Andrew Kooner

Andrew Singh Kooner is a Canadian boxer and trainer, currently living in Toronto.

Amateur career

Andrew Kooner moved to Tecumseh, Ontario at a young age and began boxing at age 13 out of a Windsor boxing club. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he lost in the 2nd round in the flyweight division. He won a bronze medal at the Boxing at the 1998 [Commonwealth Games|1998 Commonwealth Games]; and the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he finished tied for fifth in the bantamweight division after having qualified at the 1st AIBA American [2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament] in Tijuana, Mexico. He also defeated Juan [Manuel López (boxer)|Juan Manuel López] in the amateurs.

Olympic results

2000 Olympics

Defeated Nacer Keddam 18–11
Lost to Wijan Ponlid 7–11

2004 Olympics

Defeated Alexander Espinoza 37–20
Lost to Bahirdirdjon Sultanov 32–44

Pro career

Kooner turned pro in 2006 and has a 10-2 Record and is the current bantamweight champion of Canada.

Post Boxing

Andrew Kooner currently resides in Toronto and runs his own fitness program, , providing specialized training ranging from fitness to well-being to training up-and-coming boxers. He is also a coach for , a program that gives people with Parkinson's disease hope by improving their quality of life through a non-contact boxing-based fitness curriculum.