On February 7, 2009, Marcos Maidana (25-0, 24 KOs) gets a shot at the super-lightweight WBA title held by Andreas Kotelnik (30-2-1, 13 KOs).
Andreas Kotelnik is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Norio Kimura, 4 months and 25 days ago. Marcos Maidana is on a 25-fight win streak with a 96% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Silverio Ortiz, 3 months and 6 days ago.
The winning odds are at 94.7-5.3 in favor of Andreas Kotelnik. It is going to be very difficult for Marcos Maidana to win this fight.
Andreas Kotelnik defeated Marcos Maidana via split decision and successfully defended his WBA super-lightweight title. Kotelnik improves his record to 31-2-1, while Maidana adds a loss to his record at 25-1.