The World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) Championships Committee has ordered the obligatory 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 towards the subsequent obtainable contender inside 9 (9) months from the date he received the title. Within the case of Stanionis, he received it on 15 April 2022 so the time restrict for his subsequent obligatory combat expired on 14 January 2023, and he should face Giyasov.
Alternatively, WBA Rule C.13 – Preventing Limitations – states that the champion can not combat a boxer who shouldn’t be the official challenger inside sixty (60) days after the expiration of the obligatory defence interval.
If the groups of each boxers can not attain an settlement throughout the given interval or if both get together refuses to barter, the WBA could 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.
