Jack Robert Culcay-Keth (born 26 September 1985) is an Ecuadorian-born German retired professional boxer. As an amateur he represented Germany, fighting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division, and winning a silver medal at the 2008 European Championships and gold at the 2009 World Championships. He held the WBA interim light-middleweight title between 2015 and 2017.
Amateur career Culcay took up boxing at the behest of his father in 1998, training at TG 75 Darmstadt. He was relatively unknown in 2007, when he was sent to the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships. But while all the German top fighters exited early he and middleweight Konstantin Buga were the only ones to reach the quarterfinal and qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the World Championships, Culcay beat Jetmir Kuci and Zoran Mitrovic then he lost to eventual American winner Demetrius Andrade. At the Olympics he was edged out in his first bout by Kim Jung-Joo. Culcay went on to win a gold medal at the 2009 World Championships, beating Andrey Zamkovoy in the final match.
Professional career Culcay turned pro in 2009. He is promoted by Sauerland Promotions. He won his first 14 fights, before losing a split decision to Guido Pitto. Culcay avenged the loss with a narrow unanimous decision win in his next fight. Culcay claimed the European light-middleweight title in August 2014, beating Isaac Real on points.
Culcay vs. Weber In May 2015, Culcay faced Maurice Weber for the WBA interim light-middleweight title. Culcay won the bout and the title by unanimous decision.
Culcay vs. Andrade After two successful defenses, Culcay reached an agreement to fight former world champion Demetrius Andrade. The winner would be elevated to WBA (Regular) champion. The fight took place in March 2017 at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Andrade won by split decision. Two judges scored the bout 116–112, 116–112 for Andrade whilst the third had it 115–114 for Culcay. The fight was regarded as close, with as many as five rounds being tossed between the two. Sky Sports pundits had Andrade a clear close winner as he outworked Culcay. In the post fight interview, Andrade credited his performance, "I thought I did everything that I needed to do. I came to Germany and took the title. Culcay came like a champion, but I was the better man. I outlanded him and I came out with the victory."
Culcay vs. Cospolite On June 12, 2020, Culcay fought Howard Cospolite. While Cospolite performed well in some rounds of the bout, Culcay was overall more efficient and managed to outland Cospolite. This deserved Culcay a unanimous decision win, scoring 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112 on the scorecards.
Culcay vs. Baraou In his next bout, Culcay faced IBF #7-ranked and WBC #13-ranked Abass Baraou. In a very close fight, Culcay managed to do enough to win the but in the eyes of two of the judges, who scored the fight 116-113 and 115-114 in favor of Culcay while the third judge saw Baraou as the winner 115-113, result in a split-decision win for the former world champion.
Culcay vs. Murtazaliev Culcay faced Bakhram Murtazaliev for the vacant IBF light-middleweight title at Stadthalle in Falkensee, Germany, on 6 April 2024, but lost when he was knocked out in the 11th round.
Retirement Culcay announced his retirement from professional boxing in September 2024.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes38Loss33–5Bakhram MurtazalievKO11 (12), 6 Apr 202437Win33–4Juan Adrian MonzonKO2 (8), 1 Jul 202336Win32–4Damiano FalcinelliUD812 Nov 202235Win31–4Emanuele CavallucciUD102 Jul 202234Win30–4Khalil El HarrazUD1011 Mar 202233Win29–4Abass BaraouSD1228 Aug 202032Win28–4Howard CospoliteUD1212 Jun 202031Win27–4Jama SaidiUD1223 Nov 201930Win26–4Stefano CastellucciUD815 Jun 201929Loss25–4Sergiy DerevyanchenkoUD1213 Apr 201928Win25–3Rafael BejaranTKO10 (12), 22 Sep 201827Win24–3Adasat RodriguezTKO6 (12), 9 Jun 201826Win23–3Craig CunninghamUD810 Mar 201825Loss22–3Maciej SulęckiUD1021 Oct 201724Loss22–2Demetrius AndradeSD1211 Mar 201723Win22–1Jean Carlos Prada9 (12), 9 Apr 201622Win21–1Dennis HoganUD125 Dec 201521Win20–1Maurice WeberUD129 May 201520Win19–1Karim MerroudjUD126 Dec 201419Win18–1Isaac RealUD1216 Aug 201418Win17–1Salim LarbiUD1205 Apr 201417Win16–1Dieudonne BelingaUD1214 Dec 201316Win15–1Guido Nicolas PittoUD1226 Oct 201315Loss14–1Guido Nicolas Pitto1227 Apr 201314Win14–0Jean Michel HamilcaroTKO5 (12), 15 Dec 201213Win13–0Mark Thompson TKO5 (12), 29 Sep 201212Win12–0Frederic SerreTKO3 (12), 25 Aug 201211Win11–0Salvatore AnnunziataTKO7 (8), 25 Feb 201210Win10–0Giammario GrasselliniKO1 (10), 3 Dec 20119Win9–0Dee MitchellUD103 Sep 20118Win8–0Mikheil Khutsishvili3 (8), 9 Apr 20117Win7–0Alexey RibchevUD819 Nov 20106Win6–0Ionut Trandafir IlieTKO4 (6) 31 Jul 20105Win5–0Omar SialaUD63 Jul 20104Win4–0Isak TavaresTKO1 (6), 22 May 20103Win3–0Sylvestre MarianiniTKO1 (4), 24 Apr 20102Win2–0Dmitrij Sidorovic1 (4), 9 Jan 20101Win1–0Jindrich Kubin419 Dec 2009
See also List of world light-middleweight boxing champions
References
External links
Jack Culcay - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live
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