MOSCOW, April 17, Oleg Bogatov.The world welterweight champion according to the World Boxing Association (WBA) Russian Radjab Butaev lost to the Lithuanian Eimantas Stanionis due to the lack of tactical adjustments from his coaching angle, said coach Eduard Kravtsov, who previously worked with the boxer. The fight in Arlington (USA) ended in victory mandatory challenger from Lithuania by split decision. Butaev is 28 years old, for him this defeat was the first in 15 fights in the professional ring (previously 14 victories were won, 11 by knockout). The 27-year-old Lithuanian, who remains undefeated, has 14 wins (9 by knockout). “The result of the fight. I don’t think there can be any objections,” said Kravtsov. “The fight was close enough and after its completion it was visible that Butaev's angle understood everything perfectly. Probably, the Lithuanian was more precise. What was Rajab lacking? In the fight, he had absolutely no (coaching) angle. How can an athlete box for the title of world champion when he is not prompted with anything other than motivational speeches. What to do and how to do? And often Rajab stepped on the same rake.»
"Sometimes he himself found good solutions in battle. The corner had to catch on to them and stick to them tactically, — the expert emphasized. — But they only told him: & # 34; Come on! Come on!", "You are the champion, you have to show yourself", "It's over". And there was nothing else, one continuous motivation. Rajab lost primarily tactically. Because he didn't have a corner. Motivation is needed, but first of all, the corner must lead the boxer tactically. Stanionis is a good and fighting guy, but he is quite a primitive boxer. He doesn’t know how much".
The interlocutor of the agency believes that the Russian can regain the championship title. «Rajab physically and functionally looked quite good,» Kravtsov noted. «From the point of view of technical and tactical preparation for this fight, I do not I know what prevented him. Rajab can do much more than what he showed in the ring. He is definitely in the teeth to regain the championship title. It's hard to say how long it will take.