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 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".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | Oct 01, 2011 | 31 | ![]() | loss | RTD 3 |
39 | May 07, 2011 | 30 | ![]() | loss | SD 12 |
38 | Oct 30, 2010 | 30 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
37 | Jun 05, 2010 | 29 | ![]() | draw | SD 12 |
36 | Jan 30, 2010 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
35 | Sep 19, 2009 | 29 | ![]() | win | SD 12 |
34 | Jun 27, 2009 | 28 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
33 | Feb 28, 2009 | 28 | ![]() | win | KO 7 |
32 | Nov 01, 2008 | 28 | ![]() | loss | UD 12 |
31 | Apr 12, 2008 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 12 |
30 | Jan 26, 2008 | 27 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
29 | Oct 27, 2007 | 27 | ![]() | win | SD 12 |
28 | Jun 23, 2007 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 11 |
27 | Mar 03, 2007 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 12 |
26 | Dec 16, 2006 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
25 | Sep 23, 2006 | 26 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
24 | Jul 28, 2006 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
23 | Jun 03, 2006 | 25 | ![]() | loss | TKO 8 |
22 | Apr 22, 2006 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
21 | Nov 12, 2005 | 25 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
20 | Jul 16, 2005 | 25 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
19 | May 14, 2005 | 24 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
18 | Mar 12, 2005 | 24 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
17 | Dec 18, 2004 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
16 | Oct 23, 2004 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
15 | Jul 17, 2004 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
14 | Mar 20, 2004 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
13 | Jan 31, 2004 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
12 | Oct 25, 2003 | 23 | ![]() | win | PTS 10 |
11 | Sep 20, 2003 | 23 | ![]() | win | PTS 6 |
10 | May 24, 2003 | 22 | ![]() | win | PTS 4 |
9 | Mar 21, 2003 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
8 | Mar 01, 2003 | 22 | ![]() | win | UD 6 |
7 | Jan 11, 2003 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
6 | Nov 29, 2002 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
5 | Oct 19, 2002 | 22 | ![]() | win | PTS 6 |
4 | Sep 21, 2002 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
3 | Sep 07, 2002 | 22 | ![]() | win | PTS 4 |
2 | Aug 25, 2002 | 22 | ![]() | win | PTS 4 |
1 | May 26, 2002 | 21 | ![]() | loss | KO 1 |