Andreas Kotelnik

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.

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

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
By knockout	13	0
By decision	19	4
Draws	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
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