Sebastian Sylvester (born 9 July 1980) is a German former
professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...
who competed from 2002 to 2011 and held the
IBF middleweight
Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing Professional
In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to .
Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have beg ...
title from 2009 to 2011.
Professional career
In March 2007 Sylvester retained the
WBA Inter-Continental Middleweight Title against
Alessio Furlan
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Debut and Kaddour fight
Furlan boxed to national level as an amateur ...
at the Stadthalle,
Rostock
Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...
, Germany.
On 2 November 2008,
Felix Sturm retained the WBA middleweight title via unanimous decision (118-110, 118-110 and 119-109) over Sylvester. He improved to 31-2-1, while Sylvester fell to 31–3.
He won the vacant
IBF middleweight title by beating Giovanni Lorenzo on 19 September 2009 by split decision.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of middleweight boxing champions Championship recognition
1884–1910
Champions were recognized by public acclamation. A champion in that era was a fighter who had a notable win over another fighter and kept winning afterward. Retirements or disputed results could lead to a cha ...
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Greifswald
Boxers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Middleweight boxers
World middleweight boxing champions
International Boxing Federation champions
German male boxers
21st-century German sportsmen