Sebastian Sylvester (34-5-1, 16) was born in Greifswald, East Germany on July 9, 1980. At the age of 21 years on May 26, 2002, he made his professional boxing debut against Yuri Zaytsev, losing the fight via 1st-round KO.
On his 32nd career fight at 28 years old, Sebastian Sylvester got a shot at the WBA middleweight titles against Felix Sturm on November 1, 2008 but lost the fight via 12-round unanimous decision.
He became a middleweight world champion (IBF) on September 19, 2009 at the age of 29 years old, on his 35th career fight, after defeating Giovanni Lorenzo via 12-round split decision.
Sylvester's last fight was a 3rd-round retirement loss to Grzegorz Proksa at age 31 on October 1, 2011. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
Some of Sebastian Sylvester's best fights have been against Lajuan Simon, Javier Castillejo, Amin Asikainen, Roman Karmazin, Daniel Geale and Robert Roselia.
Sylvester has 5 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40  | Oct 1, 2011 31 years, 2 months 34-5-1 (16) | 26 years, 10 months 25-0 (18) | MD | 3 | RTD | LOSS |
39  | May 7, 2011 30 years, 9 months 34-4-1 (16) | 30 years, 2 months 24-1 (15) | MD | 12 | SD | LOSS Lost IBF |
38 | Oct 30, 2010 30 years, 3 months 34-3-1 (16) | Mahir Oral | MD | 12 | UD | WIN Defended IBF |
37  | Jun 5, 2010 29 years, 10 months 33-3-1 (16) | 37 years, 5 months 40-3-1 (26) | MD | 12 | SD | DRAW Defended IBF |
36 | Jan 30, 2010 29 years, 6 months 33-3 (16) | Billy Lyell | MD | 10 | TKO | WIN Defended IBF |
35 | Sep 19, 2009 29 years, 2 months 32-3 (15) | Giovanni Lorenzo | MD | 12 | SD | WIN Won IBF Vacant |
34  | Jun 27, 2009 28 years, 11 months 31-3 (15) | 30 years, 4 months 21-1-2 (12) | MD | 12 | UD | WIN |
33 | Feb 28, 2009 28 years, 7 months 30-3 (15) | Gaetano Nespro | MD | 7 | KO | WIN |
32  | Nov 1, 2008 28 years, 3 months 29-3 (14) | 29 years, 9 months 30-2-1 (13) | MD | 12 | UD | LOSS For WBA |
31  | Apr 12, 2008 27 years, 9 months 29-2 (14) | 40 years 62-7 (43) | MD | 12 | KO | WIN |
30 | Jan 26, 2008 27 years, 6 months 28-2 (13) | Francois Bastient | MD | 12 | UD | WIN |
29 | Oct 27, 2007 27 years, 3 months 27-2 (13) | Simone Rotolo | MD | 12 | SD | WIN |
28  | Jun 23, 2007 26 years, 11 months 26-2 (13) | 31 years, 5 months 21-0 (15) | MD | 11 | TKO | WIN |
27 | Mar 3, 2007 26 years, 7 months 25-2 (12) | Alessio Furlan | MD | 12 | TKO | WIN |
26 | Dec 16, 2006 26 years, 5 months 24-2 (11) | Peter Mitrevski, Jr. | MD | 8 | TKO | WIN |
25 | Sep 23, 2006 26 years, 2 months 23-2 (10) | Franck Mezaache | MD | 12 | UD | WIN |
24 | Jul 28, 2006 26 years 22-2 (10) | Petr Rykala | MD | 3 | TKO | WIN |
23 | Jun 3, 2006 25 years, 10 months 21-2 (9) | 30 years, 4 months 17-0 (13) | MD | 8 | TKO | LOSS |
22 | Apr 22, 2006 25 years, 9 months 21-1 (9) | Steven Bendall | MD | 3 | TKO | WIN |
21 | Nov 12, 2005 25 years, 4 months 20-1 (8) | Lorenzo Di Giacomo | MD | 12 | UD | WIN |
20 | Jul 16, 2005 25 years 19-1 (8) | Morrade Hakkar | MD | 12 | UD | WIN |
19 | May 14, 2005 24 years, 10 months 18-1 (8) | Eliseo Nogueira | MD | 8 | UD | WIN |
18 | Mar 12, 2005 24 years, 8 months 17-1 (8) | Christophe Tendil | MD | 12 | UD | WIN |
17 | Dec 18, 2004 24 years, 5 months 16-1 (8) | Robert Roselia | MD | 2 | KO | WIN |
16 | Oct 23, 2004 24 years, 3 months 15-1 (7) | Clive Johnson | MD | 2 | KO | WIN |
15 | Jul 17, 2004 24 years 14-1 (6) | Dirk Dzemski | MD | 7 | TKO | WIN |
14 | Mar 20, 2004 23 years, 8 months 13-1 (5) | Roman Aramyan | MD | 10 | UD | WIN |
13 | Jan 31, 2004 23 years, 6 months 12-1 (5) | Danny Thiele | MD | 4 | TKO | WIN |
12 | Oct 25, 2003 23 years, 3 months 11-1 (4) | Roman Aramyan | MD | 10 | PTS | WIN |
11 | Sep 20, 2003 23 years, 2 months 10-1 (4) | Patrik Hruska | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
10 | May 24, 2003 22 years, 10 months 9-1 (4) | Przemyslaw Miszew | 4 | PTS | WIN | |
9 | Mar 21, 2003 22 years, 8 months 8-1 (4) | Victor Farkas | 1 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Mar 1, 2003 22 years, 7 months 7-1 (3) | Patrik Hruska | 6 | UD | WIN | |
7 | Jan 11, 2003 22 years, 6 months 6-1 (3) | Petr Rykala | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
6 | Nov 29, 2002 22 years, 4 months 5-1 (2) | Gabriel Botos | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
5 | Oct 19, 2002 22 years, 3 months 4-1 (1) | Mohammed Rasuli | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
4 | Sep 21, 2002 22 years, 2 months 3-1 (1) | Mateusz Lorek | 3 | KO | WIN | |
3 | Sep 7, 2002 22 years, 1 months 2-1 (0) | Grzegorz Lewandowski | 4 | PTS | WIN | |
2 | Aug 25, 2002 22 years, 1 months 1-1 (0) | Andreas Moeller | 4 | PTS | WIN | |
1 | May 26, 2002 21 years, 10 months 0-1 (0) | Yuri Zaytsev | 1 | KO | LOSS |
