On July 18, 2009, Andreas Kotelnik (31-2-1, 13 KOs), the super-lightweight WBA champion, defends his title against British challenger, Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KOs).
Andreas Kotelnik is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Marcos Maidana, 5 months and 11 days ago. Amir Khan is on a 2-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, with his last fight being a technical decision win over Marco Antonio Barrera, 4 months and 4 days ago.
The winning odds are at 77.3-22.7 in favor of Andreas Kotelnik. It is going to be a competitive fight and Amir Khan will put up a very good fight, but Kotelnik will prevail.
Amir Khan defeated Andreas Kotelnik via unanimous decision and wins the WBA title — in his first world-title fight. Khan improves his record to 21-1, while Kotelnik adds a loss to his record at 31-3-1.