Sebastian Köber

Sebastian Köber ( born May 28, 1979 in Frankfurt ( Oder) ) is a German heavyweight boxer. He is the brother of the amateur boxer Stefan Köber.

Amateur career

Köber started as an amateur in the boxing league for the BC Frankfurt ( Oder). He celebrated his first success in 1996 by winning the German Junior Championship. Subsequently, he was nominated as the German representative for the Junior World Championship, but failed in the first round. In 1997 he defended the German Junior title successfully and was also European Junior Champion. For its first participation to the German Senior Championships in 1998, he took second place the following year he was third.

At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney he failed with one defeat ( 8:14 ) on the gold medalist Félix Savón, but secured by the semi-finals but the bronze medal, but already lost at the European Championships in 2000 in Tampere, Finland in the second round against Frenchman Jackson Chanet who eventually won the title.

A prestigious victory was the 29th Chemistry Cup in Halle in 2001. Köber was able to beat two future gold medalist at the 2004 Olympic Games. In the quarterfinals, he scored a narrow points victory against Odlanier Solís 6:5 and then defeated in the final Alexander Povetkin with 12:8. At the World Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland in the same year he did not get past the quarter -finals due to a point defeat to David Haye.

In 2002 Köber was, with a win over Roberto Cammarelle, Military World Champion, also second in the German Championship and third in the European Championships in Perm, Russia. He was defeated in the semifinals, this time in Perm Povetkin clear, the fight was stopped in the fourth round because of superiority.

In 2003 he was in Wismar first time German champion, finishing at the World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand a new third place. He was able, among other things against the Kazakh silver medalist from 2000, Muchtarchan Dildabekow, win 20:19, before he lost in the semifinals against Pedro Carrión. In the final of chemistry Cup losing to Cammarelle after the semifinal against Alexei Lesin he had been able to prevail.

The year 2004 was very successful for Köber. At the European Championships in Pula he failed early in the Italian Roberto Cammarelle and in the second round of the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, he was defeated Dildabekow significantly with 18:26 points.

In 2005, he lost in the finals of the German Cup against Boris Boshenko on points and could not for the world championship in Mianyang, China qualify. The 33rd chemistry Cup ended for Köber with a knockout loss in the semifinals against the Lithuanians Jaroslavas Jaksto he could, however, overcome by his title at the World Military Championships in Pretoria, his only win of the year.

Successes as an amateur

• German Junior Champion in 1996 and 1997, German Champion 2003
• European Junior Champion 1997, Third Place 2002 European Championships
• Second place European Championship 2003
• Third place Olympic Games 2000
• Chemistry Cup 2001
• Military World Champion 2002 and 2005
• Third place 2003 World Cup

Professional career

2006 wrote Sebastian Köber a professional contract with the Hamburg boxing stable Spotlight Boxing, a sister company of Universum Box-Promotion. His professional debut took place in Stuttgart on 29 April 2006. His first eleven fights against construction opponent he could win early. This was followed by six point victories before December 5, 2008 in the battle for the German interim heavyweight championship to his undefeated stablemate Dieter Roth by Ko defeated in the tenth and final round.

In October 2009, Sebastian Köber defeated the unbeaten in six professional fights Markus Tomala over ten rounds narrowly on points. In his 20th pro fight 9 January 2010 Köber subject surprisingly against the American Zack Page, who at that time only 19 of his 48 professional fights had been able to win. He lost the fight sechsründigen in the Magdeburg Bördelandhalle on points. Then he played in May 2010 a rematch against Tomala, he also lost over six rounds on points.

Others

Köber Sebastian is a trained banker and had during his amateur career from 2001 as a soldier committed to time for sports promotion group of the German Armed Forces, most recently with the rank of Staff Sergeant. Köber studied in addition to his sports career business administration at the University of Hagen.

His five years younger brother Stefan is also a successful amateur boxer who was already German masters.