Oktay Urkal

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Medal record
Competitor for Germany
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Light Welterweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze	1993 Tampere	Light Welterweight
Bronze	1995 Berlin	Light Welterweight
European Amateur Championships
Silver	1993 Bursa	Light Welterweight
Gold	1996 Vejle	Light Welterweight

Oktay Urkal (born January 15, 1970 in Berlin) is a Turkish-German professional welterweight. He is currently ranked 10th in the world among welterweights by Ring Magazine^[1].

[edit] Amateur career

As an amateur, Urkal won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. His official results were:

Defeated Reynaldo Galido (Philippines) 19-2
Defeated David Diaz (United States) 14-6
Defeated Nordine Mouichi (France) 19-10
Defeated Fathi Missaoui (Tunisia) 20-6
Lost to Hector Vinent (Cuba) 13-20

In the same year he captured the gold medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark.

His Amateur Record was reportedly 184-27-5.

[edit] Professional career

Urkal is of Turkish descent, and has a fight record of 38 wins and 4 defeats. He is the former WBC International Light-Welterweight, twice European Light-Welterweight and European Welterweight champion. Urkal has fought for the world title three times losing to Kostya Tszyu and twice to Vivian Harris. He won four straight after his defeat to Harris, this winning streak came to an end on March 4, 2007 when WBA Welterweight champion Miguel Cotto successfully defendend his title when Urkal's corner threw in the towel after the referee restracted a second point for a headbutt, leading Urkal's corner to believe he was being unfair.