The World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) Championships Committee has ordered the necessary bout between Lithuanian welterweight world champion Eimantas Stanionis and official challenger Shakhram Giyasov.
The communication was formally despatched to each events on September 19 and so they got 30 days to barter the combat, which is able to finish on October 19.
The championship rule C.10 states {that a} champion should defend the title in opposition to the subsequent obtainable contender inside 9 (9) months from the date he gained the title. Within the case of Stanionis, he gained it on 15 April 2022 so the time restrict for his subsequent necessary combat expired on 14 January 2023, and he should face Giyasov.
Then again, WBA Rule C.13 – Combating Limitations – states that the champion can’t combat a boxer who isn’t the official challenger inside sixty (60) days after the expiration of the necessary defence interval.
If the groups of each boxers can’t attain an settlement throughout the given interval or if both social gathering refuses to barter, the WBA might open the combat to purse bid pursuant it’s guidelines and laws and with the purse cut up of 75% for the champion and 25% for the challenger.
