Albert Syben

Albert Syben (born 1 July 1951) 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

Albert Syben was born and grew up in Cheratte, Liège, Belgium. 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.

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.

On 1 June 1979, Syben faced Muhammad Ali in a 6-round exhibition bout.

Professional boxing record

51 fights	37 wins	12 losses
By knockout	16	7
By decision	21	5
Draws	2

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
51	Loss	37–12-2	Zimbabwe Proud Kilimanjaro	TKO	4 (6)	1986-05-16	Ivory Coast Royal Albert Hall, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
50	Loss	37–11-2	United Kingdom Dave Garside	PTS	8	1986-03-20	England Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
49	Loss	37–10-2	France Anaclet Wamba	PTS	8	1985-12-25	France Saint-Brieuc, France
48	Loss	37–9-2	France Safir Digibele	PTS	8	1979-12-14	Belgium Izegem, Belgium
47	Win	37–8-2	Democratic Republic of the Congo Ibelo Moano	PTS	8	1985-12-02	Belgium Liège, Belgium
46	Loss	36–8-2	Brazil Adilson Rodrigues	TKO	6 (10)	1985-10-06	Brazil Ginásio Estadual do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45	Loss	36–7-2	Italy Stefano Vassallo	PTS	8	1985-06-22	Italy Sestri Levante, Italy
44	Win	36–6-2	United Kingdom Steve Gee	PTS	8	1985-05-01	Belgium Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
43	Loss	35–6-2	France Lucien Rodriguez	TKO	8 (12)	1983-08-05	France Les Arenes, Nimes, France	For European heavyweight title
42	Loss	35–5-2	Wales David Pearce	KO	1 (8)	1983-04-07	England Lyceum Ballroom, The Strand, London, United Kingdom
41	Win	35–4-2	Italy Marco Vitagliano	TKO	2 (12)	1983-02-11	Belgium Bressoux, Belgium
40	Loss	34–4-2	Mali Mary Konate	TKO	5	1982-10-20	Belgium Paris, France
39	Loss	34–3-2	France Lucien Rodriguez	UD	12	1982-03-05	France Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France	For European heavyweight title
38	Win	34–2-2	Switzerland Moussa Kassongo Mukandjo	TKO	5	1982-01-02	Belgium Kinshasa, Congo
37	Win	33–2-2	United Kingdom Ricky James	PTS	8	1981-11-27	Belgium Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
36	Win	32–2-2	Italy Rinaldo Pelizzari	PTS	8	1981-10-23	Belgium Herve, Belgium
35	Win	31–2-2	Belgium Rudy Gauwe	TKO	8 (12)	1981-04-17	Belgium Liège, Belgium	Won Belgium heavyweight title
34	Win	30–2-2	Democratic Republic of the Congo Pierre Babo Kabassu	PTS	10	1981-02-28	Belgium Etterbeek, Belgium
33	Win	29–2-2	United States James Dixon	PTS	8	1980-12-19	Belgium Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
32	Loss	28–2-2	Germany Bernd August	TKO	8	1980-10-24	Belgium Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
31	Win	28–1-2	Germany George Butzbach	PTS	10	1980-09-19	Belgium Argenteau, Belgium
30	Win	27–1-2	Belgium Jean-Pierre Coopman	PTS	10	1980-06-27	Belgium Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
29	Win	26–1-2	Italy Vasco Faustino	KO	3	1980-04-26	Belgium Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
28	Loss	25–1-2	Belgium Rudy Gauwe	KO	8 (12)	1979-12-14	Belgium Brussels, Belgium	Lost Belgium heavyweight title
27	Win	25–0-2	Spain Felipe Rodriguez	PTS	10	1979-11-10	Belgium Brussels, Belgium
26	Win	24–0-2	Belgium Robert Desnouck	PTS	12	1979-10-13	Belgium Antwerp, Belgium	Defended Belgium heavyweight title
25	Win	23–0-2	Algeria Mohammed Galoul	PTS	8	1979-09-28	Belgium Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
24	Win	22–0-2	United Kingdom George Scott	PTS	10	1979-05-19	Belgium Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium
23	Win	21–0-2	Belgium Rudy Gauwe	KO	3 (12)	1979-04-21	Belgium Lokeren, Belgium	Won Belgium heavyweight title
22	Win	20–0-2	United Kingdom Tony Moore	PTS	8	1979-04-06	Belgium Brussels, Belgium
21	Win	19–0-2	United Kingdom Neville Meade	TKO	4 (10)	1979-01-19	Belgium Brussels, Belgium
20	Win	18–0-2	United States Roy Wallace	PTS	10	1978-11-24	Belgium Liège, Belgium
19	Draw	17–0-2	Italy Domenico Adinolfi	PTS	10	1978-10-13	Belgium Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
18	Win	17–0-1	France Jannick Dufour	KO	3 (10)	1978-06-24	Belgium Grivegnee, Belgium
17	Win	16–0-1	Netherlands Hennie Thoonen	KO	4	1978-05-19	Belgium Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
16	Win	15–0-1	France Christian Poncelet	PTS	10	1978-04-01	Belgium Forest, Belgium
15	Win	14–0-1	Algeria Mohammed Galoul	PTS	8	1978-03-18	Belgium Vivegnis, Belgium
14	Win	13–0-1	United Kingdom Ishaq Hussein	KO	4 (8)	1978-02-25	Belgium Antwerp, Belgium
13	Win	12–0-1	France Jean Pierre Leiseigneur	TKO	2	1978-02-11	Belgium Liège, Belgium
12	Win	11–0-1	Germany Horst Lang	TKO	3 (8)	1978-01-06	Belgium Grivegnee, Belgium
11	Win	10–0-1	Italy Ferrucio Mazzardi	TKO	6	1977-12-23	Belgium Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
10	Win	9–0-1	Belgium Fernand De Ruyter	KO	2	1977-12-09	Belgium La Louviere, Belgium
9	Win	8–0-1	Algeria Mohammed Galoul	PTS	6	1977-11-26	Belgium Brussels, Belgium
8	Win	7–0-1	France Laurent Zardy	PTS	6	1977-11-12	Belgium Verviers, Belgium
7	Win	6–0-1	Germany Reinhard Tommy Seydock	KO	3 (6)	1977-10-28	Belgium Ougree, Belgium
	Win	5–0-1	Italy Fausto Constantino	PTS	6	1977-10-15	Belgium Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
5	Win	4–0-1	Democratic Republic of the Congo Lisimo Obutobe	PTS	4 (10)	1977-10-08	Belgium Liège, Belgium
4	Win	3–0-1	Algeria Tony Oudina	KO	2	1977-06-18	Belgium Grivegnee, Belgium
3	Win	2–0-1	France Jean Belval	KO	2 (6)	1977-04-23	Belgium Wandre, Belgium
2	Win	1–0-1	France Lassine Niare	PTS	6	1977-03-04	Belgium Grivegnee, Belgium
1	Draw	0–0-1	Italy Fausto Constantino	PTS	6	1977-01-15	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

Exhibition boxing record

1 fight	0 wins	0 losses
Non-scored	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
1	—N/a	0–0 (1)	United States Muhammad Ali	—N/a	6	1 June 1979	Belgium Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium