Eimantas Stanionis and Gabriel Maestre will star in one of the crucial attention-grabbing fights on the undercard of the occasion going down this Saturday on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas. The Lithuanian will defend his World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) welterweight crown in opposition to the Venezuelan in a bout that guarantees to be stuffed with motion and fierce exchanges.
The featured combat shall be Saul Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia for the undisputed championship, which generates a substantial amount of consideration together with all of the bouts of the occasion. For Stanionis and Maestre it will likely be a rematch after their combat within the novice division in 2015, during which the previous gained by unanimous resolution.
Stanionis comes from an extended inactivity as a consequence of completely different points however now he is able to return to the ring to hunt the primary protection of his crown. The 29-year-old fighter defeated Radzhab Butaev in 2022 to maintain the belt and though he was going to return to the ring final 12 months a final minute indisposition of his rival didn’t permit him to combat.
The challenger this time shall be Gabriel Maestre, a two-time Olympian and Pan American champion who made the soar to the professional ranks in 2019 and has been incomes his place within the professional ranks. At 37 years previous, he has a fantastic alternative to get the belt and desires to make the most of it.
The Venezuelan defeated Travon Marshall in his most up-to-date combat final August. On that event he gave a beastly knockout in opposition to the prospect and now he may have a extra difficult problem.
Stanionis has a file of 14 wins, no losses and 9 knockouts. Maestre, then again, has 6 wins, 1 draw and 5 knockouts.
