Eimantas Stanionis waited more than two years for this moment.
The unwelcome 749-day ring absence ultimately came with a reward in the form of a lopsided decision over Gabriel Maestre. The battle of 2016 Olympians saw Stanionis prevail by scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 117-111 Saturday evening at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The win saw Stanionis defend his WBA ‘Regular’ welterweight title in the opening bout of the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Prime/PPV.com pay-per-view headlined by Canelo Alvarez vs.