Unbeaten Estonian Stiven Aas gets his first professional title fight on Saturday 31 October, against Slovakia’s Lukáš Labaško for the WBA Baltic cruiserweight belt. It’s the main event of Warrior Fight 9 at Unibet Arena in Tallinn: ten three-minute rounds at 90.7 kg. Labaško replaces Germany’s Serge Michel, who was the original opponent and has withdrawn. The card billed as professional starts at 18:15 in Tallinn and Riga (16:15 GMT, 12:15 ET), and the organiser, Fair Play Promotion, puts the main event at around 21:50 local time.
Tale of the tape
 Stiven Aas | Lukáš Labaško | |
|---|---|---|
| Pro record (BoxRec) | 10-0 (5 KO) | 6-1-2 (3 KO) |
| Age | 26 | 35 |
| From | Mäetaguse, Estonia | Prešov, Slovakia |
| Height | 184 cm | Not listed |
| Pro debut | March 2023 | May 2024 |
| BoxRec cruiserweight ranking | No. 92 (as of 27.10) | No. 323 |
| Background | Ten-time Estonian amateur champion | 2024 HELL Boxing Kings heavyweight finalist |
| Last fight | Won, Ivan Matute (August 2026, Tallinn, eight rounds) | Eight-round draw, Vitaliy Stalchenko (April 2026, Poland)* |
*BoxRec also lists a June 2026 bout for Labaško in Brno, against Jiri Svacina.
Stiven Aas: ten fights, ten wins
Aas is 10-0 with five knockouts since his debut in March 2023, and BoxRec has him 92nd in the world at cruiserweight (as of 27.10). He’s from Mäetaguse in north-east Estonia, and the organiser calls him a ten-time Estonian amateur champion. This is his first chance at a professional belt, and he gets it at home.
His last two fights show both sides of him. In May he stopped Juan Manuel Moriel, unbeaten before that night, 35 seconds into the first round in Magdeburg, the quickest win of his career. In August he went eight rounds in Tallinn with the Venezuelan veteran Ivan Matute, who had 32 wins, 27 of them by knockout, and once held the WBA Fedelatin title. “I won all eight rounds, but he was strong and kept me under pressure the whole time,” Aas told ERR afterwards. “He waited for the right moment and hit very sharply.”
He’s also clear about what the belt would mean. “If I win this title, next I can move towards the European title,” he told Õhtuleht. “A small door opens, and I can move towards the world’s best.”
Lukáš Labaško: the late replacement who comes forward
Labaško is 35, from Prešov, and turned professional in May 2024. BoxRec has him at 6-1-2 with three knockouts. He reached the heavyweight final of HELL Boxing Kings in 2024, a tournament he boxed above this weight. Organiser Tõnis Grinkin told Delfi that Michel’s team found the replacement and that Labaško had already been preparing for a fight, so he isn’t coming in cold. “He’s a strong boxer who moves forward well,” Grinkin said. “He’s definitely a very tough opponent for Stiven.”
His 2026 has been mixed. In March he suffered the only defeat of his career, a stoppage against the unbeaten Ramazan Muslimov in Mukacheve, Ukraine. A month later he went to Białystok and drew over eight rounds with Vitaliy Stalchenko, who was 13-1 going in. That draw is the best result on his record, and it shows he can last the distance with a good opponent.
Recent form
Aas, last four (BoxRec):
- Aug 2026: beat Ivan Matute over eight rounds, Tallinn
- May 2026: beat Juan Manuel Moriel, KO in round one (0:35), Magdeburg
- Mar 2026: beat Vicente Santiago, Narva
- Nov 2025: beat Oladimeji Akinde in Narva, putting him down three times in round two
Labaško, last three (BoxRec):
- Jun 2026: Jiri Svacina, Brno (result not shown on BoxRec’s public page)
- Apr 2026: drew with Vitaliy Stalchenko over eight rounds, Białystok
- Mar 2026: lost to Ramazan Muslimov by stoppage, Mukacheve
How the styles match up
Labaško’s plan is simple, and the organiser has said it for him: he walks forward and makes it a fight. That suits a 35-year-old who has been the distance with a 13-1 opponent and has only been stopped once. Aas’s best work this year came at both ends of the scale. He took out Moriel almost straight away, then he had to think his way through eight rounds against a dangerous veteran who waited for counters.
Ten rounds is a long night for a pressure fighter against a younger man with the home crowd behind him. If Aas can keep Labaško at range early and make him miss, the pressure should fade in the second half of the fight. If Labaško gets close and turns it into a scrap, it’s a different test from anything Aas has faced so far.
Key factors
- Home crowd and first title: Aas fights in front of his own fans for a belt that the organiser says could lead to WBA Continental and International title fights. The occasion cuts both ways.
- Short notice: Labaško was confirmed only about ten days before the fight, though the organiser says he was already in training.
- Age and activity: Aas is 26 and has boxed four times in the last 12 months. Labaško is nine years older and has boxed three times in 2026.
- Durability: Labaško has been stopped once in nine pro fights. Aas has stopped five of his ten opponents.
Our pick: Aas by decision
We’re taking Aas. He’s the younger, more highly ranked fighter, he’s coming off a hard eight-rounder he says he won every round of, and he’s at home. Labaško has shown he’s hard to put away, so Aas on points is our call, with a late stoppage the next most likely result if the pressure starts to cost the Slovak in the last third of the fight.
The rest of the Warrior Fight 9 card
There are seven more fights the organiser bills as professional. Times are the organiser’s approximate running order in Tallinn/Riga time, with a 15-minute break from 20:15 to 20:30.
- 20:50: Toivo Pentos vs Danyil Ludin, 82 kg, six rounds. Ludin, 23 and based in London, is 10-3 with nine knockouts according to the organiser. Pentos, from Pärnu, was Aas’s first professional opponent in 2023, when he boxed as Toivo Pettinen.
- 20:30: Ruslan Lebedenko vs Artur Andrejev, 78 kg, four rounds
- 19:45: Nikita Krasnabayeu vs Jonny Sanchez, 73.5 kg, six rounds. Krasnabayeu is 2-0 and a Fair Play Promotion boxer. Sanchez, a Spain-based Venezuelan who boxed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is 20-16 with 13 knockouts according to the organiser.
- 19:15: Semjon Kamanin vs Yeison Juarez, 67 kg, six rounds. Kamanin, from Narva, is this year’s Estonian champion at 65 kg. Juarez, Venezuelan-born and based in Spain, is 22-15-1 according to the organiser and has fought for the IBF Latino title.
- 18:55: Markus Stepanov vs Danil Kosterin, 67 kg, four two-minute rounds, billed by the organiser as both boxers’ professional debut and a rematch of their amateur bout in August that Stepanov won.
- 18:35: Artjom Bairatski vs Daniil Panin, 80 kg, four rounds. The organiser bills it as Bairatski’s professional debut, and Panin is 0-1.
- 18:15: Roman Budikov vs Nestor Gonzalez, 67 kg, four rounds. Budikov, billed by the organiser as making his pro debut, faces a Spain-based Venezuelan who is 30-13 with 21 knockouts according to the organiser.
Before that, the amateur programme runs from 16:30 to 18:00, and doors open at 15:30. None of the professional bouts includes a Latvian boxer.
Where to watch Aas vs Labaško Warrior Fight LIVE Stream
The organiser’s professional card starts at 18:15 Tallinn and Riga time on Saturday 31 October. That’s 16:15 GMT and 12:15 ET. Europe moved to winter time on 25 October, but the US doesn’t change its clocks until 1 November, so ET is only four hours behind GMT this week. The main event is expected at around 21:50 Riga time (19:50 GMT, 15:50 ET), and the amateur bouts start at 16:30.
How to watch: In Estonia, Delfi TV has the broadcast rights. Outside Estonia, including Latvia, Fair Play Promotion streams the event itself as a pay-per-view on its website. A viewing pass costs €14.99 and covers the live stream and a replay until 23:59 on 1 December; the organiser says the stream can’t be watched in Estonia. Ainar and Rain Karlson commentate.
