By Dan Ambrose: For boxing fans hoping to see a fight between former WBA light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-4-1, 13 KO’s) and top light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz (28-2-1, 22 KO’s) for the December 11th Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana card, you can pretty much forget about it. Apparently, Kotelnik and Ortiz’s promoters haven’t had any luck in putting this fight together because the money isn’t right. Instead of fighting Ortiz, the 32-year-old Kotelnik may end up fighting either number #1 ranked IBF light welterweight contender Kaizer Mabuzza or EBU lightweight champion John Murray next. Kotelnik at least would have a chance at beating one of those fighters.
Andriy Kotelnik
Victor Ortiz vs. Andriy Kotelnik in the works for Khan-Maidana HBO card on December 11th
By Jim Dower: Dan Rafael is reporting that that a fight between former World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-4-1, 13 KO’s) and the hard hitting American Victor Ortiz (28-2-1, 22 KO’s) is in the works for the December 11th fight card with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This would be great news if this fight happens, although it’s far from a truly great fight. It’s at least better than matching Ortiz against a B level fighter.
Kotelnik a possibility for Victor Ortiz instead of John Murray
By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, top rated light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz (28-2-1, 22 KO’s) may be fighting former WBA light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-4, 13 KO’s) on the undercard of the Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana championship fight on December 11th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kotelnik and Maidana possible opponents for Berto in the fall
By Jim Dower: World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) could be facing either light welterweights Andriy Kotelnik or Marcos Maidana in the fall, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. HBO wants to see Maidana fight Berto for some reason, but it’s somewhat odd that Berto is being continuously matched against light welterweights instead of fighters from his own welterweight weight class. If Berto ends up fighting Maidana or Kotelnik, this would be the third light welterweight that Berto has fought in the last five bouts dating back to 2008. At this point, there’s really no reason for Berto to continue to campaign as a welterweight. He might as well move down to light welterweight and continue as he’s been going fighting light welterweights.
King wants to put together Berto vs. Kotelnik in November – News
By Jason Kim: Promoter Don King is looking to put together a fight between World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) and former WBA light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-4-1, 13 KO’s) for November of this year, and wants the winner of that fight to fight the winner of the January 29th fight between IBF/WBC junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander vs. WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley.
Timothy Bradley not impressed with Alexander’s win over Kotelnik – News
By Matt Stein: World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) wasn’t very impressed with IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander’s performance last Saturday night in beating Andriy Kotelnik by a 12 round unanimous decision in Saint Louis, Missouri. Bradley, 26, has been easily beating his opponents for the last couple of years and not having any problems even against the top fighters in the division. Bradley, after seeing the way that Alexander struggled to beat Kotelnik by a controversial decision, had this to say in an interview at boxingtalk.com: “I wasn’t too impressed with this fight. If Kotelnik did that against him [Alexander], imagine what I am going to do to Alexander.”
Alexander gives himself a D- for Kotelnik bout and says he’ll be better for Bradley fight
By Jim Dower: As IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) likes to say, he’s his own worst critic. Alexander defeated former WBA junior middleweight champion Andriy Kotelnik last Saturday night in front of a home audience at the Scottrade Center, in Saint Louis, Missouri, winning a 12 round unanimous decision by the judge’s scores of 116-112, 116-112 and 116-112. Alexander didn’t look good at all and should consider himself very lucky to have won the fight. Although there are a certain amount of boxing fans that feel that Alexander did more than enough to get the win, there seems to be an even larger amount that feel that he should have lost the fight.
Alexander fails to impress in win over Kotelnik
By Jim Slattengren: IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) defeated Andriy Kotelnik by a narrow 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night in Saint Louis, Missouri. Although Alexander still got the win, he might as well have lost the fight because he looked thoroughly unimpressive during the fight.
Alexander beats Kotelnik in unanimous decision
By Sam Gregory: In the main event of the August 7th edition of HBO’s Boxing After Dark from the Scottrade Center, Saint Louis, MO undefeated southpaw Devon Alexander 20-0 with 13 KO’s defends his unbeaten record against 33 year old Ukrainian Andriy Kotelnik 31-3-1 with 13 KO’s in a scheduled 12 round bout for the IBF and WBC light welterweight titles.
Khan’s win over Kotelnik now looking really impressive in light of Alexander’s performance tonight
By Dan Ambrose: World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s one-sided 12 round unanimous decision win over Andriy Kotelnik last year is now looking more and more impressive after Kotelnik fought IBF/WBC junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander to a standstill on Saturday night at the Scottrade Center, in Saint Louis, Missouri. Alexander was out-landed by Kotelnik and landed the harder shots. However, Alexander threw more punches, but still ended up landing 20+ less shots compared to Kotelnik.