Jack Culcay-Keth
Name: Jack Culcay
Alias: Golden Jack
Birth Name: Jack Robert Culcay-Keth
Hometown: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Birthplace: Ambato, Ecuador
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 170cm
Reach: 165cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Jack Robert Culcay-Keth is a German boxer who has fought at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's welterweight division, won a Silver medal at the European Championships 2008 and the Gold at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
Amateur Career
- Started boxing at age 12
- Amateur record: 95-28-3
- Culcay Keth who starts for TG 75 Darmstadt was relatively unknown in 2007, not even German titleholder and had only a second place finish at the Chemistry Cup tournament 2007 to his credit when he was sent to the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships. But while all the German topfighters exited early he and middleweight Konstantin Buga were the only ones to reach the quarterfinal and qualify for Beijing. Culcay beat Jetmir Kuci and Zoran Mitrovic then he lost to eventual American winner Demetrius Andrade.
- At the end of the year he won his first German title.
- At the Olympics he was beaten in his first bout by Kim Jung-Joo.
- At the end of the year he won Euro silver losing the final to Magomed Nurutdinov.
Olympic Games Results 2008 (as a welterweight)
- Lost to Kim Jung-Joo (South Korea) 11-11
World Amateur Championships 2007 (as a welterweight)
- Defeated Jetmir Kuci (Albania) 28-20
- Defeated Zoran Mitrovic (Serbia) 39-12
- Lost to Demetrius Andrade (United States) 9-30 (quarterfinal)
2009 (as a welterweight)
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Hosam Bakr Abdin (Egypt) 10-5
- Defeated Brian Carlos Castano (Argentina) 14-5
- Defeated Torben Keller (Denmark) 5-2
- Defeated Botirjon Mahmudov (Uzbekistan) 6-4
- Defeated Andrey Zamkovoy (Russia) 7-4
European Amateur Championships 2008 (as a welterweight)
- Defeated Dmitro Mitrofanov (Ukraine) 15-3
- Defeated William McLaughlin (Ireland) 7-2
- Defeated Alexandr Rakislov (Russia) 6-3
- Defeated Jaoid Chiguer (France) 9-1
- Lost to Mahamed Nurudzinau (Belarus) RSCI 3 (final match, wins silver)
This article borrows from Culcay-Keth's article in Wikipedia: [1]
Titles Held
- WBA Light Middleweight Title (2016-17)
- WBA Interim Light Middleweight Title (2015-16)
- EBU Light Middleweight Title (2014)
- WBA Intercontinental Light Middleweight Title (2012-13, 2013-14)
Preceded by: Erislandy Lara Upgraded to Super Champion |
WBA Light Middleweight Champion 2016 Jun 8 – 2017 Mar 11 Regular Champion |
Succeeded by: Demetrius Andrade Regular Champion |