Sebastian Formella (born 26 May 1987) is a German professional boxer who held the IBO

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title from 2019 to 2020.

Professional career

Formella made his professional debut on 3 May 2014, scoring a second-round

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(TKO) victory over Pavel Herman at the Müggelspreehalle in Grünheide, Germany After compiling a record of 20–0 (10 KOs) he defeated Thulani Mbenge on 6 July 2019 at the CU Arena in

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, Germany, capturing the IBO welterweight title via twelve-round

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(UD), with the scorecards reading 116–112, 115–112 and 114–113.

Professional boxing record

References

Living people 1987 births German male boxers Sportspeople from Schleswig-Holstein Welterweight boxers Light-middleweight boxers Middleweight boxers International Boxing Organization champions {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub