Stanionis vs Gonzalez FULL FIGHT: December 16, 2020 PBC on FS1

(December 16, 2020) Undefeated rising welterweight Eimantas Stanionis continued his ascent up the 147pound rankings Wednesday night with a ninthround knockout of Colombias Janer Gonzalez in the main event of FS1 PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes from Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. The 2016 Lithuanian Olympian Stanionis (120, 9 KOs), now fighting out of Oxnard, California, and Gonzalez (1941, 15 KOs), now fighting out of Miami, engaged in a bodypunching duel for most of the entertaining fight with the stronger shots and worldclass jab of Stanionis allowing him to maintain an edge throughout. Coming forward behind a tight defense, Stanionis came out patiently in round one, allowing Gonzalez to rip home some strong shots to the body. The powerful Lithuanian landed his own left hook to the body midway through round two that immediately put a shaken Gonzalez on the defensive. Another strong left hook to the liver later in the round sent Gonzalez down for a count of nine. Stanionis lan