Lewis Sylvester (born 20 February 1998) is an English

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who has held the IBO Continental

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title since May 2025. He is a former English lightweight champion and has also challenged for the

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and

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titles in the same weight division.

Career

A professional since 2019, Sylvester had amassed a perfect record of 11 wins from 11 bouts by the time he defeated Adam Cope via unanimous decision to claim the vacant English

title at

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on 1 July 2023. He successfully defended his title with a first round stoppage of Jimmy First at the

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on 21 October 2023. Sylvester challenged

lightweight champion

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at the

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in London on 10 February 2024, with the vacant

lightweight title also on the line. He lost by stoppage in the fourth round. He faced

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for the vacant IBO Continental title at the

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on 23 May 2025. Sylvester won by split decision with two of the ringside judges scoring the contest 97–93 and 96–94 respectively in his favour while the third had it 96–94 for his opponent.

References

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