On March 3, 2007, a 37-year-old Oktay Urkal (38-3, 12 KOs) got a shot at the welterweight WBA (Regular) title held by 26-year-old Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto (28-0, 23 KOs).
Urkal came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 29% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 6 days. Cotto was on a 28-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 1 day.
Miguel Cotto stopped Oktay Urkal via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA welterweight title. Cotto improves his record to 29-0 (24 KOs), while Urkal adds a loss to his record at 38-4.
On October 23, 2004, Oktay Urkal and Vivian Harris met again in an immediate rematch.
Urkal came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 30% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 6 days. Harris was on a 8-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 6 days.
In the rematch, Vivian Harris stopped Oktay Urkal via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-lightweight title. Harris improves his record to 25-1-1 (17 KOs), while Urkal adds a loss to his record at 34-3.
On April 17, 2004, a 34-year-old Oktay Urkal (34-1, 11 KOs) got a shot at the super-lightweight WBA (Regular) title held by 25-year-old Guyanese boxer Vivian Harris (23-1-1, 16 KOs).
Urkal came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 26 days. Harris was on a 7-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 5 days.
Vivian Harris defeated Oktay Urkal via majority decision and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) super-lightweight title. Harris improves his record to 24-1-1, while Urkal adds a loss to his record at 34-2.
On June 23, 2001, a 31-year-old Oktay Urkal (28-0, 10 KOs) got a shot at the super-lightweight WBA and WBC title held by 31-year-old Australian boxer Kostya Tszyu (26-1, 22 KOs).
Urkal came in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 13 days. Tszyu was on a 8-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 20 days.
Kostya Tszyu defeated Oktay Urkal via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA (Super) and WBC super-lightweight titles. Tszyu improves his record to 27-1, while Urkal adds a loss to his record at 28-1.