The world champion in the secondary version of the WBA World welterweight (up to 66.7 kg) Lithuanian Eimantas Stanionis (14-0, 9 KOs) hopes that his next opponent will be a rising star from the United States, one of the “Babays” of the division and 100 percent puncher Virgil Ortiz (19-0, 19 KOs).
Recall that earlier the championship committee of the World Boxing Association appointed the fight Stanenis-Ortiz, so that the winner went to the owner of the full-fledged title of American Errol Spence.
“I hope so (that the fight with Ortiz will be next), but in boxing you can never think ahead,” said Eimantas. – I like his fighting style, he is a strong fellow, I don’t want to say anything. Really good fighter. Stylistically, it will be a big uncompromising war. But this is what inspires me to wake up at dawn, to work even harder and harder.
Stanyonis won the title in April of this year, taking it away from the Russian Radjab Butaev – a 12-round fight ended in favor of the Lithuanian by a split decision of the judges.
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