On April 12, 2008, Sebastian Sylvester (28-2, 13 KOs) and Javier Castillejo (62-7, 43 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round middleweight bout.
Javier Castillejo is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round KO victory over Mariano Natalio Carrera, 4 months and 30 days ago. Sebastian Sylvester is on a 7-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Francois Bastient, 2 months and 17 days ago.
The winning odds are at 58.6-41.4 in favor of Javier Castillejo. Sebastian Sylvester could also pull it off but he will have to put up a truly exceptional fight if he is to win.
Sebastian Sylvester stopped Javier Castillejo via KO in the 12th round. Sylvester improves his record to 29-2 (14 KOs), while Castillejo adds a loss to his record at 62-8.