Nope..him and Malignaggi were about the same level in most people's eyes in about 04. Salita has stayed at that level, whilst Paulie has moved on the top of the division. Quite a padded record. I used to rate Kotelink, he came damn close to beating Witter and beat Abdulaev handily, havent seen the Rees fight yet. But I reckon Kotelnik stops in around 8 or 9 rounds.
I saw some of his fights a few years ago, he looked to have great skill and good power, I thought he was gonna shoot to the top but he never moved up. There are clips of him from 1:05 to 1:27 in this video. Hey I made the video I'm not missing a chance to plug it. http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1662498