The crazy, action-packed fight in Las Vegas took all 12 rounds, but E. Stanionis confidently triumphed by unanimous decision of the judges (117:11, 118:110, 119:109).
It was the Lithuanian’s 15th victory in professional boxing, and he still has no defeats. We remind you that E. Stanionis is the first Lithuanian in history to win the championship belt of one of the main professional boxing organizations, and on Sunday he became the first to defend such a title.
“The burnout is real. After all, two years without fights, there were details to be corrected, but next time I will be better”, said the world champion, leaving the arena in a good mood.
The statistics of the fight show that the man from Kaunas made 771 blows, and his opponent as many as 802 (he hit 205 – 25.6% accuracy), but the winner chose when to strike much more accurately and did it with emphasis (he hit 316 – 41% accuracy).
E. Stanionis averaged 11 accurate jabs per round, which was his main weapon in achieving the upper hand, which he used from the beginning of the fight to the end. The Lithuanian hit 136 straight shots out of 359 throws (37.9%), while G. Maestre made only 18.9% of these shots. accuracy (53 out of 280).
E. Stanionis last fought in 2022. in April, when he defeated Rajab Butayev by split decision and won the previously mentioned WBA “regular” welterweight world championship belt.
