Sebastian Zbik
Sebastian Zbik ( born March 17, 1982 in Neubrandenburg ) is a German boxer and former WBC champion at middleweight.
Amateur
Sebastian Zbik began in 1993 with the boxes in the SG structure Altentreptow and switched to Landesleistungszentrum to Schwerin where he trained with Willi and Otto Ramin and Karsten Röver and 2001 sports high school Schwerin obtained his Abitur later. During his career as an amateur, he played 152 fights, of which he victoriously finished 130. He was a two-time German youth champion and 1999 German junior champion. He was with a final win over Lukas Wilaschek German Champion 2002.
At the Junior European Championships in 1999 in Rijeka, he finished just as in the European Championship in 2002 in Perm a third place. At the World Championship 2003 in Bangkok, he left in the first round.
Professional career
Zbik began in July 2004 his professional career with Spotlight Boxing, his coach was initially Fritz Sdunek, then Artur Grigorian. After 26 successful battles in the next five years against construction opponent he had as much boxed in the rankings of world organizations up that he was nominated by the WBC Association for participation in an interim world championship fight against Italian Domenico Spada. Zbik defeated Spada 11 July 2009 at the Nürburgring after twelve rounds by unanimous decision and became interim world champion at middleweight. The title defended Zbik then three times: against the Italian Emanuele Della Rosa, in a rematch against Spada and finally against Jorge Sebastian Heiland from Argentina.
On 18 January 2011 was declared without a fight Zbik for WBC world middleweight champion, as the Argentine titleholder Sergio Gabriel Martínez did not run for title defense, and he was stripped of the title then. Zbik already lost the title, however, in the first defense of the title at the Staples Center in Los Angeles against the unbeaten in 44 professional fights Mexicans and former WBC world junior champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on points.
On April 13, 2012 in Cologne Zbik fought against the WBA middleweight - Super Champion Felix Sturm and lost by technical knockout after the 9th round. His struggle Exchange of 187,000.00 EUR has not been paid to him by the Universum Box-Promotion. After he finished his career.
After retirement
In April 2013, the former head coach of the Universum Box-Promotion Michael Timm Zbik fetched as boxing coach at the Sports High School in Schwerin, which cooperates with the Olympic training center of the German Boxing Association. In twelve hours per week preparing Zbik sports classes born between five to ten on the audits, but is not employed as a teacher.