Oktay Urkal was born in Berlin, Berlin, Germany on January 15, 1970. He made his professional debut at the age of 26 years on September 21, 1996 against Andre Hoeffler. Urkal defeated Hoeffler via 4 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Urkal got his first world-title fight at the age of 31 after 28 professional fights. On June 23, 2001 Urkal challenged Kostya Tszyu's WBA and WBC super-lightweight titles but lost via 12-round unanimous decision.
Urkal's last fight was an 11th-round TKO loss to Miguel Cotto at age 37, on March 3, 2007, in which he was fighting for the WBA (Regular) welterweight title.
Some of Oktay Urkal's best fights have been against Eamonn Magee. For a complete list of Urkal's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Oktay Urkal".
Urkal has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Oktay Urkal Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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42 | Mar 03, 2007 | 37 | Miguel Cotto 26 28-0 | loss | TKO 11 |
41 | Nov 25, 2006 | 36 | Robert Cristea | win | TKO 3 |
40 | Jun 03, 2006 | 36 | Andreas Reimer | win | UD 8 |
39 | Sep 03, 2005 | 35 | Maxim Nesterenko | win | UD 12 |
38 | May 14, 2005 | 35 | Frederic Klose | win | UD 12 |
37 | Oct 23, 2004 | 34 | Vivian Harris 26 24-1-1 | loss | TKO 11 |
36 | Apr 17, 2004 | 34 | Vivian Harris 25 23-1-1 | loss | MD 12 |
35 | Nov 22, 2003 | 33 | Krzysztof Bienias | win | UD 12 |
34 | Jun 14, 2003 | 33 | Eamonn Magee 31 24-3 | win | UD 12 |
33 | Feb 01, 2003 | 33 | Salvatore Battaglia | win | SD 12 |
32 | Sep 28, 2002 | 32 | Gabriel Mapouka | win | UD 12 |
31 | Jun 01, 2002 | 32 | Michal Durovic | win | TKO 3 |
30 | Mar 09, 2002 | 32 | Matthews Zulu | win | UD 8 |
29 | Jun 23, 2001 | 31 | Kostya Tszyu 31 26-1 | loss | UD 12 |
28 | Feb 10, 2001 | 31 | Franco Ogentho | win | UD 10 |
27 | Oct 07, 2000 | 30 | Gabriel Mapouka | win | SD 12 |
26 | May 06, 2000 | 30 | Ferenc Szakallas | win | TKO 10 |
25 | Feb 19, 2000 | 30 | Mikhail Krivolapov | win | UD 12 |
24 | Nov 27, 1999 | 29 | Nassim Yahiaoui | win | PTS 8 |
23 | Nov 12, 1999 | 29 | Oscar Gabriel Gonzalez | win | UD 6 |
22 | Jul 10, 1999 | 29 | Pablo Daniel Sarmiento | win | UD 12 |
21 | Mar 27, 1999 | 29 | Frederic Noto | win | UD 8 |
20 | Feb 13, 1999 | 29 | Frederic Tripp | win | RTD 2 |
19 | Nov 14, 1998 | 28 | Viktor Baranov | win | PTS 12 |
18 | Sep 26, 1998 | 28 | Karl Taylor | win | PTS 8 |
17 | Aug 22, 1998 | 28 | Rodney Wilson | win | PTS 8 |
16 | May 02, 1998 | 28 | Jean Marc Linguet | win | PTS 6 |
15 | Apr 17, 1998 | 28 | Peter Feher | win | KO 1 |
14 | Mar 14, 1998 | 28 | Zoltan Szili | win | UD 8 |
13 | Jan 17, 1998 | 28 | Craig Houk | win | TKO 3 |
12 | Nov 23, 1997 | 27 | Jozef Kubovsky | win | TKO 8 |
11 | Oct 11, 1997 | 27 | Attila Loe | win | KO 3 |
10 | Aug 23, 1997 | 27 | Attila Loe | win | PTS 6 |
9 | Jun 14, 1997 | 27 | Marino Monteyne | win | TKO 4 |
8 | Apr 26, 1997 | 27 | Smal Jakupi | win | PTS 4 |
7 | Mar 08, 1997 | 27 | Yahia Issaoun | win | KO 4 |
6 | Feb 15, 1997 | 27 | Rimvydas Bilius | win | PTS 6 |
5 | Jan 11, 1997 | 26 | Carlos Pena | win | KO 2 |
4 | Dec 13, 1996 | 26 | Hamit Riahi | win | KO 5 |
3 | Nov 16, 1996 | 26 | Mazasi Kangodi | win | PTS 6 |
2 | Oct 05, 1996 | 26 | Zaid Bediouri | win | PTS 6 |
1 | Sep 21, 1996 | 26 | Andre Hoeffler | win | PTS 4 |