Kotelnik-Maidana Update!

WBA jr. welterweight champion Andreas Kotelnik (30-2-1, 13 KOs) has informed Fightnews.com that he will fight against Argentinian puncher Rene Maidana (25-0, 24 KOs) in February. “I can inform that on February 7th I will fight against Maidana,” stated Kotelnik. “The fight contract is not signed yet, but he is my mandatory challenger. I don’t know about him much yet, but I will study him during preparation in Germany. Now I have begun preparations for the fight in the Ukraine. Why won’t I fight with Salita? First, I’ll knock out Maidana and then I’ll do a fight against Salita. If he wants this fight I’ll accept a call.”

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