Enrico Koelling

Enrico Koelling
Data
Birth Name	Enrico Koelling
Weight class	Light heavyweight
nationality	German
birthday	February 27, 1990
place of birth	Berlin
style	Left delivery
size	1.80 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	30th
Victories	26th
Knockout victories	8th
Defeats	4th
draw	0
Profile in the BoxRec database

Enrico Kölling (born February 27, 1990 in Berlin ) is a German boxer . He was a participant in the 2012 Olympic Games and won the WBA intercontinental light heavyweight title.

Career

amateur

Enrico Kölling grew up in Berlin and started boxing at SC Berlin when he was eight . He's still a member of this club today, but boxing for Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga . His trainers are Adolf Angrich and Ralf Dickert. The strong athlete, who fights in the light heavyweight category up to 81 kg body weight, belongs to a sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr .

In 2005 Enrico Kölling became German junior champion in the cadet age group. He defeated it in the light welterweight (up to 63 kg body weight) in the final fight Yassine Moussaoui from Palbach on points (29:16). In 2006 he won the title of an international German junior champion (U 17) in welterweight (up to 69 kg body weight). In the final he defeated Christian Siebmann from BC Frankfurt (Oder) on points. In the same year he drove with the German national team to the European Cadet Championships in Tirana , Albania, where he was eliminated in the preliminary round against his future teammate in the professionals, Marcos Nader . In 2007 he won the next German junior championship title in the weight class | middleweight (up to 75 kg) with a point victory in the final over Dominic Bösel and in 2009 he was again German junior champion in this weight class with a point victory in the final over Arthur Manchos from VfB Oldenburg ( Youth champions) in the age group U 19.

In 2009 he took part for the first time in the light heavyweight division in the German championship of elite boxers (senior division) and was also German champion with a point win in the final over Benjamin Schmidt, MBC Ludwigsburg (4: 0).

Enrico Kölling had his first successes in the international boxing ring in 2007. This year he finished in the middleweight division in Sombor after victories over Viko Stojanow from Croatia (21: 1) and Igor Gulpa, Estonia (+14: 14) and a point defeat in the semi-finals against Nikola Jovanovic from Serbia (8:17). Place and won a bronze medal. In 2008 he took part in the Junior (Youth) World Championships (U 19) in Guadalajara / Mexico and came in the middleweight division to an RSC victory in the 4th round over Kamikawe Takaki, Japan and points wins over Michail Dauhaliawats, Belarus (9 : 4), Wladimir Savenko, Ukraine (10: 1) and Luis Arias , USA (7: 1). He was in the final against the Cuban world-class boxer Rey Eduardo Recio , whom he delivered a great fight, but ultimately lost just on points (2: 4). He became vice world champion .

In May 2011 Kölling defeated his compatriot from Berlin and tough competitor Tyron Zeuge in the "Round Robin" competition series by just under points (8: 7) and was therefore nominated for the world championships . In these, Kölling beat Sandagsuren Erdenebayar, Mongolia (12: 4) in the first fight , but failed in the round of 16 to the eventual world champion Julio César La Cruz , Cuba (8: 6).

With 9th place at the 2011 World Championships, Kölling also qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games , where he defeated Christian Donfack , Cameroon (15: 6) in the preliminary round , but in the round of 16 against Abdelhafid Benchabla , Algeria (12: 9) , lost and was eliminated from the tournament.

World Series of Boxing

Since December 2010, Enrico Kölling has been competing in the “ World Series of Boxing ” created by AIBA , a kind of team world championship, for the “Istanbul Bulls” from Istanbul . He had four wins in five fights in his first season in the weight class up to 85 kg, which was specially set up for this competition.

In the second season of the World Series of Boxing , Enrico Kölling changes from the “Istanbul Bulls” to the German WSB team, the Leipzig Leopards , for which he was able to win one of three fights.

Professional career

After the Olympic Games in 2012, Kölling switched to the professionals. In the same year he made his professional debut. In 2013 he won all eight professional fights, including for the first time outside of Germany in the O2 Arena in London . With his twelfth win in the twelfth fight, he won against Paata Aduashvili the WBO junior world title in the light heavyweight division in 2014. In the same year he boxed five more fights, all of which he won. Among them, he won the WBA intercontinental title with his 14th professional fight in June 2014 against the French boxer Patrick Bois . He defended the title against Giuseppe Brischetto in August 2014, before losing it again in February 2015 after losing to Mirco Ricci. With this first defeat, a streak of 16 victories in 16 fights ended. In the same year he played another four professional fights, all of which he won. In April 2016 he won the vacant WBA intercontinental title again against the Ukrainian Oleksandr Cherviak and defended it against the South African boxer Ryno Liebenberg in October of the same year. With his renewed victory in the rematch against Liebenberg, abroad for the first time since 2013, in Kempton Park in February 2017, he won the 23rd professional fight of 24th professional fights. This was followed in November 2017 in Fresno , USA, the fight for the IBF world championship in the light heavyweight division against Artur Beterbiev , who won the fight in round 12. The year 2018 began for him in January with a fight against the German boxer Robert Müller, which he won through TKO . Another two months later he beat the Georgen Giorgi Beroshvili KO . In June 2018 he won against the Latvians Andrejs Pokumeiko. Due to his streak of success, he fought for the EBU European light heavyweight title in October 2018 against defending champion Dominic Bösel , against whom he lost on points .

List of professional fights

26 wins (8 knockout wins), 4 losses (1 knockout losses)
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Kölling
2012	September 29th	Sports hall, Alsterdorf, Hamburg	Pablo Sosa	Victory / KO 6th round
	November 3, 2012	Gerry Weber Stadium , Halle	Ivan Maslov	Victory / points victory 6th round
	December 15, 2012	Nuremberg Arena , Nuremberg	Attila Baran	Victory / points victory 6th round
2013	February 2nd	Max Schmeling Halle , Berlin	Egidijus Kakstys	Victory / points victory 6th round
	March 23	GETEC Arena , Magdeburg, Magdeburg	Josef Obeslo	Victory / points victory 6th round
	April 27	Sports hall, Alsterdorf, Hamburg	Leo Tchoula	Victory / points win 8th round
	25. May	O2 Arena , Greenwich , London	Vygaudas Laurinkus	Victory / points win 4th round
	8th June	Max Schmeling Halle , Berlin	Armin Dollinger	Victory / abandonment 4th round
	August 24th	Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin	Haris Causevic	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	October 26th	EWE Arena , Oldenburg	Gyorgy Marosi	Victory / KO 3rd round
	December 14th	Jahnsportforum , Neubrandenburg	Tomas Adamek	Victory / points win 8th round
2014	January 25th	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle , Stuttgart	Paata Aduashvili	Victory / TKO 3rd round of vacant WBO Junior World Championship title
	April 5th	City Hall , Rostock	Mirzet Bajrektarevic	Victory / points win 8th round
	June 7th	Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin	Patrick Bois	Victory / points victory 12th round of vacant WBA intercontinental title
	August 30th	Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle	Giuseppe Brischetto	Victory / abandonment 7th round WBA-Intercontinental title defense
	September 27th	Sparkassen-Arena , Kiel	Daniel Regi	Victory / TKO 6th round
2015	21st of February	Mercedes Benz Arena , Berlin	Mirco Ricci	Loss on points / 12 rounds of WBA intercontinental title defense
	April 25	Columbiahalle , Berlin	Andrej Maurer	Victory / points win 8th round
	July 18th	Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle	Vasyl Condor	Victory / points win 8th round
	October 17th	DM arena, Karlsruhe	Karel Horejsek	Victory / points win 8th round
	December 5th	Inselparkhalle , Wilhelmsburg	Serhiy Demchenko	Victory / points win 8th round
2016	9th April	MBS Arena , Potsdam	Oleksandr Cherviak	Victory / points victory 12th round of vacant WBA intercontinental title
	October 1	Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburgd	Ryno Liebenberg	Victory / Point victory (Split decision) 12th round WBA-Intercontinental title defense
2017	February 4th	Emperors Palace, Kempton Park	Ryno Liebenberg	Victory / points win 10th round
	November 11th	Save Mart Arena, Fresno	Artur Beterbiev	Loss / KO 12th round vacant IBF World Championship
2018	January 20th	Boxcamp P1, Hellersdorf	Robert Mueller	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	3 March	City Hall, Weissenfels	Giorgi Beroshvili	Victory / KO 1st round
	June 9th	Kohlrabi circus , Leipzig	Andrejs Pokumeiko	Victory / points win 8th round
	October 27	City Hall, Weissenfels	Dominic Bösel	Defeat on points / 12 rounds title fight EBU European Championship
2019	November 2	CGM Arena Koblenz, Germany	Leon Bunn	Defeat on points IBF International Championship
Source: Enrico Kölling in the BoxRec database

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
2007	3.	Junior European Championship (U 17) in Sombor	medium	after winning points over Viko Stojanow, Croatia (21: 1) and Igor Gulpa, Estonia (+14: 14) and a point defeat against Nikola Jovanovic, Serbia (8:17)
2007	1.	TSC tournament (juniors) in Berlin	medium	after winning points in the final over Erik Skoglund, Sweden
2008	1.	Intern. Tournament in Mostar (Juniors)	medium	after an RSC victory in the 2nd round over Balsa Bulic, Serbia and a defeat in the 2nd round over Kanan Mehmedovic, Bosnia - Herzegovina
2008	2.	Junior (Youth) World Championships (U 19) in Guadalajara / Mexico	medium	after an RSC win in the 4th round over Kamikawa Takaki, Japan , points victories over Michail Dauhaliawats, Belarus (9: 4), Vladimir Sawenko, Ukraine (10: 1) and Luis Arias , USA (7: 1) and a point defeat against Rey Eduardo Recio , Cuba ( 2-4 )
2010	1.	5. Zlatko Hrbic Memorial in Zagreb	Semi-difficult	after winning points over Ante Cepo, Croatia, Bosko Draskovic, CGR and Hrvoje Sep, Croatia
2010	2.	Laszlo Papp Memorial in Hungary	Heavy	after a point victory over Deel Szabolcs, Hungary and a point defeat against Stjepan Vugdolija, Croatia

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Result
2008	Dublin	Ireland vs Germany (Juniors)	medium	Points winner over David Barrett (13: 1)
2008	Dublin	Germany versus France (Juniors)	medium	Points win over Reda Saad (14: 5)
2008	Dublin	Germany versus Italy (Juniors)	medium	Points win over Diego Colontani (15: 1)
2010	Pniewy	Poland versus Germany	Semi-difficult	Points victory over Wlodzimierz Letr
2011	Hanover	Germany versus Turkey	Semi-difficult	Points win over Avni Yildirim (16: 4)
2011	Frankfurt (Oder)	Germany versus Great Britain	Semi-difficult	Points win over Obed Mbwakongo (11: 7)
2011	Chemnitz	Germany versus Ireland (Round Robin)	Semi-difficult	Point defeat against Kenneth Egan (7: 7+)

German championships

(only senior area)

year	space	Weight class	Result
2009	1.	Semi-difficult	after winning points in the final over Benjamin Schmidt, MBC Ludwigsburg (4: 0)

Explanations

• WM = world championships, EM = European championships
• Weight classes: light welter weight up to 63/64 kg, welter weight up to 69 kg, middle weight up to 75 kg, light weight up to 81 kg and heavy weight up to 91 kg body weight
• "RSC" = "Referee Stops Contest" = Abortion victory

swell

• Box Sport magazine
• Website "amateur-boxing-strefa.pl"
• Websites of the German Boxing Association and the Berlin Boxing Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BoxRec: Enrico Koelling. Retrieved November 12, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Patrick Czerny: Despite a good performance: Enrico Kölling missed the World Cup chance! In: Kasten1.com - current boxing news . November 12, 2017 ( boxen1.com [accessed November 12, 2017]).
3. ↑ BoxRec: Enrico Koelling. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .