Stanionis Confident About Beating Ennis – ‘I Can Do Everything’

Eimantas Stanionis gave fans an insight into his mindset in preparation for his Jaron Ennis unification fight this weekend. 

Ennis defends his IBF Welterweight Title, having beaten Karen Chukhadzhian in his last fight. It was the second time he had beaten Karen, having previously done so in 2023. The win extended his record to 33-0, with 29 knockouts to his name. Ennis’ biggest win is arguably against David Avanesyan. However, Stanionis is a different proposition since he is a world champ. 

Stanionis is also undefeated, with a 15-0 record. Nine of his wins have come by way of knockout. He defeated Gabriel Maestre in his last fight to secure the title shot. He has accused Ennis of avoiding him, as he has the perfect opportunity to silence his critics. 

Stanionis Reacts

“He’s like a big star in the US and for me it’s like I always was an underdog in America. When I was fighting I knew if I lose one fight I’ll pack my bags and go back to my country. So I was always going hard, like giving my all. And that’s the thing, that’s what motivates me, that’s what I want to do. It’s a big task but I’m ready to do this.

“It’s always how I like to press my opponents, but it depends. I also have my skills, I have big amateur background so I can fight both ways. But I prefer to bang because the fans like to see that, you know. So I like to give the excitement to the fans.

“It [The Karen fight] was a good fight. People have like a big expectations from the talks ‘oh, he might fight this and that’ so that’s why I think, you know. It’s always somebody talks when you try to reach something, you know…I don’t take like nothing from one maybe not-so-good performance. It’s nothing, it happens for a fighter. Everybody can wake up and feel bad, it might not [be] your day today.

Further Quotes

“Honestly, I don’t know if they turned down or not turned down, what happened, or my team — like I got different team before, now I have different one so it’s like I don’t know what happened at the moment. I can’t say nothing. I just know I said yes twice and that’s it.

“Boxing is like very tough sport and you don’t know what’s going on, what can happen. Like I said, it’s very unpredictable sport. So it’s going to be on the night. We’ll see April 12. Every fighter I can stop, you know. It works both ways because it’s boxing but I know I can do everything. I’m training hard, I’m focused, I don’t have a fear and I like competition, that’s what drives me. So I want to do what people think is not possible.

Full Card

Jaron Ennis vs Eimantas Stanionis; Welterweight, for the IBF and WBA titles

Raymond Ford vs Thomas Mattice; Super featherweight

Omari Jones vs William Jackson; Light middleweight

Arturo Cardenas vs Christian Carto; Super bantamweight