Comments Thread For: Andreas Kotelnik Announces Retirement From Boxing

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Former WBA jr. welterweight champ Andreas Kotelnik has announced his retirement. Kotelnik goes out at 31-4-1 and has been inactive since losing a close call to Devon Alexander in 2010 for the IBF and WBC titles. [Click Here To Read More]

[gingerbreadman]

This is why people shouldn't sign with Don King, they get put out to pasture...

[Cloud]

I thought he said he had retired in 2011.

[Tomasio]

I agree... I remember reading articles where he announced his retirement like a year ago.. ¿Maybe sometime in between he said he was going to fight again?

[lfc19titles]

Shame his last fight was him getting robbed a decision win that he deserved over alexander

heck even floyd went to him and said you won that fight

[rzagza]

Shocked by this. He can still fight. And fight well.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Its a shame what happened to him. Robbed by Alexander and then he dropped off the face of the earth.

Very underrated. Khan was the only man to beat him decisively, arguably the only man to beat him at all and it wasn't easy.

[Rome-By-Ko]

Well that sucks...

[Rome-By-Ko]

Great fighter, sad that he'll always be underrated and underappriciated because he didn't get decision against N'Dou 2 times,Witter,Alexander and I had him winning every single of those fights clearly. For me, he's one of 10 best junior welterweights of last decade.

Can't be mad at this post..I would have to agree,but I thought Maidana beat Kotilnik tbh...

[New England]

Its a shame what happened to him. Robbed by Alexander and then he dropped off the face of the earth.

Very underrated. Khan was the only man to beat him decisively, arguably the only man to beat him at all and it wasn't easy.

kotelnik is a highly skilled fighter and khan really did handle him

it's up there with his most impressive victories and it's a testament to how well he boxes and his physical tools as a boxer (his speed, size, and solid power at the end of his punches)
he he totally handled two very good boxers in an aging but still viable malinaggi (as evidenced by his recent performances,) and kotelnik at or around his very best.


it's a damn shame to see kotelnik go out this way. he could have made some more money and gotten another shot at a title for sure if he hadn't been put into carbon freezing

hibernation sickness.