On April 16, 2022, the 28-year-old WBA (Regular) welterweight world champion, Radzhab Butaev (14-0, 11 KOs), faced a 27-year-old Lithuanian boxer Eimantas Stanionis (13-0, 9 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Butaev came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 17 days. Stanionis was on a 13-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 9 days.
Eimantas Stanionis defeated Radzhab Butaev via split decision and wins the WBA (Regular) title — in his first world-title fight. Stanionis improves his record to 14-0, while Butaev adds a loss to his record at 14-1.