Stanionis Defends Title

On the night of May 5th, a tournament was held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, USA. The main event of the evening was a fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Jaime Munguia.

On the undercard of the show, Lithuanian WBA welterweight champion (up to 66.7 kg) Eimantas Stanionis (15-0, 9 KOs) made his first title defense against Gabriel Maestre (6-1-1, 5 KOs) from Venezuela.

The fight lasted all 12 rounds and ended with Stanionis's unanimous decision victory. The judges scored the fight 119-109, 118-110, and 117-111 in favor of the reigning champion.

Eimantas Stanionis won the title in April 2022 in a fight against Radzhab Butaev (15-1, 12 KOs) by split decision. The 37-year-old Gabriel Maestre defeated Travon Marshall (9-1, 8 KOs) by technical knockout last August. This is Gabriel's first career defeat.