Sebastian Sylvester (born 9 July 1980) is a German former
professional boxer
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who competed from 2002 to 2011 and held the
IBF
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middleweight
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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 be ...
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
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at the Stadthalle,
Rostock
Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...
, Germany.
On 2 November 2008,
Felix Sturm
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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
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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
People from Greifswald
Middleweight boxers
World middleweight boxing champions
International Boxing Federation champions
German male boxers
Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania