Andrew Singh Kooner

Name: Andrew Singh Kooner
Hometown: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Birthplace: Kettering, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 165cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainer: Chris Johnson

Andrew Singh Kooner moved to Tecumseh, Ontario at a young age and began boxing from the age of 13 at a Windsor boxing club. He has won 10 national boxing titles and has boxed in 2 Olympic games. In 2002 he won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in the Bantamweight division. He holds the Quebec Boxing Council Super Featherweight Title and the Canadian Bantamweight Title. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England he nearly won Gold, only losing the final on a nail bitingly tight count-back which promoter Mick Hennessy thinks he should have won. He sports several tattoos including an ek ong kaar sikh symbol standing for there is only one God on his arm.

Olympic results

Member of the 2000 and 2004 Canadian Olympic Team as a Flyweight and Bantamweight, respectively. His results were:

• 2000 Olympics
  • Defeated Nacer Keddam (Algeria) 18-11
  • Lost to Wijan Ponlid (Thailand) 7-11
• 2004 Olympics
  • Defeated Alexander Espinoza (Venezuela) 37-20
  • Lost to Bahodirjon Sultonov (Uzbekistan) 32-44