Former regular WBA Russian welterweight champion Rajab Butaev in a conversation with , he said that the team of Lithuanian Eimantas Stanionis was categorically against organizing a rematch.
On Monday in Sochi, Butaev defeated 2016 Olympic champion Fazliddin Gaibnazarov of Uzbekistan by fourth-round technical knockout. In his last fight in April 2022, Butaev lost by split decision to Lithuanian Eimantas Stanionis and lost his regular WBA welterweight title. Butaev now has 15 victories (12 by KO) and one defeat.
— Would you like to get a rematch with Stanionis?
– I asked for a fight with Stanionis. His fight with Virgil (Ortiz) failed and we proposed our fight. But Stanionis’ team was categorically against this meeting.
I’m ready for any fight at welterweight or junior middleweight. I am ready for any fight that brings me closer to the title. “I want to become world champion again,” Butaev told .
The Sochi tournament was broadcast live on the channel.
Source : MatchTV
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