28-year-old Lithuanian welterweight Eimantas Stanionis (14-0, 9 KOs) believes that 24-year-old American puncher Virgil Ortiz (19-0, 19 KOs), his formidable opponent in an as-yet-undated fight, will have the same difficult evening as his, when they enter the ring.
“Yes, I think so,” the Lithuanian answered the question
fight hubwhether Stanionis will become Ortiz’s most dangerous opponent. “We will both be the most difficult test for each other.”
In the last performance, 28-year-old Eimantas defeated Rajab Butaev by a strange split decision and took away the semi-title from him. Ortiz became the mandatory challenger when he beat Michael McKinson in August.
The Lithuanian, like Ortiz, believed that in the next fight he would fight for a real championship, but “it didn’t happen like that, as you might guess.” WBC / WBA / IBF champion Errol Spence was not ready for the mandatory challenger due to a new accident and a period of rehabilitation (and for other reasons too).
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Therefore, they took a chance at Eimantas and agreed to fight already with his obligatory challenger Ortiz. Moreover, Stanyonis is happy with this option.
“Fights like this excite me, they give me extra motivation in the gym to work hard because I know he works as hard as I do. It’s really exciting, I’m really happy about this fight,” said Eimantas.
“Who do you take me for? I’m the best in the world”. Crawford not against Ortiz and Ennis