# Sebastian Formella

Sebastian Formella (born 26 May 1987) is a German professional boxer who held the IBO welterweight title from 2019 to 2020.

## Professional career

Formella made his professional debut on 3 May 2014, scoring a second-round technical knockout (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 Hamburg, Germany, capturing the IBO welterweight title via twelve-round unanimous decision (UD), with the scorecards reading 116–112, 115–112 and 114–113.

## Professional boxing record

| 27 fights | 24 wins | 3 losses |
| By knockout | 12 | 0 |
| By decision | 12 | 3 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 27 | Win | 24–3 | Florian Wildenhof | KO | 7 (8), 0:51 | 30 Apr 2023 | Grosse Freiheit 36, St. Pauli, Germany | |
| 26 | Loss | 23–3 | Chris Kongo | UD | 10 | 11 Jun 2022 | The SSE Arena, London, England | |
| 25 | Win | 23–2 | Gabor Kovacs | TKO | 4 (10), 2:09 | 25 Sep 2021 | Fritz-Sdunek-Halle, Zinnowitz, Germany | |
| 24 | Loss | 22–2 | Conor Benn | UD | 10 | 21 Nov 2020 | The SSE Arena, London, England | For WBA Continental (Europe) welterweight title |
| 23 | Loss | 22–1 | Shawn Porter | UD | 12 | 22 Aug 2020 | Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California, US | For vacant WBC Silver welterweight title |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Roberto Arriaza | UD | 12 | 18 Jan 2020 | Edel-optics.de Arena, Hamburg, Germany | Retained IBO welterweight title |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Thulani Mbenge | UD | 12 | 6 Jul 2019 | CU Arena, Hamburg, Germany | Won IBO welterweight title |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Bethuel Ushona | UD | 12 | 15 Dec 2018 | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany | Won inaugural WBO Global welterweight title |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Ilias Essaoudi | TKO | 7 (12), 2:30 | 29 Sep 2018 | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany | Retained WBO European light-middleweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Angelo Frank | TKO | 7 (12), 1:37 | 24 Mar 2018 | Edel-optics.de Arena, Hamburg, Germany | Won vacant WBO European and IBO Inter-Continental light-middleweight title |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Karlo Tabaghua | UD | 8 | 22 Dec 2017 | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Jan Balog | UD | 6 | 9 Sep 2017 | Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Denis Krieger | UD | 10 | 19 May 2017 | Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany | Won vacant IBO Continental light-middleweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Krzysztof Szot | UD | 4 | 18 Mar 2017 | Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Nico Salzmann | UD | 8 | 16 Jul 2016 | Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Gyula Vajda | TKO | 4 (6), 2:15 | 7 May 2016 | Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Frane Radnic | UD | 6 | 12 Mar 2016 | Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Robizoni Omsarashvili | RTD | 5 (8), 3:00 | 31 Oct 2015 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | Won vacant GBC welterweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Mazen Girke | UD | 10 | 20 Jun 2015 | Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany | Won vacant GBC Intercontinental light-middleweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Pietro d'Alessio | UD | 10 | 28 Feb 2015 | Boxsporthalle Braamkamp, Hamburg, Germany | Won vacant GBC Intercontinental light-middleweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Dogan Kurnaz | TKO | 2 (4), 1:55 | 8 Nov 2014 | Autohaus Glinicke Hessenkassel, Kassel, Germany | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Cenk Ulug | RTD | 4 (10), 3:00 | 18 Oct 2014 | Boxsporthalle Braamkamp, Hamburg, Germany | Won vacant German International middleweight title |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Ziso Poulitsa | UD | 4 | 26 Sep 2014 | Audi-Centrum, Berlin, Germany | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Aleksandar Jankovic | TKO | 3 (4), 1:15 | 28 Jun 2014 | Mehrzweckhalle am Ploggensee, Grevesmühlen, Germany | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Jozsef Kormany | KO | 6 (6), 1:40 | 16 May 2014 | CU Arena, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Alichan Tersbulatov | RTD | 3 (4), 3:00 | 10 May 2014 | Pneumant Arena, Fürstenwalde, Germany | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Pavel Herman | TKO | 2 (4), 2:10 | 3 May 2014 | Müggelspreehalle, Grünheide, Germany | |