Andreas Kotelnik

Ukrainian boxer (born 1977)

Andreas Kotelnik
Андрій Котельник

Kotelnik in 2008

Born|

Andriy Kotelnyk

(1977-12-29) 29 December 1977 (age 47)

Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Nationality| Ukrainian
Other names| Kotelya
Statistics
Weight(s)| Light-welterweight
Height| 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Reach| 178 cm (70 in)[1]
Stance| Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights| 37
Wins| 32
Wins by KO| 13
Losses| 4
Draws| 1

Medal record

Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
| 2000 Sydney | Lightweight
Junior European Championships
| 1995 Siofok | Flyweight

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.

## Amateur career

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* 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

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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

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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 |

## References

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1. ^ a b Sky Box Office tale of the tape prior to the Amir Khan fight.
2. ^ "Witter retains title". BBC. 11 July 2005. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
3. ^ "M'Baye, Kotelnik ends in draw!". boxnews.com.ua. 11 March 2007 Retrieved 21 September 2016.
4. ^ "Kotelnik ends Rees' dream". Sky Sports. Sky. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
5. ^ Vester, Mark (13 September 2008). "Andreas Kotelnik Decisions Kimura, Dmitriy Salita Next?". BoxingScene. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
6. ^ "Kotelnik Defeats Maidana In a War". boxingnews24.com. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
7. ^ Jackson, Jamie (19 July 2009). "Amir Khan seizes Andreas Kotelnik's title with unanimous verdict". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
8. ^ DJ Spanksta (7 August 2010). "Kotelnik robbed as Alexander wins controversial decision". boxingnews24.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
9. ^ Christ, Scott (8 August 2010). "Devon Alexander escapes with questionable hometown win; Cloud beats Johnson". SB Nation. Vox Media. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
10. ^ Hirsch, Joseph (10 August 2010). "Kotelnik Gets Sturm Treatment; Robbed of Victory Against Alexander". fighthype.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
11. ^ Sukachev, Alexey (4 October 2014). "Usyk Stops Brewer in Seven: Andriy Kotelnik Wins". BoxingScene. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

## External links

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* Boxing record for Andreas Kotelnik from BoxRec (registration required) (history)

Sporting positions

Regional boxing titles
Vacant

Title last held by

Souleymane M'baye |  WBA Inter-Continental
light-welterweight champion
24 January 2003 – October 2004
Vacated  | Vacant

Title next held by

Himself
Vacant

Title last held by

Himself  |  WBA Inter-Continental
light-welterweight champion
26 November 2005 – 10 March 2007
Lost bid for world title  | Vacant

Title next held by

Giorgio Marinelli
Vacant

Title last held by

Naoufel Ben Rabah |  WBO Asia Pacific
light-welterweight champion
26 November 2005 – 21 October 2006
Won Inter-Continental title  | Vacant

Title next held by

Sergey Sorokin
Vacant

Title last held by

Willy Blain |  WBO Inter-Continental
light-welterweight champion
21 October 2006 – December 2006
Vacated  | Vacant

Title next held by

Willy Blain
World boxing titles
Preceded by

Gavin Rees

|  WBA light-welterweight champion
10 March 2007 – 18 July 2009  | Succeeded by

Amir Khan
*[No.]: Number
*[SD]: Split decision
*[UD]: Unanimous decision
*[TKO]: Technical knockout
*[PTS]: Points decision
*[KO]: Knockout