News - Sebastian Sylvester

Sebastian Sylvester (32-3, 15 KOs) will now make the first defense of his IBF middleweight title against Billy Lyell after a positive drug test has KOed Pablo Navascues. The Spaniard was tested positive for banned substances during a random training check in January. “We have a zero-tolerance policy as far as doping is concerned and we are proud that our rigid control mechanisms have paid dividends read more ...

In an IBF middleweight eliminator, former jr middleweight champion and current #3 rated Roman Karmazin (40-3-1, 26 KOs) won by spectacular come-from-behind knockout over #9 Dionisio Miranda (20-5-2, 18 KOs) on Friday night at the Civic Auditorium in Glendale, California read more ...

Sebastian Sylvester (32-3, 15 KOs), previously ranked #2 by the IBF and #5 by the WBO, is the new IBF middleweight champion following a hard-fought split decision over IBF #1 Dominican Giovanny Lorenzo (27-2, 19 KOs) on Saturday night at the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Lorenzo proved he was dangerous early as he cracked read more ...

Sebastian Sylvester 159.2 vs Giovanni Lorenzo 160 Note: Lorenzo made the weight on the second attempt half an hour later. (Vacant IBF middleweight championship) Francesco Pianeta 240.5 vs Matt Skelton 253.1 (EU heavyweight title) read more ...

Felix Sturm 159.3 vs Sebastian Sylvester 159.3 (WBA middleweight championship) Sergej Dzinziruk 153.2 vs Joel Julio 153.8 (WBO jr middleweight championship) Marcos Rene Maidana 142.1 vs Silverio Ortiz 141 Vladimir Tereshkin 231.4 vs Daniel Peret 260.1 read more ...

The first world title fight between two German boxers in more than eight years (Michalczewski-Rocchigiani on April 15, 2000) is set for November 1 at the König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen when WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (30-2-1, 13 KOs) and mandatory challenger Sebastian Sylvester (29-2, 14 KOs) collide. At today's kick off press conference, both camps were already on the offensive read more ...

Universum Box-Promotion won today's WBA purse bid in Panama for the middleweight title defense of world champion Felix Sturm against mandatory challenger Sebastian Sylvester. The bout will take take place November 1 at the König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. Universum bid $2,815,756 to outdistance Sauerland Events' bid of $1,901,014 read more ...

Sebastian Sylvester 159.6 vs Javier Castillejo 159.1 (European title/WBA middleweight eliminator) Cristian Sanavia 167.3 vs Karo Murat 166.8 Marco Huck 199.5 vs Leon Nzama 189.8 read more ...

Javier Castillejo believes experience will make the difference on Saturday night when he takes on European middleweight champion Sebastian Sylvester in Neubrandenburg. The 40-year-old Spaniard is confident he will defeat his German opponent in front of his home fans. “I can count on the experience of 20 years as a pro,” Castillejo (62-7, 43 KOs) said at today´s press conference. “That gives me a lot of confidence read more ...

WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev (44-0, 32 KOs) destroyed challenger Owen Beck (25-3, 18 KOs) by third round KO on Saturday in Hannover, Germany. Beck tried to crowd Valuev, smothering the seven-footer's punches, but Valuev had some success landing his jab and rocked Beck with a hard right in the first round. Valuev dropped Beck with a right hand late in the second round and nearly finished him off. Valuev dropped Beck again with a right read more ...