Enrico Kölling

Enrico Kölling (occasionally spelled Enrico Koelling or Enrico Kolling) (born 27 February 1990) is a German light heavyweight boxer, fighting out of German capital Berlin, his hometown.

Amateur career

Youth

Enrico Kölling started boxing at the age of 8. One of early steps of him was when he had got the gold medal at German Junior National Championships at the age of 17, in Altentreptow in 2007, as he defeated Alexander Onozke and Dominik Bösel at middle weight division.

Kölling first achieved success on international level in July 2007, when he grasped the bronze medal following his defeat in the middle weight (75 kg) semi final of 2007 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Sambor, Serbia; against Nikola Jovanovic, the only champion of the event from the hosting nation. Following year, 2008, Kölling competed at I. Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships, in which a total of 359 fighters from 68 different countries competed in Guadalajara, Mexico. Beat four of his opponent respectively, Kölling failed to get the gold medal in the middle weight final, scored 4:2 in favour of Rey Eduardo Recio from Cuba.