# Sebastian Sylvester

Sebastian Sylvester (born 9 July 1980) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2011 and held the IBF middleweight title from 2009 to 2011.

## Professional career

In March 2007 Sylvester retained the WBA Inter-Continental Middleweight Title against Alessio Furlan at the Stadthalle, Rostock, 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

| 40 fights | 34 wins | 5 losses |
| By knockout | 16 | 3 |
| By decision | 18 | 2 |
| Draws | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 40 | Loss | 34–5–1 | Grzegorz Proksa | RTD | 3 (12), 3:00 | 1 Oct 2011 | Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany | For vacant European middleweight title |
| 39 | Loss | 34–4–1 | Daniel Geale | SD | 12 | 7 May 2011 | Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany | Lost IBF middleweight title |
| 38 | Win | 34–3–1 | Mahir Oral | UD | 12 | 30 Oct 2010 | Stadthalle, Rostock, Germany | Retained IBF middleweight title |
| 37 | Draw | 33–3–1 | Roman Karmazin | SD | 12 | 5 Jun 2010 | Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany | Retained IBF middleweight title |
| 36 | Win | 33–3 | Billy Lyell | TKO | 10 (12), 0:37 | 30 Jan 2010 | Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany | Retained IBF middleweight title |
| 35 | Win | 32–3 | Giovanni Lorenzo | SD | 12 | 19 Sep 2009 | Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany | Won vacant IBF middleweight title |
| 34 | Win | 31–3 | Lajuan Simon | UD | 12 | 27 Jun 2009 | Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany | Retained IBF International middleweight title |
| 33 | Win | 30–3 | Gaetano Nespro | KO | 7 (12), 2:39 | 28 Feb 2009 | Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany | Won vacant IBF International middleweight title |
| 32 | Loss | 29–3 | Felix Sturm | UD | 12 | 1 Nov 2008 | König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany | For WBA middleweight title |
| 31 | Win | 29–2 | Javier Castillejo | KO | 12 (12), 1:53 | 12 Apr 2008 | Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany | Retained European middleweight title |
| 30 | Win | 28–2 | Francois Bastient | UD | 12 | 26 Jan 2008 | Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany | Retained European middleweight title |
| 29 | Win | 27–2 | Simone Rotolo | SD | 12 | 27 Oct 2007 | Messehalle, Erfurt, Germany | Retained European middleweight title |
| 28 | Win | 26–2 | Amin Asikainen | TKO | 11 (12) | 23 Jun 2007 | Stadhalle, Zwickau, Germany | Won European middleweight title |
| 27 | Win | 25–2 | Alessio Furlan | TKO | 12 (12), 0:44 | 3 Mar 2007 | Stadthalle, Rostock, Germany | Retained WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title |
| 26 | Win | 24–2 | Peter Mitrevski, Jr. | TKO | 8 (12), 0:44 | 16 Dec 2006 | BigBox, Kempten, Germany | Retained WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title |
| 25 | Win | 23–2 | Franck Mezaache | UD | 12 | 23 Sep 2006 | Rittal Arena, Wetzlar, Germany | Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title |
| 24 | Win | 22–2 | Petr Rykala | TKO | 3 (8) | 28 Jul 2006 | First Fitness Club, Vienna, Austria | |
| 23 | Loss | 21–2 | Amin Asikainen | TKO | 8 (12), 2:48 | 3 Jun 2006 | TUI Arena, Hanover, Germany | Lost European middleweight title |
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Steven Bendall | TKO | 3 (12), 0:57 | 22 Apr 2006 | SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany | Retained European middleweight title |
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Lorenzo Di Giacomo | UD | 12 | 12 Nov 2005 | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany | Retained European middleweight title |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Morrade Hakkar | UD | 12 | 16 Jul 2005 | Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, Nuremberg, Germany | Won European middleweight title |
| 19 | Win | 18–1 | Eliseo Nogueira | UD | 8 | 14 May 2005 | Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, Germany | |
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Christophe Tendil | UD | 12 | 12 Mar 2005 | Stadhalle, Zwickau, Germany | Retained IBF Inter-Continental middleweight title |
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | Robert Roselia | KO | 2 (12), 1:03 | 18 Dec 2004 | Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, Germany | Won IBF Inter-Continental middleweight title |
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | Clive Johnson | KO | 2 (8), 1:36 | 23 Oct 2004 | Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany | |
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Dirk Dzemski | TKO | 7 (12) | 17 Jul 2004 | Anhalt Arena, Dessau, Germany | Retained German BDB and German International middleweight titles; Won NBA middleweight title |
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Roman Aramyan | UD | 10 | 20 Mar 2004 | Maritim Hotel, Cologne, Germany | Retained German International middleweight title |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Danny Thiele | TKO | 4 (10) | 31 Jan 2004 | Sportcenter Jumps, Berlin, Germany | Won vacant German BDB middleweight title |
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Roman Aramyan | PTS | 10 | 25 Oct 2003 | Sportcenter Jumps, Berlin, Germany | Won German International middleweight title |
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Patrik Hruska | PTS | 6 | 20 Sep 2003 | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | Przemyslaw Miszew | PTS | 4 | 24 May 2003 | Karl Eckel Halle, Hattersheim am Main, Germany | |
| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Victor Farkas | KO | 1 (6) | 21 Mar 2003 | Sportcenter Jumps, Berlin, Germany | |
| 8 | Win | 7–1 | Patrik Hruska | UD | 6 | 1 Mar 2003 | Ballhaus Arena, Aschersleben, Germany | |
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Petr Rykala | TKO | 3 | 11 Jan 2003 | Universal Hall, Berlin, Germany | |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Gabriel Botos | TKO | 3 (6), 3:00 | 29 Nov 2002 | Berlin, Germany | |
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Mohammed Rasuli | PTS | 6 | 19 Oct 2002 | Hansahalle, Berlin, Germany | |
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Mateusz Lorek | KO | 3 (4), 2:15 | 21 Sep 2002 | GETEC Arena, Magdeburg, Germany | |
| 3 | Win | 2–1 | Grzegorz Lewandowski | PTS | 4 | 7 Sep 2002 | Circus Krone, Munich, Germany | |
| 2 | Win | 1–1 | Andreas Moeller | PTS | 4 | 25 Aug 2002 | Berlin, Germany | |
| 1 | Loss | 0–1 | Yuri Zaytsev | KO | 1 (4), 1:34 | 26 May 2002 | Berlin, Germany | |