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The 26-year-old Lithuanian is the leader of the WBA middleweight class Eimantas Stanionis (13-0, 9 knockouts) already on August 7. (early morning on August 8, Lithuanian time) will meet with a 40-year-old American veteran Luisu Collazo (39-8, 20 knockouts). The fight will take place in Minneapolis (USA), has 10 rounds and will be the main duel of the night. The fight will start on Sunday around 5pm Lithuanian time.
On Friday, the wrestlers met for the last time before performing in the ring: a weigh-in ceremony was held. Under the terms of the contract, the fight will not take place in the standard 147-pound (66.68 kg) category, but rather in the intermediate 149-pound (67.59 kg) category. Both fighters successfully reached that limit on Friday. E. Stanionis weighed 148.6 pounds (67.40 kg) and L. Collazo was slightly heavier: 148.8 pounds (67.49 kg).
E.Stanionis is slightly shorter than the opponent (173 cm vs 175 cm). L.Collazo will try to take advantage of the great advantage of extended arm length (185cm vs 173cm) in this fight.
Weigh-in ceremony:
L. Collazo 2005-2006 was the WBA regular world champion. Later he also won the WBA International Champion Belt. Throughout his career, the American has fought in a boxing ring with stars such as Ricky Hatton, Shane Mosley, Andre Berto, Victor Ortiz, Amir Khan, Keith Thurman and Kudratillo Abdukachorov. He lost many of the most important battles, but only K. Thurman managed to defeat him from this list with a technical knockout.
“L. Collazo fought the best and likes to fight fire with fire, just like me. I’m ready for an active fight. After the last fight, I feel confident, I know I can fight 12 rounds. I had a serious test against Thomas Dulorme, but I think I had the worst night then and I didn’t show what I could do better, I’m 100 percent ready this time.
I have to win because I want to have the opportunity to fight for the champion title. Lithuania has never had a world professional boxing champion and I want to go down in history. I want to show that I can compete against any of the best.
If I win, I think I deserve a fight for the champion title. I am a top level WBA fighter and I will be in a position where sooner or later I will fight the best. When you get in the ring, it doesn’t matter at all who the favorite is. In the ring I give 100 percent of my heart. It is an entertaining sport and we are the ones who create entertainment, ”said E. Stanionis.
Meanwhile, L. Collazo revealed that the fight with E. Stionionis will definitely be his last race.
“I can’t wait for us to fight. It’s been a long road and now I’m looking forward to getting in the ring and doing the best I can.
This will definitely be the last fight of my career. It’s hard to enjoy sports sometimes, but even saying that, I’ll give my best on Saturday night. I will leave my tag in the ring again.
The only thing he has against me is my own age, but age doesn’t matter when you’re active fighting and training like me. I do that to survive. I have constantly prepared for the fight and there are no excuses here.
You cannot compare one fighter with another and it does not matter that they have a similar style. You have to prepare for each boy according to the best possibilities. As soon as the gong sounds, things can change very quickly, “said L. Collazo.
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