Radzhab Butaev vs Eimantas Stanionis
On April 16, 2022, Radzhab Butaev (14-0, 11 KOs), the welterweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against the reigning WBA welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis (13-0, 9 KOs).
Butaev vs Stanionis Stats
Radzhab Butaev is coming in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round TKO victory over Jamal James, 5 months and 17 days ago. Eimantas Stanionis is on a 13-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, with his last fight being a undefined loss to Luis Collazo, 8 months and 9 days ago.
Butaev vs Stanionis Prediction & Odds
Although the odds are slightly in favor of Radzhab Butaev at 52.8-47.2, it would be fair to consider this a 50-50 fight. Butaev has a slightly better chance of winning, but Stanionis could also certainly pull it off.
Butaev vs Stanionis Result
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.