On the night from Saturday to Sunday, the WBA regular welterweight world champion of the 29-year-old Eimantas Stanionis (15-0-0, 9 knockouts) returned to the boxing ring after a 2-year hiatus and dominated the 37-year-old Venezuelan at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (USA) Gabriel Maestre (6-1-1, 5 KOs).
According to CompuBox statistics, E. Stanionis averaged 11 successful jabs (straight punches) per round, which is twice the average of fighters in the welterweight category. In total, E. Stanionis hit as many as 136 “jabus” out of 359 (37.9 percent), while G. Maestre hit 53 out of 280 (18.9 percent).
It was the accuracy of E. Stanionis’ “jabs” that stunned the CompuBox analyst Lee Groves. He bluntly stated that at the moment it would be difficult to find a fighter whose “jab” is better than the Lithuanian’s in the entire world of boxing.
“Stanionis clearly defeated Maestra by unanimous decision of the judges, and from CompuBox’s statistics, the most impressive for me was 38 percent.” accuracy of “jabs”. Nowadays, 30 percent accuracy would already be considered elite, but when someone manages to hit close to 40%. “yaba”, it is fiction. Stanionis’ “jab” may be the best in the entire world of boxing at the moment,” noted L. Groves.
E. Stanionis himself, who returned to the ring after a 2-year break, stated that the long time without fighting in the ring had taken its toll.
“I performed satisfactorily. I will be better next time”, said E. Stanionis self-critically.
In this match, E. Stanionis broke the career records of hits made (771) and shots hit (316).
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