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
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes51Loss37–12-2 Proud KilimanjaroTKO4 (6)1986-05-16 50Loss37–11-2 Dave GarsidePTS81986-03-20 49Loss37–10-2 Anaclet WambaPTS81985-12-25 48Loss37–9-2 Safir DigibelePTS 81979-12-14 47Win37–8-2 Ibelo MoanoPTS81985-12-02 46Loss36–8-2 Adilson RodriguesTKO6 (10)1985-10-06 45Loss36–7-2 Stefano VassalloPTS81985-06-22 44Win36–6-2 Steve GeePTS81985-05-01 43Loss35–6-2 Lucien RodriguezTKO8 (12)1983-08-05 42Loss35–5-2 David PearceKO1 (8)1983-04-07 41Win35–4-2 Marco VitaglianoTKO2 (12)1983-02-11 40Loss34–4-2 Mary KonateTKO51982-10-20 39Loss34–3-2 Lucien RodriguezUD121982-03-05 38Win34–2-2 Moussa Kassongo MukandjoTKO51982-01-02 37Win33–2-2 Ricky JamesPTS81981-11-27 36Win32–2-2 Rinaldo PelizzariPTS81981-10-23 35Win31–2-2 Rudy GauweTKO8 (12)1981-04-17 34Win30–2-2 Pierre Babo KabassuPTS101981-02-28 33Win29–2-2 James DixonPTS81980-12-19 32Loss28–2-2 Bernd AugustTKO81980-10-24 31Win28–1-2 George ButzbachPTS101980-09-19 30Win27–1-2 Jean-Pierre CoopmanPTS101980-06-27 29Win26–1-2 Vasco FaustinoKO31980-04-26 28Loss25–1-2 Rudy GauweKO8 (12)1979-12-14 27Win25–0-2 Felipe RodriguezPTS101979-11-10 26Win24–0-2 Robert DesnouckPTS121979-10-13 25Win23–0-2 Mohammed GaloulPTS81979-09-28 24Win22–0-2 George ScottPTS101979-05-19 23Win21–0-2 Rudy GauweKO3 (12)1979-04-21 22Win20–0-2 Tony MoorePTS81979-04-06 21Win19–0-2 Neville MeadeTKO4 (10)1979-01-19 20Win18–0-2 Roy WallacePTS101978-11-24 19Draw17–0-2 Domenico AdinolfiPTS101978-10-13 18Win17–0-1 Jannick DufourKO3 (10)1978-06-24 17Win16–0-1 Hennie ThoonenKO 41978-05-19 16Win15–0-1 Christian PonceletPTS101978-04-01 15Win14–0-1 Mohammed GaloulPTS81978-03-18 14Win13–0-1 Ishaq HusseinKO4 (8)1978-02-25 13Win12–0-1 Jean Pierre LeiseigneurTKO21978-02-11 12Win11–0-1 Horst LangTKO3 (8)1978-01-06 11Win10–0-1 Ferrucio MazzardiTKO61977-12-23 10Win9–0-1 Fernand De RuyterKO21977-12-09 9Win8–0-1 Mohammed GaloulPTS61977-11-26 8Win7–0-1 Laurent ZardyPTS61977-11-12 7Win6–0-1 Reinhard Tommy SeydockKO3 (6)1977-10-28 Win5–0-1 Fausto ConstantinoPTS61977-10-15 5Win4–0-1 Lisimo ObutobePTS4 (10)1977-10-08 4Win3–0-1 Tony OudinaKO21977-06-18 3Win2–0-1 Jean BelvalKO2 (6)1977-04-23 2Win1–0-1 Lassine NiarePTS61977-03-04 1Draw0–0-1 Fausto ConstantinoPTS61977-01-15
Exhibition boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes10–0 Muhammad Ali61 June 1979 Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium
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