Sebastian Sylvester
Career, Record, Stats
Sebastian Sylvester (Hurrikan) is a 44-year-old retired German professional boxer. He is a former middleweight world champion. In a career spanning 9 years, 4 months, and 5 days, Sylvester amassed a record of 34-5-1, which includes 16 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
Sebastian Sylvester's Boxing Career
Sebastian Sylvester was born in Greifswald, East Germany on July 9, 1980. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 years on May 26, 2002 against Yuri Zaytsev. Sylvester lost to Zaytsev via 1st round KO. Not a good start!
Sylvester got his first shot at a world title at the age of 28 after 31 professional fights. On November 1, 2008 Sylvester challenged Felix Sturm's WBA middleweight title but lost via 12-round unanimous decision.
He became a world champion on September 19, 2009 at the age of 29 years, after by defeating Giovanni Lorenzo, the then-reining IBF middleweight champion, via 12-round split decision. This was his 35th fight as a professional.
Sylvester's last fight was a 3rd-round RTD loss to Grzegorz Proksa at age 31, on October 1, 2011.
Some of Sebastian Sylvester's best fights have been against Javier Castillejo, Roman Karmazin, Amin Asikainen, and Lajuan Simon. For a complete list of Sylvester's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Sebastian Sylvester".
Sylvester has 5 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Sebastian Sylvester Losses".
Sebastian Sylvester's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | Oct 01, 2011 | 31 | 
Grzegorz Proksa 26 25-0  | loss | RTD 3 |
39 | May 07, 2011 | 30 | 
Daniel Geale 30 24-1 | loss | SD 12 |
38 | Oct 30, 2010 | 30 |  Mahir Oral | win | UD 12 |
37 | Jun 05, 2010 | 29 | 
Roman Karmazin 37 40-3-1 | draw | SD 12 |
36 | Jan 30, 2010 | 29 | Billy Lyell | win | TKO 10 |
35 | Sep 19, 2009 | 29 | Giovanni Lorenzo | win | SD 12 |
34 | Jun 27, 2009 | 28 | 
Lajuan Simon 30 21-1-2 | win | UD 12 |
33 | Feb 28, 2009 | 28 | Gaetano Nespro | win | KO 7 |
32 | Nov 01, 2008 | 28 | 
Felix Sturm 29 30-2-1 | loss | UD 12 |
31 | Apr 12, 2008 | 27 | 
Javier Castillejo 40 62-7 | win | KO 12 |
30 | Jan 26, 2008 | 27 | Francois Bastient | win | UD 12 |
29 | Oct 27, 2007 | 27 | Simone Rotolo | win | SD 12 |
28 | Jun 23, 2007 | 26 | 
Amin Asikainen 31 21-0 | win | TKO 11 |
27 | Mar 03, 2007 | 26 | Alessio Furlan | win | TKO 12 |
26 | Dec 16, 2006 | 26 | Peter Mitrevski, Jr. | win | TKO 8 |
25 | Sep 23, 2006 | 26 | Franck Mezaache | win | UD 12 |
24 | Jul 28, 2006 | 26 | Petr Rykala | win | TKO 3 |
23 | Jun 03, 2006 | 25 |
Amin Asikainen 30 17-0 | loss | TKO 8 |
22 | Apr 22, 2006 | 25 | Steven Bendall | win | TKO 3 |
21 | Nov 12, 2005 | 25 | Lorenzo Di Giacomo | win | UD 12 |
20 | Jul 16, 2005 | 25 | Morrade Hakkar | win | UD 12 |
19 | May 14, 2005 | 24 | Eliseo Nogueira | win | UD 8 |
18 | Mar 12, 2005 | 24 | Christophe Tendil | win | UD 12 |
17 | Dec 18, 2004 | 24 | Robert Roselia | win | KO 2 |
16 | Oct 23, 2004 | 24 | Clive Johnson | win | KO 2 |
15 | Jul 17, 2004 | 24 | Dirk Dzemski | win | TKO 7 |
14 | Mar 20, 2004 | 23 | Roman Aramyan | win | UD 10 |
13 | Jan 31, 2004 | 23 | Danny Thiele | win | TKO 4 |
12 | Oct 25, 2003 | 23 | Roman Aramyan | win | PTS 10 |
11 | Sep 20, 2003 | 23 | Patrik Hruska | win | PTS 6 |
10 | May 24, 2003 | 22 | Przemyslaw Miszew | win | PTS 4 |
9 | Mar 21, 2003 | 22 | Victor Farkas | win | KO 1 |
8 | Mar 01, 2003 | 22 | Patrik Hruska | win | UD 6 |
7 | Jan 11, 2003 | 22 | Petr Rykala | win | TKO 3 |
6 | Nov 29, 2002 | 22 | Gabriel Botos | win | TKO 3 |
5 | Oct 19, 2002 | 22 | Mohammed Rasuli | win | PTS 6 |
4 | Sep 21, 2002 | 22 | Mateusz Lorek | win | KO 3 |
3 | Sep 07, 2002 | 22 | Grzegorz Lewandowski | win | PTS 4 |
2 | Aug 25, 2002 | 22 | Andreas Moeller | win | PTS 4 |
1 | May 26, 2002 | 21 | Yuri Zaytsev | loss | KO 1 |