Andreas Kotelnik
Ukrainian boxer (born 1977)
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Andriy Mykolayovich Kotelnyk (Ukrainian: Андрій Миколайович Котельник; born 29 December 1977), best known by the Germanicised name Andreas Kotelnik, is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed between 2000 and 2014, and held the WBA super-lightweight title from 2008 to 2009. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2000 Olympics.
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| Nickname | Kotelya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Andriy Kotelnyk 29 December 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | Light-welterweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Reach | 178 cm (70 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amateur career
- 1995 won the Junior European Championship in Siofok, Hungary as a flyweight
- 1997 competed as a Featherweight at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Results were:
- Defeated Kenneth Buhlalu (South-Africa) PTS
- Defeated Roman Rafael (Slovakia) WO
- Lost to Falk Huste (Germany) PTS
- 2000 won the silver medal as a Lightweight at the Sydney Olympics. Results were:
- Defeated Larry Semillano (Philippines) RSCO 4
- Defeated Raymond Narh (Ghana) PTS (17:11)
- Defeated Nurzhan Karimzhanov (Kazakhstan) RSCO 3
- Defeated Cristian Bejarano (Mexico) PTS (22:14)
- Lost to Mario Kindelan (Cuba) PTS (4:14)
Professional career
Kotelnik made his professional debut on 16 December 2000, scoring a first-round knockout against Peter Feher. On 24 January 2003, Kotelnik won his first regional championship—the vacant WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title—following a unanimous decision (UD) over Fabrice Colombel. He defended this title twice before a career first loss on 21 October 2004, a split decision (SD) against Souleymane M'baye. On 9 July 2005, Kotelnik challenged European light-welterweight champion Junior Witter, but lost via UD.[2] In his next fight, on 26 November 2005, Kotelnik defeated Muhammad Abdullaev via UD to win back the vacant WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title, as well as the vacant WBO Asia Pacific light-welterweight title.
A rematch against M'baye on 30 March 2007, this time with M'baye's WBA light-welterweight world title on the line, ended in a split draw.[3] Almost exactly a year later, on 22 March 2008, Kotelnik won the aforementioned WBA world title—now held by Gavin Rees—by stopping the champion in the twelfth and final round.[4] Two successful defences were made: a UD against Norio Kimura on 13 September 2008,[5] and a close SD against future world champion Marcos Maidana on 7 February 2009.[6] In his third defence, Kotelnik lost the title to Amir Khan after a clear UD.[7] After more than a year of inactivity, he returned on 7 August 2010 to face unified WBC and IBF light-welterweight champion Devon Alexander, but lost a UD which was widely viewed as controversial and a "robbery".[8][9][10]
Having spent more than four years out of the sport, Kotelnik had a farewell fight on 4 October 2014, winning a dominant eight-round UD over Alexander Benidze.[11]
Professional boxing record
| 37 fights | 32 wins | 4 losses |
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| By knockout | 13 | 0 |
| By decision | 19 | 4 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 37 | Win | 32–4–1 | Alexander Benidze | UD | 8 | 4 Oct 2014 | Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine | |
| 36 | Loss | 31–4–1 | Devon Alexander | UD | 12 | 7 Aug 2010 | Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri, US | For WBC and IBF light-welterweight titles |
| 35 | Loss | 31–3–1 | Amir Khan | UD | 12 | 18 Jul 2009 | MEN Arena, Manchester, England | Lost WBA light-welterweight title |
| 34 | Win | 31–2–1 | Marcos Maidana | SD | 12 | 7 Feb 2009 | StadtHalle, Rostock, Germany | Retained WBA light-welterweight title |
| 33 | Win | 30–2–1 | Norio Kimura | UD | 12 | 13 Sep 2008 | Sports Palace "Ukraine", Lviv, Ukraine | Retained WBA light-welterweight title |
| 32 | Win | 29–2–1 | Gavin Rees | TKO | 12 (12), 2:34 | 22 Mar 2008 | International Arena, Cardiff, Wales | Won WBA light-welterweight title |
| 31 | Win | 28–2–1 | Laszlo Komjathi | UD | 8 | 16 Jun 2007 | SYMA Sports and Conference Centre, Budapest, Hungary | |
| 30 | Draw | 27–2–1 | Souleymane M'baye | SD | 12 | 10 Mar 2007 | Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England | For WBA light-welterweight title |
| 29 | Win | 27–2 | William González | TKO | 8 (12), 2:40 | 21 Oct 2006 | Brandberge Arena, Halle, Germany | Retained WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title; Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title |
| 28 | Win | 26–2 | Richard Reina | UD | 12 | 29 Apr 2006 | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany | Retained WBA Inter-Continental and WBO Asia Pacific light-welterweight titles |
| 27 | Win | 25–2 | Muhammad Abdullaev | UD | 12 | 26 Nov 2005 | Wilhelm Dopatka Halle, Leverkusen, Germany | Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental and WBO Asia Pacific light-welterweight titles |
| 26 | Loss | 24–2 | Junior Witter | UD | 12 | 9 Jul 2005 | National Ice Centre, Nottingham, England | For European light-welterweight title |
| 25 | Win | 24–1 | Marcelo Gonzalo Saucedo | UD | 8 | 15 Feb 2005 | Alte Reithalle, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 24 | Loss | 23–1 | Souleymane M'baye | SD | 12 | 21 Oct 2004 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France | |
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Gabriel Mapouka | UD | 12 | 22 Jun 2004 | Das SportZentrum, Telfs, Austria | Retained WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Sayan Sanchat | UD | 8 | 30 Mar 2004 | Saaltheater Geulen, Aachen, Germany | |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Juan Alberto Godoy | UD | 8 | 31 Jan 2004 | Poliedro, Caracas, Venezuela | |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Andrey Devyataykin | UD | 6 | 13 Dec 2003 | Hala Okrąglak, Opole, Poland | |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Arturo Urena | TKO | 10 (10) | 23 Sep 2003 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Vasile Herteg | KO | 8 (8) | 6 Sep 2003 | Újszeged Sports Hall, Szeged, Hungary | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Zimisele Mpusula | TKO | 3 (12) | 31 May 2003 | State Circus, Lviv, Ukraine | Retained WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Virgil Meleg | UD | 8 | 26 Apr 2003 | Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Germany | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Fabrice Colombel | UD | 12 | 24 Jan 2003 | State Circus, Lviv, Ukraine | Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Matthews Zulu | UD | 8 | 21 Dec 2002 | Lausitz-Arena, Cottbus, Germany | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Ferenc Szakallas | TKO | 2 (6) | 7 Sep 2002 | Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Germany | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Tomas Besc | TKO | 2 (6), 2:42 | 7 Sep 2002 | Berlin, Germany | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Patrik Prokopecz | TKO | 3 | 17 Aug 2002 | Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Manuel Gomes | TKO | 6 (6) | 6 Apr 2002 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Vladimir Varhegyi | TKO | 2 (8) | 5 Jan 2002 | Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Anton Vontszemu | PTS | 4 | 3 Nov 2001 | Hansehalle, Lübeck, Germany | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Wilson Acuna | TKO | 2 (4) | 23 Sep 2001 | Festzelt, Hattersheim am Main, Germany | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Abdelilah Benabbou | KO | 1 | 28 Jul 2001 | Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Florin Oanea | PTS | 6 | 16 Jun 2001 | Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Pascal Montulet | PTS | 4 | 7 Apr 2001 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Jozef Kubovsky | PTS | 4 | 24 Mar 2001 | Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich, Germany | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Oganes Ovsepyan | PTS | 4 | 10 Feb 2001 | Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Peter Feher | KO | 1 (4) | 16 Dec 2000 | Grugahalle, Essen, Germany |