| Andreas Kotelnik | |
| Realname: | Andriy Kotelnyk |
| Nickname: | Kotelya |
| Nationality: | Ukrainian |
| Weight: | Light-welterweight |
| Height: | 1.71 m[1] |
| Reach: | 178 cm |
| Birth Date: | 29 December 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 37 |
| Wins: | 32 |
| Ko: | 13 |
| Losses: | 4 |
| Draws: | 1 |
Andriy Mykolayovich Kotelnyk (Ukrainian: Андрій Миколайович Котельник; born 29 December 1977), best known by the Germanicised name Andreas Kotelnik, is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed between 2000 and 2014, and held the WBA super-lightweight title from 2008 to 2009. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2000 Olympics.
Kotelnik made his professional debut on 16 December 2000, scoring a first-round knockout against Peter Feher. On 24 January 2003, Kotelnik won his first regional championship—the vacant WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title—following a unanimous decision (UD) over Fabrice Colombel. He defended this title twice before a career first loss on 21 October 2004, a split decision (SD) against Souleymane M'baye. On 9 July 2005, Kotelnik challenged European light-welterweight champion Junior Witter, but lost via UD.[2] In his next fight, on 26 November 2005, Kotelnik defeated Muhammad Abdullaev via UD to win back the vacant WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title, as well as the vacant WBO Asia Pacific light-welterweight title.
A rematch against M'baye on 30 March 2007, this time with M'baye's WBA light-welterweight world title on the line, ended in a split draw.[3] Almost exactly a year later, on 22 March 2008, Kotelnik won the aforementioned WBA world title—now held by Gavin Rees—by stopping the champion in the twelfth and final round.[4] Two successful defences were made: a UD against Norio Kimura on 13 September 2008,[5] and a close SD against future world champion Marcos Maidana on 7 February 2009.[6] In his third defence, Kotelnik lost the title to Amir Khan after a clear UD.[7] After more than a year of inactivity, he returned on 7 August 2010 to face unified WBC and IBF light-welterweight champion Devon Alexander, but lost a UD which was widely viewed as controversial and a "robbery".[8] [9] [10]
Having spent more than four years out of the sport, Kotelnik had a farewell fight on 4 October 2014, winning a dominant eight-round UD over Alexander Benidze.[11]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | Win | 32–4–1 | Alexander Benidze | UD | 8 | 4 Oct 2014 | |||
| 36 | Loss | 31–4–1 | Devon Alexander | UD | 12 | 7 Aug 2010 | |||
| 35 | Loss | 31–3–1 | Amir Khan | UD | 12 | 18 Jul 2009 | |||
| 34 | Win | 31–2–1 | Marcos Maidana | SD | 12 | 7 Feb 2009 | |||
| 33 | Win | 30–2–1 | Norio Kimura | UD | 12 | 13 Sep 2008 | |||
| 32 | Win | 29–2–1 | Gavin Rees | TKO | 12 (12), | 22 Mar 2008 | |||
| 31 | Win | 28–2–1 | Laszlo Komjathi | UD | 8 | 16 Jun 2007 | |||
| 30 | Draw | 27–2–1 | Souleymane M'baye | 12 | 10 Mar 2007 | ||||
| 29 | Win | 27–2 | William González | TKO | 8 (12), | 21 Oct 2006 | |||
| 28 | Win | 26–2 | Richard Reina | UD | 12 | 29 Apr 2006 | |||
| 27 | Win | 25–2 | Muhammad Abdullaev | UD | 12 | 26 Nov 2005 | |||
| 26 | Loss | 24–2 | Junior Witter | UD | 12 | 9 Jul 2005 | |||
| 25 | Win | 24–1 | Marcelo Gonzalo Saucedo | UD | 8 | 15 Feb 2005 | |||
| 24 | Loss | 23–1 | Souleymane M'baye | 12 | 21 Oct 2004 | ||||
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Gabriel Mapouka | UD | 12 | 22 Jun 2004 | |||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Sayan Sanchat | UD | 8 | 30 Mar 2004 | |||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Juan Alberto Godoy | UD | 8 | 31 Jan 2004 | |||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Andrey Devyataykin | UD | 6 | 13 Dec 2003 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Arturo Urena | TKO | 10 (10) | 23 Sep 2003 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Vasile Herteg | KO | 8 (8) | 6 Sep 2003 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Zimisele Mpusula | TKO | 3 (12) | 31 May 2003 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Virgil Meleg | UD | 8 | 26 Apr 2003 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Fabrice Colombel | UD | 12 | 24 Jan 2003 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Matthews Zulu | 8 | 21 Dec 2002 | ||||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Ferenc Szakallas | TKO | 2 (6) | 7 Sep 2002 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Tomas Besc | TKO | 2 (6), | 7 Sep 2002 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Patrik Prokopecz | TKO | 3 | 17 Aug 2002 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Manuel Gomes | TKO | 6 (6) | 6 Apr 2002 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Vladimir Varhegyi | TKO | 2 (8) | 5 Jan 2002 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Anton Vontszemu | PTS | 4 | 3 Nov 2001 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Wilson Acuna | 2 (4) | 23 Sep 2001 | ||||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Abdelilah Benabbou | KO | 1 | 28 Jul 2001 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Florin Oanea | PTS | 6 | 16 Jun 2001 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Pascal Montulet | PTS | 4 | 7 Apr 2001 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Jozef Kubovsky | PTS | 4 | 24 Mar 2001 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Oganes Ovsepyan | 4 | 10 Feb 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Peter Feher | 1 (4) | 16 Dec 2000 |