Andriy Mykolayovich Kotelnyk ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Котельник; born 29 December 1977), best known by germanicized name Andreas Kotelnik, is a Ukrainian

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who competed from 2000 to 2014, and held the WBA

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title from 2008 to 2009. As an

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he won a silver medal in the

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division at the

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Amateur career

* 1995 won the Junior European Championship in Siofok, Hungary as a flyweight * 1997 competed as a Featherweight at the World Championships in

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. Results were: **Defeated

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(South-Africa) PTS **Defeated Roman Rafael (Slovakia) WO **Lost to

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(Germany) PTS * 2000 won the

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as a Lightweight at the Sydney Olympics. Results were: **Defeated

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(Philippines) RSCO 4 **Defeated

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(Ghana) PTS (17:11) **Defeated

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(Kazakhstan) RSCO 3 **Defeated

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(Mexico) PTS (22:14) **Lost to

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(Cuba) PTS (4:14)

Professional career

Kotelnik made his professional debut on 16 December 2000, scoring a first-round

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against Peter Feher. On 24 January 2003, Kotelnik won his first regional championship—the vacant WBA Inter-Continental

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title—following a

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(UD) over Fabrice Colombel. He defended this title twice before a career first loss on 21 October 2004, a

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(SD) against

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. On 9 July 2005, Kotelnik challenged

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light-welterweight champion

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, but lost via UD. In his next fight, on 26 November 2005, Kotelnik defeated

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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

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. Almost exactly a year later, on 22 March 2008, Kotelnik won the aforementioned WBA world title—now held by

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—by stopping the champion in the twelfth and final round. Two successful defences were made: a UD against Norio Kimura on 13 September 2008, and a close SD against future world champion

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on 7 February 2009. In his third defence, Kotelnik lost the title to Amir Khan after a clear UD. After more than a year of inactivity, he returned on 7 August 2010 to face unified WBC and

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light-welterweight champion

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, but lost a UD which was widely viewed as controversial and a "robbery". 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.Sukachev, Alexey (4 October 2014)
"Usyk Stops Brewer in Seven: Andriy Kotelnik Wins"
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Professional boxing record

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kotelnik, Andreas 1977 births Olympic boxers of Ukraine Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine World Boxing Association champions Olympic medalists in boxing Sportspeople from Lviv Ukrainian male boxers World light-welterweight boxing champions Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Light-welterweight boxers Lightweight boxers