Andreas Kotelnik Record
Andreas Kotelnik (Kotelya) is a 47-year-old retired Ukrainian professional boxer. He is a former super-lightweight world champion. In a career spanning 13 years, 9 months, and 18 days, Kotelnik amassed a record of 32-4-1, which includes 13 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
Boxing Career
Andreas Kotelnik was born in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union on December 29, 1977. He made his professional debut at the age of 22 years on December 16, 2000 against Peter Feher. Kotelnik defeated Feher via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Kotelnik got his first shot at a world title at the age of 29 after 29 professional fights. On March 10, 2007 Kotelnik challenged Souleymane M'baye's WBA super-lightweight title but lost via 12-round split decision.
He became a world champion on March 22, 2008 at the age of 30 years, after by defeating Gavin Rees, the then-reining WBA super-lightweight champion, via 12th round TKO. This was his 32nd fight as a professional.
Kotelnik's last fight was an unanimous decision victory over Alexander Benidze at age 36, on October 4, 2014.
Some of Andreas Kotelnik's best fights have been against Marcos Maidana. For a complete list of Kotelnik's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Andreas Kotelnik".
Kotelnik has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Andreas Kotelnik Losses".
Fight Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
37 | Oct 04, 2014 | 36 |  Alexander Benidze | win | UD 8 |
36 | Aug 07, 2010 | 32 | 
Devon Alexander 23 20-0 | loss | UD 12 |
35 | Jul 18, 2009 | 31 | 
Amir Khan 22 20-1 | loss | UD 12 |
34 | Feb 07, 2009 | 31 | 
Marcos Maidana 25 25-0 | win | SD 12 |
33 | Sep 13, 2008 | 30 | Norio Kimura | win | UD 12 |
32 | Mar 22, 2008 | 30 | Gavin Rees | win | TKO 12 |
31 | Jun 16, 2007 | 29 | Laszlo Komjathi | win | UD 8 |
30 | Mar 10, 2007 | 29 | Souleymane M'baye | draw | SD 12 |
29 | Oct 21, 2006 | 28 | William González | win | TKO 8 |
28 | Apr 29, 2006 | 28 | Richard Reina | win | UD 12 |
27 | Nov 26, 2005 | 27 | Muhammad Abdullaev | win | UD 12 |
26 | Jul 09, 2005 | 27 | 
Junior Witter 31 31-1-2 | loss | UD 12 |
25 | Feb 15, 2005 | 27 | Marcelo Gonzalo Saucedo | win | UD 8 |
24 | Oct 21, 2004 | 26 | Souleymane M'baye | loss | SD 12 |
23 | Jun 22, 2004 | 26 | Gabriel Mapouka | win | UD 12 |
22 | Mar 30, 2004 | 26 | Sayan Sanchat | win | UD 8 |
21 | Jan 31, 2004 | 26 | Juan Alberto Godoy | win | UD 8 |
20 | Dec 13, 2003 | 25 | Andrey Devyataykin | win | UD 6 |
19 | Sep 23, 2003 | 25 | Arturo Urena | win | TKO 10 |
18 | Sep 06, 2003 | 25 | Vasile Herteg | win | KO 8 |
17 | May 31, 2003 | 25 | Zimisele Mpusula | win | TKO 3 |
16 | Apr 26, 2003 | 25 | Virgil Meleg | win | UD 8 |
15 | Jan 24, 2003 | 25 | Fabrice Colombel | win | UD 12 |
14 | Dec 21, 2002 | 24 | Matthews Zulu | win | UD 8 |
13 | Sep 07, 2002 | 24 | Ferenc Szakallas | win | TKO 2 |
12 | Sep 07, 2002 | 24 | Tomas Besc | win | TKO 2 |
11 | Aug 17, 2002 | 24 | Patrik Prokopecz | win | TKO 3 |
10 | Apr 06, 2002 | 24 | Manuel Gomes | win | TKO 6 |
9 | Jan 05, 2002 | 24 | Vladimir Varhegyi | win | TKO 2 |
8 | Nov 03, 2001 | 23 | Anton Vontszemu | win | PTS 4 |
7 | Sep 23, 2001 | 23 | Wilson Acuna | win | TKO 2 |
6 | Jul 28, 2001 | 23 | Abdelilah Benabbou | win | KO 1 |
5 | Jun 16, 2001 | 23 | Florin Oanea | win | PTS 6 |
4 | Apr 07, 2001 | 23 | Pascal Montulet | win | PTS 4 |
3 | Mar 24, 2001 | 23 | Jozef Kubovsky | win | PTS 4 |
2 | Feb 10, 2001 | 23 | Oganes Ovsepyan | win | PTS 4 |
1 | Dec 16, 2000 | 22 | Peter Feher | win | KO 1 |