Albert Syben (born 1 July 1951)[1] is a Belgian former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1986. He challenged for the European heavyweight title twice between 1982 and 1983, and held the Belgian heavyweight title twice between 1979 and 1982.
Biography
editAlbert Syben was born[2] and grew up in Cheratte, Liège, Belgium.[3] He fought for his first title in 1979, facing Rudy Gauwe in Lokeren, his opponent's hometown, in front of 6,000 people. He defeated Gauwe to become the new Belgian heavyweight champion. Syben successfully defended the title against Robert Desnouck on 13 October 1979. On 14 December 1979, he lost his title in a rematch against Gauwe in Brussels.[4][2]
Syben regained the Belgium heavyweight title by defeating Gauwe in their third bout on 17 April 1981. He later challenged two times for the European heavyweight title, being defeated twice by Lucien Rodriguez, in 1982 and 1983.[2][4]
On 1 June 1979, Syben faced Muhammad Ali in a 6 round exhibition bout.[5][6]
Professional boxing record
edit| 51 fights | 37 wins | 12 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 16 | 7 |
| By decision | 21 | 5 |
| Draws | 2 | |
| No.[7] | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Loss | 37–12-2 | TKO | 4 (6) | 1986-05-16 | |||
| 50 | Loss | 37–11-2 | PTS | 8 | 1986-03-20 | |||
| 49 | Loss | 37–10-2 | PTS | 8 | 1985-12-25 | |||
| 48 | Loss | 37–9-2 | PTS | 8 | 1979-12-14 | |||
| 47 | Win | 37–8-2 | PTS | 8 | 1985-12-02 | |||
| 46 | Loss | 36–8-2 | TKO | 6 (10) | 1985-10-06 | |||
| 45 | Loss | 36–7-2 | PTS | 8 | 1985-06-22 | |||
| 44 | Win | 36–6-2 | PTS | 8 | 1985-05-01 | |||
| 43 | Loss | 35–6-2 | TKO | 8 (12) | 1983-08-05 | For European heavyweight title | ||
| 42 | Loss | 35–5-2 | KO | 1 (8) | 1983-04-07 | |||
| 41 | Win | 35–4-2 | TKO | 2 (12) | 1983-02-11 | |||
| 40 | Loss | 34–4-2 | TKO | 5 | 1982-10-20 | |||
| 39 | Loss | 34–3-2 | UD | 12 | 1982-03-05 | For European heavyweight title | ||
| 38 | Win | 34–2-2 | TKO | 5 | 1982-01-02 | |||
| 37 | Win | 33–2-2 | PTS | 8 | 1981-11-27 | |||
| 36 | Win | 32–2-2 | PTS | 8 | 1981-10-23 | |||
| 35 | Win | 31–2-2 | TKO | 8 (12) | 1981-04-17 | Won Belgium heavyweight title | ||
| 34 | Win | 30–2-2 | PTS | 10 | 1981-02-28 | |||
| 33 | Win | 29–2-2 | PTS | 8 | 1980-12-19 | |||
| 32 | Loss | 28–2-2 | TKO | 8 | 1980-10-24 | |||
| 31 | Win | 28–1-2 | PTS | 10 | 1980-09-19 | |||
| 30 | Win | 27–1-2 | PTS | 10 | 1980-06-27 | |||
| 29 | Win | 26–1-2 | KO | 3 | 1980-04-26 | |||
| 28 | Loss | 25–1-2 | KO | 8 (12) | 1979-12-14 | Lost Belgium heavyweight title | ||
| 27 | Win | 25–0-2 | PTS | 10 | 1979-11-10 | |||
| 26 | Win | 24–0-2 | PTS | 12 | 1979-10-13 | Defended Belgium heavyweight title | ||
| 25 | Win | 23–0-2 | PTS | 8 | 1979-09-28 | |||
| 24 | Win | 22–0-2 | PTS | 10 | 1979-05-19 | |||
| 23 | Win | 21–0-2 | KO | 3 (12) | 1979-04-21 | Won Belgium heavyweight title | ||
| 22 | Win | 20–0-2 | PTS | 8 | 1979-04-06 | |||
| 21 | Win | 19–0-2 | TKO | 4 (10) | 1979-01-19 | |||
| 20 | Win | 18–0-2 | PTS | 10 | 1978-11-24 | |||
| 19 | Draw | 17–0-2 | PTS | 10 | 1978-10-13 | |||
| 18 | Win | 17–0-1 | KO | 3 (10) | 1978-06-24 | |||
| 17 | Win | 16–0-1 | KO | 4 | 1978-05-19 | |||
| 16 | Win | 15–0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1978-04-01 | |||
| 15 | Win | 14–0-1 | PTS | 8 | 1978-03-18 | |||
| 14 | Win | 13–0-1 | KO | 4 (8) | 1978-02-25 | |||
| 13 | Win | 12–0-1 | TKO | 2 | 1978-02-11 | |||
| 12 | Win | 11–0-1 | TKO | 3 (8) | 1978-01-06 | |||
| 11 | Win | 10–0-1 | TKO | 6 | 1977-12-23 | |||
| 10 | Win | 9–0-1 | KO | 2 | 1977-12-09 | |||
| 9 | Win | 8–0-1 | PTS | 6 | 1977-11-26 | |||
| 8 | Win | 7–0-1 | PTS | 6 | 1977-11-12 | |||
| 7 | Win | 6–0-1 | KO | 3 (6) | 1977-10-28 | |||
| Win | 5–0-1 | PTS | 6 | 1977-10-15 | ||||
| 5 | Win | 4–0-1 | PTS | 4 (10) | 1977-10-08 | |||
| 4 | Win | 3–0-1 | KO | 2 | 1977-06-18 | |||
| 3 | Win | 2–0-1 | KO | 2 (6) | 1977-04-23 | |||
| 2 | Win | 1–0-1 | PTS | 6 | 1977-03-04 | |||
| 1 | Draw | 0–0-1 | PTS | 6 | 1977-01-15 |
Exhibition boxing record
edit| 1 fight | 0 wins | 0 losses |
|---|---|---|
| Non-scored | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | 0–0 (1) | — | 6 | 1 June 1979 | [6] |
References
edit- ^ "Albert Syben boxer". www.boxerlist.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Albert Syben". BoxRec. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Albert Syben: "Une soirée à ne surtout pas rater"". La Meuse (newspaper). 14 February 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ a b Renard, Daniel. "Albert Syben : "Mohamed Ali a pris mes enfants sur ses genoux"". La Meuse (newspaper). Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ Bronfort, Nicolas (6 June 2016). "Albert Syben avait boxé face à la légende Ali au Sart-Tilman". L'Avenir. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ a b L.M. "Qui sont ces Belges qui ont affronté Mohamed Ali?". La Dernière Heure. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "BoxRec: Albert Syben".