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26 year old Lithuanian Eimantas Stanionis (13-0-0, 9 knockouts) on the night from Saturday to Sunday in Lithuanian time he faced the most serious challenge of his career in professional boxing, he had the longest fight of his career, but he handled it well from the beginning . , unanimous decision of the judges 115-113, 116-112, 117-111 defeated 31 years Thomas Dulorme (25-5-1, 16 knockouts) of Puerto Rico.
This fight was carried out with 8-ounce gloves, although previously E. Stanionis fought with 10-ounce gloves. So far, the Lithuanian has fought in professional boxing the longest in nine rounds.
E.Stionionis occupied the middle of the ring from the beginning of the fight and forced the opponent to work outside. The fighters actively exchanged shots and while T. Dullorme hit more frequently in the first round, E.Stanionis was more accurate, using a real left-hand shot (“jab”) from the start.
In the second round, T. Dullorme was even more active in terms of strikes, but E. Stanionis defended himself confidently, annoyed his opponent, was calm and continued to use his fight plan using “jabus” and body shots.
In the third round, E.Stanionis still managed to block many of the opponent’s blows, while countering perfectly. As after every round so far, E. Stanionis went to his corner with a broad smile when the gong sounded announcing the end of the round.
In the fourth round, E. Stanionis attacked more and more and his “jabai” reached the goal more and more. About a minute before the end of the round, E. Stanionis grabbed the opponent by the ropes of the ring and made several accentuated punches and kept increasing the pace of his attack.
As in all rounds so far, T. Dulorme in the fifth round continued with his frequent shots to the body, he tried to move a lot, but E. Stanion managed more and more to support the opponent on the ropes of the ring and not only block the blows. of the opponent, but more and more combinations of blows to the body and the head and the favorite “jabai” of E. Stanionis.
In the sixth round, the judge had already warned T. Dulorme that he would hit the body a little higher. Towards the end of the round, E. Stanionis even caused the opponent to hit, he was again warned about shots too low, and as usual after the round, E. Stanionis approached his corner with a smile.
Although T. Dulorme was still active and actively hitting in the seventh round, at the same time, E. Stanionis’ punches were more accurate. The Lithuanian used only his left hand in this round and did not take a single shot from the right.
At the beginning of the ninth round, E. Stanionis continued to attack exclusively with his left hand, but then he also subdued the left and tried to increase his pace.
Listening to the advice of coach Marvin Somodor, E. Stanionis became much more active in the ninth round and made many more combinations than before.
At the end of the 10th round, E.Stanion managed to squeeze the opponent and successfully deliver several blows with his right hand from below, which spilled T. Dulorme’s blood from his left eyebrow and opened the cross wound.
By the eleventh round, T. Dulorme was increasingly hanging behind E. Stanionis and the judge had to appoint combatants. In this round, the referee had to warn T. Dororme again to hit the body over the bar.
Just a minute and a half before the end of the twelfth round and the fight, E. Stanionis threw a fantastic series, after which T. Dulorme fluctuated quite obviously, but failed to knock out the opponent. For the rest of the time, the Lithuanian exerted strong pressure on T. Dulorme, who was bleeding quite a bit from the eyebrow, but managed to stand up and the judges, who saw the absolute victory of the Lithuanian, decided the end of the day. the fight.
“Before the fight, I said I wanted to test my strength with the best fighters in the middleweight category. I tried to show my best, I put pressure on my opponent, because for the first time my fight was broadcast live in Lithuania and people had the opportunity to see me, ”said E. Stanionis. “It just came to our knowledge then. I want to know what level I can reach. I can fight high-level opponents, although I still need experience.”
E.Stanionis also admitted that he had problems with his hands, and after the fight revealed to one of the coaches that he was unable to use his left hand properly. The Lithuanian said both hands were injured in training camp, but he did not hesitate in the ring: “You can cut my leg, I will still go fight.”
The possible fight between these boxers was discussed in December last year, but Th.Dulorme failed to recover from the coronavirus at the time, and Janer González, who was knocked out by E. Stanionis in the ninth, was named as a Lithuanian opponent. round.
Before the fight, Th.Dulorme was ranked 20th and E. Stanionis 25th in the Box rec middleweight class. This fight was significant for the WBA organization as it has ranked both fighters: E. Stanionis recently jumped to 10th place and Th.Dulorme was 14th.
Th.Dulorme 2015 fought Terence Crawford himself for the WBO lightest middleweight world champion belt. The Puerto Rican fighter then lost in the sixth round by technical knockout. Later he met more famous rivals. 2017 lost to the current Cuban champion Yorden Ugas by decision of the judges in 2018. He reached a draw against Jessie Vargas, and in August of this year, by decision of the judges, he lost to another current champion, Yamal James.
E.Stionionis had knocked down four opponents in a row prior to this fight. The last time he fought was in 2020, in December, when Jarez González did. He had previously fought in November when he knocked out Justin DeLoach, and even earlier he had knocked out Julio César Sánchez and Evincil Dixon. In half a year, E. Stanionis had three fights.
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