# Albert Syben

Albert Syben (born 1 July 1951) is a Belgian former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1986. He challenged for the European heavyweight title twice between 1982 and 1983, and held the Belgian heavyweight title twice between 1979 and 1982.

## Biography

Albert Syben was born and grew up in Cheratte, Liège, Belgium. He fought for his first title in 1979, facing Rudy Gauwe in Lokeren, his opponent's hometown, in front of 6,000 people. He defeated Gauwe to become the new Belgian heavyweight champion. Syben successfully defended the title against Robert Desnouck on 13 October 1979. On 14 December 1979, he lost his title in a rematch against Gauwe in Brussels.
Syben regained the Belgium heavyweight title by defeating Gauwe in their third bout on 17 April 1981. He later challenged two times for the European heavyweight title, being defeated twice by Lucien Rodriguez, in 1982 and 1983.
On 1 June 1979, Syben faced Muhammad Ali in a 6 round exhibition bout.

## Professional boxing record

| 51 fights | 37 wins | 12 losses |
| By knockout | 16 | 7 |
| By decision | 21 | 5 |
| Draws | 2 | 2 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| 51 | Loss | 37–12-2 | Proud Kilimanjaro | TKO | 4 (6) | 1986-05-16 | Royal Albert Hall, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | |
| 50 | Loss | 37–11-2 | Dave Garside | PTS | 8 | 1986-03-20 | Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England | |
| 49 | Loss | 37–10-2 | Anaclet Wamba | PTS | 8 | 1985-12-25 | Saint-Brieuc, France | |
| 48 | Loss | 37–9-2 | Safir Digibele | PTS | 8 | 1979-12-14 | Izegem, Belgium | |
| 47 | Win | 37–8-2 | Ibelo Moano | PTS | 8 | 1985-12-02 | Liège, Belgium | |
| 46 | Loss | 36–8-2 | Adilson Rodrigues | TKO | 6 (10) | 1985-10-06 | Ginásio Estadual do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| 45 | Loss | 36–7-2 | Stefano Vassallo | PTS | 8 | 1985-06-22 | Sestri Levante, Italy | |
| 44 | Win | 36–6-2 | Steve Gee | PTS | 8 | 1985-05-01 | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium | |
| 43 | Loss | 35–6-2 | Lucien Rodriguez | TKO | 8 (12) | 1983-08-05 | Les Arenes, Nimes, France | For European heavyweight title |
| 42 | Loss | 35–5-2 | David Pearce | KO | 1 (8) | 1983-04-07 | Lyceum Ballroom, The Strand, London, United Kingdom | |
| 41 | Win | 35–4-2 | Marco Vitagliano | TKO | 2 (12) | 1983-02-11 | Bressoux, Belgium | |
| 40 | Loss | 34–4-2 | Mary Konate | TKO | 5 | 1982-10-20 | Paris, France | |
| 39 | Loss | 34–3-2 | Lucien Rodriguez | UD | 12 | 1982-03-05 | Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France | For European heavyweight title |
| 38 | Win | 34–2-2 | Moussa Kassongo Mukandjo | TKO | 5 | 1982-01-02 | Kinshasa, Congo | |
| 37 | Win | 33–2-2 | Ricky James | PTS | 8 | 1981-11-27 | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium | |
| 36 | Win | 32–2-2 | Rinaldo Pelizzari | PTS | 8 | 1981-10-23 | Herve, Belgium | |
| 35 | Win | 31–2-2 | Rudy Gauwe | TKO | 8 (12) | 1981-04-17 | Liège, Belgium | Won Belgium heavyweight title |
| 34 | Win | 30–2-2 | Pierre Babo Kabassu | PTS | 10 | 1981-02-28 | Etterbeek, Belgium | |
| 33 | Win | 29–2-2 | James Dixon | PTS | 8 | 1980-12-19 | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium | |
| 32 | Loss | 28–2-2 | Bernd August | TKO | 8 | 1980-10-24 | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium | |
| 31 | Win | 28–1-2 | George Butzbach | PTS | 10 | 1980-09-19 | Argenteau, Belgium | |
| 30 | Win | 27–1-2 | Jean-Pierre Coopman | PTS | 10 | 1980-06-27 | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium | |
| 29 | Win | 26–1-2 | Vasco Faustino | KO | 3 | 1980-04-26 | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium | |
| 28 | Loss | 25–1-2 | Rudy Gauwe | KO | 8 (12) | 1979-12-14 | Brussels, Belgium | Lost Belgium heavyweight title |
| 27 | Win | 25–0-2 | Felipe Rodriguez | PTS | 10 | 1979-11-10 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| 26 | Win | 24–0-2 | Robert Desnouck | PTS | 12 | 1979-10-13 | Antwerp, Belgium | Defended Belgium heavyweight title |
| 25 | Win | 23–0-2 | Mohammed Galoul | PTS | 8 | 1979-09-28 | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium | |
| 24 | Win | 22–0-2 | George Scott | PTS | 10 | 1979-05-19 | Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 23 | Win | 21–0-2 | Rudy Gauwe | KO | 3 (12) | 1979-04-21 | Lokeren, Belgium | Won Belgium heavyweight title |
| 22 | Win | 20–0-2 | Tony Moore | PTS | 8 | 1979-04-06 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| 21 | Win | 19–0-2 | Neville Meade | TKO | 4 (10) | 1979-01-19 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| 20 | Win | 18–0-2 | Roy Wallace | PTS | 10 | 1978-11-24 | Liège, Belgium | |
| 19 | Draw | 17–0-2 | Domenico Adinolfi | PTS | 10 | 1978-10-13 | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium | |
| 18 | Win | 17–0-1 | Jannick Dufour | KO | 3 (10) | 1978-06-24 | Grivegnee, Belgium | |
| 17 | Win | 16–0-1 | Hennie Thoonen | KO | 4 | 1978-05-19 | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium | |
| 16 | Win | 15–0-1 | Christian Poncelet | PTS | 10 | 1978-04-01 | Forest, Belgium | |
| 15 | Win | 14–0-1 | Mohammed Galoul | PTS | 8 | 1978-03-18 | Vivegnis, Belgium | |
| 14 | Win | 13–0-1 | Ishaq Hussein | KO | 4 (8) | 1978-02-25 | Antwerp, Belgium | |
| 13 | Win | 12–0-1 | Jean Pierre Leiseigneur | TKO | 2 | 1978-02-11 | Liège, Belgium | |
| 12 | Win | 11–0-1 | Horst Lang | TKO | 3 (8) | 1978-01-06 | Grivegnee, Belgium | |
| 11 | Win | 10–0-1 | Ferrucio Mazzardi | TKO | 6 | 1977-12-23 | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium | |
| 10 | Win | 9–0-1 | Fernand De Ruyter | KO | 2 | 1977-12-09 | La Louviere, Belgium | |
| 9 | Win | 8–0-1 | Mohammed Galoul | PTS | 6 | 1977-11-26 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| 8 | Win | 7–0-1 | Laurent Zardy | PTS | 6 | 1977-11-12 | Verviers, Belgium | |
| 7 | Win | 6–0-1 | Reinhard Tommy Seydock | KO | 3 (6) | 1977-10-28 | Ougree, Belgium | |
| | Win | 5–0-1 | Fausto Constantino | PTS | 6 | 1977-10-15 | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium | |
| 5 | Win | 4–0-1 | Lisimo Obutobe | PTS | 4 (10) | 1977-10-08 | Liège, Belgium | |
| 4 | Win | 3–0-1 | Tony Oudina | KO | 2 | 1977-06-18 | Grivegnee, Belgium | |
| 3 | Win | 2–0-1 | Jean Belval | KO | 2 (6) | 1977-04-23 | Wandre, Belgium | |
| 2 | Win | 1–0-1 | Lassine Niare | PTS | 6 | 1977-03-04 | Grivegnee, Belgium | |
| 1 | Draw | 0–0-1 | Fausto Constantino | PTS | 6 | 1977-01-15 | Brussels, Belgium | |

## Exhibition boxing record

| 1 fight | 0 wins | 0 losses |
| Non-scored | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 1 | — | 0–0 (1) | Muhammad Ali | — | 6 | 1 June 1979 | Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium | |