On February 7, 2009, Marcos Maidana (25-0, 24 KOs) gets a shot at the super-lightweight WBA title held by Andreas Kotelnik (30-2-1, 13 KOs).
Andreas Kotelnik is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Norio Kimura, 4 months and 25 days ago. Marcos Maidana is on a 25-fight win streak with a 96% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Silverio Ortiz, 3 months and 6 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 95.5-4.5 in favor of Andreas Kotelnik. Marcos Maidana won't be able to do much against Kotelnik.
Andreas Kotelnik defeated Marcos Maidana via split decision and successfully defended his WBA super-lightweight title. Kotelnik improves his record to 31-2-1, while Maidana adds a loss to his record at 25-1.