Jack Robert Culcay-Keth (born September 26, 1985 in Ambato

San Juan de Ambato

Ambato is a city in located in the central Andean valley of Ecuador. Lying on the banks of the Ambato River, the city also sits beneath several tall mountains. It is the capital of the province of Tungurahua, at an elevation of 2,577 meters above sea level. The population is 180,000 , making it...

, Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

) is a German amateur boxer who has fought at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in the men's welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 division, won a Silver medal at the European Championships 2008 and the Gold at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

Amateur career

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

2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history. The championships were originally awarded to Moscow...

. But while all the German topfighters exited early he and middleweight Konstantin Buga

Konstantin Buga

Konstantin Buga is a German amateur boxer best known for qualifying for the 2008 Olympics as a middleweight.-Career:Buga came to Germany in 1996 and received a German passport in 2002...

 were the only ones to reach the quarterfinal qualify for Beijing.
Culcay beat Jetmir Kuci and Zoran Mitrovic then he lost to eventual American winner Demetrius Andrade

Demetrius Andrade

Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade is a professional boxer from the United States best known for winning the 2007 world championships as an amateur. He made his professional debut October 23, 2008. Demetrius represented the United States in the 2008 Olympics...

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At the end of the year he won his first German title.

At the Olympics he was edged out in his first bout by Kim Jung-Joo

Kim Jung-Joo

Kim Jung-Joo is a South Korean amateur boxer who won welterweight bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics....

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At the end of the year he won Euro silver losing the final to Magomed Nurutdinov

Magomed Nurutdinov

Magomed Nurutdinov/Mahamed Nurudzinau is a Belarusian amateur boxer who boxed at the Olympics 2008 at welterweight and later became European cha....

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Professional career

He turned pro in 2009 and signed a contract to fight for Hamburg based Universum Box-Promotion and will make his debut at the light middleweight

Light middleweight

Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, above 147 pounds and up to 154 pounds ....

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