# Nikolay Kulpin

Nikolay Anatoliyevich Kulpin (12 December 1968 – 12 March 2003) was a Kazakhstani boxer. He competed in the men's super heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics representing the Unified Team.

## Amateur career

TSC Tournament (+91 kg), Berlin, East Germany, July 1988:
* 1/2: Lost to Jorge Luis González (Cuba) by unanimous decision, 0–5
Canada Cup (+91 kg), Civic Centre, Ottawa, Canada, June 1991:
* 1/4: Defeated Vernon Linklater (Canada) KO 1 (1:06)
* 1/2: Defeated Paul Douglas (Ireland) KO 1 (1:37)
* Finals: Defeated Andrey Aulov (RSFSR) RSCO 3 (2:58; at the time the bout was stopped, Kulpin was leading on points, 14–2)
X Summer Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR, boxing (+91 kg), Minsk, Belarus SSR, July 1991:
* 1/2: Defeated Mikhail Yurchenko (Kazakh SSR)
* Finals: Defeated Oleg Maskaev (Uzbek SSR)
USA−USSR Middle & Heavy Duals (+91 kg), Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, December 1991:
* Defeated Archie Perry (United States) RSC 1 (2:30)
CIS Boxing Championships (+91 kg), Tambov, Russia, February 1992:
* 1/2: Defeated Andrey Aulov (Russia)
* Finals: Lost to Mikhail Yurchenko (Kazakhstan)
King's Cup (+91 kg), Bangkok, Thailand, April 1992:
* Finals: Defeated Jung-hyun An (South Korea) RSC
Seoul Cup (+91 kg), Seoul, South Korea, May 1992:
* 1/2: Defeated Ahmed Sarir (Morocco) RSC 1
* Finals: Defeated Jeong Seung-won (South Korea)
Olympic Games (+91 kg), Barcelona, Spain, July 1992:
* 1/8: Lost to Larry Donald (United States) RSCI 3 (0:02)
World Championships (+91 kg), Tampere, Finland, May 1993:
* 1/8: Defeated Piotr Jurczyk (Poland) on points, 16–4
* 1/4: Lost to Yevgeniy Belousov (Russia) on points, 8–10
After two professional fights in 1992 Kulpin resumed his amateur career to compete in the 1993 World Championships, where he was dropped out from the quarterfinals.

## Professional boxing record

| 20 fights | 15 wins | 5 losses |
| By knockout | 12 | 0 |
| By decision | 3 | 5 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opp Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| | Canc. | 15–5 | 20–1 | Buster Mathis Jr. | NR | 0 (10) | 27 Feb 1996 | Morula Sun Casino, Mabopane, South Africa | Substituted by Ken Smith |
| 20 | Win | 15–5 | 12–2–0 | Julius Francis | PTS | 10 | 30 Nov 1995 | Circus, Saratov, Russia | |
| 19 | Loss | 14–5 | 5–0–0 | Oleg Maskaev | UD | 12 | 29 Sep 1995 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England | For vacant PABA Heavyweight Title |
| 18 | Win | 14–4 | 11–0–0 | Aurelio Perez | TKO | 3 | 25 Jul 1995 | São Paulo, Brazil | |
| 17 | Loss | 13–4 | 9–0–0 | Aurelio Perez | MD | 10 | 3 May 1995 | Carapicuíba, Brazil | |
| 16 | Win | 13–3 | 10–4–0 | Alexey Varakin | KO | 1 | 7 Apr 1995 | Rossiya Hotel, Moscow, Russia | For vacant Russia Heavyweight Title |
| 15 | Loss | 12–3 | 25–1–0 | Corrie Sanders | UD | 10 | 1 Apr 1995 | Superbowl, Sun City, South Africa | |
| 14 | Win | 12–2 | debut | David Gharibyan | PTS | 8 | 24 Feb 1995 | Moscow, Russia | |
| 13 | Loss | 11–2 | 56–4–0 | Adilson Rodrigues | UD | 10 | 11 Dec 1994 | Embu-Guaçu, Brazil | |
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | 7–19–1 | Mike Robinson | KO | 4 | 30 Nov 1994 | Circus, Saratov, Russia | |
| 11 | Loss | 10–1 | 24–10–1 | Johnny Nelson | SD | 12 | 5 Nov 1994 | Provincial Stadium, Chiang Rai, Thailand | For World Boxing Federation World Heavyweight Title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | 3–0–0 | Vladimir Yelbaev | TKO | 3 (8) | 21 Jun 1994 | Moscow, Russia | For Russia Heavyweight Title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | debut | Anatoly Veryovkin | TKO | 4 (8) | 27 May 1994 | Sports Palace, Tolyatti, Russia | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | 0–1–0 | Tzvetan Tzvetkov | TKO | | 7 May 1994 | Sportpalace Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | 0–1–0 | Anatoly Danilov | PTS | 8 | 18 Mar 1994 | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | 0–1–0 | Vitaly Yarovoy | TKO | 4 (8) | 30 Nov 1993 | Kristall Ice Palace, Saratov, Russia | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | 8–1–1 | Gilton dos Santos | KO | 6 | 15 Oct 1993 | Montevideo, Uruguay | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | debut | Nikolay Soshilin | KO | 4 (8) | 13 Sep 1993 | Moscow, Russia | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | debut | Georgiy Peskov | TKO | 3 (8) | 28 Aug 1993 | Shakhty, Russia | |
| Was reinstated as an amateur boxer by AIBA, and resumed his amateur career ||||||||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | debut | Viktor Shtorm | KO | 3 (8) | 23 Sep 1992 | Kostanay, Kazakhstan | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | 1–1–0 | Viktor Aldoshin | TKO | 4 (8) | 10 Aug 1992 | Pavlodar, Kazakhstan | |