"Beating M'Baye was a massive shock to many people - but not to me, " said Rees.
Backup center Baye Moussa Keita (47) and starting point guard Michael Carter-Williams (45) lead the way.
"M'baye was top-class but Gavin dismantled him in style, " super-middleweight king Calzaghe told BBC Wales' Back Page programme.
Today's comes from Betty Baye, a columnist for the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky.
Ms. BETTY BAYE (Columnist, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky): Around 1969, I was on a committee of ambitious young community activists.
The draw came against then-champion M'Baye in Liverpool last March, while Kotelnik's only defeats are points losses to Junior Witter and Gabriel Mapouka.
The Ukrainian has won 28 of his 31 fights and drew with then title-holder M'baye when the two met in Liverpool last March.
Rees, who has a record of 27-0 with 13 knockouts, won the belt with a shock victory over Souleymane M'Baye in Cardiff last July.
The unbeaten Rees, 27, claimed the WBA title from France's Souleymane M'baye last July but his fight against Kotelnik is only his first defence.
The Newbridge bruiser, trained by Enzo Calzaghe, shocked the boxing world last July when he comprehensively demolished classy world champion Souleymane M'baye in Cardiff.
He has shown belief in youth, such as El Shaarawy, who has been a revelation, 20-year-old fullback Mattia De Sciglio and 18-year-old winger M'Baye Niang.
Rees, who caused a surprise when he took the belt from Souleymane M'Baye last year, was stopped midway through the final round of his first defence.
Spartak Moscow left back Baye Ali Ibra Kebe is recalled after a long absence, and Ibrahima Diallo of Senegalese champions Jeanne d'Arc could also fill in.
"It took so long to win this title, I'm not giving it up first fight, " said Newbridge's undefeated Rees, 27, who beat Souleymane M'Baye for the crown.
On the undercard of Maccarinelli's 21 July show in Cardiff, Gavin Rees challenges for Souleymane M'Baye's WBA light welterweight belt and Alex Arthur takes on Koba Gogoladze for the WBO interim super featherweight title.
Triche, James Southerland and backup center Baye Moussa Keita all had 13 points for Syracuse, trying to close out its Big East tenure with one more championship before bolting for the ACC next season.
Baye Moussa Keita hit a pair of foul shots to put the Orange back on top at the 1:23 mark, but Big East Player of the Year Otto Porter Jr. drew a blocking foul on C.
Fair himself had matched Montana's scoring total at that point and the deficit only got bigger at the half when Triche hit a floater and then scored on a breakaway dunk off a block by Baye Moussa Keita to make it 38-15 at the break.
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