner retirement
2010-02-06 Laszlo Komjathi WWWLDL Sports Complex "Freestyle", Kiev WIN
KO
2009-11-28 Vitaly Olkhovik LLDWLL Elite Boxing Gym, Kiev WIN
KO
2009-09-18 Araik Sachbazjan LWWWLL Gran Casino, Castellón de la Plana WIN
Unanimous decision
2009-08-15 Dmitry Bogachuk DLLLL Borschagovka Gym, Kiev WIN
Corner retirement
2009-06-13 Ruslan Pavlenko LLLLLL Kiev WIN
Technical knockout
2009-04-25 Denys Tupilenko LWLWLL Borschagovka Gym, Kiev WIN
Technical knockout
2008-03-29 Sreten Miletic debut Dvorana Pecara, Siroki Brijeg WIN
Unanimous decision
2007-12-01 Zsolt Vicze L Brcko WIN
Technical knockout