Lewis Sylvester

A professional since 2019, Sylvester had amassed a perfect record of 11 wins from 11 bouts by the time he defeated Adam Cope via unanimous decision to claim the vacant English lightweight title at Sheffield Arena on 1 July 2023.^[3]

He successfully defended his title with a first round stoppage of Jimmy First at the Magna Centre in Rotherham on 21 October 2023.^[4]

Sylvester challenged Commonwealth lightweight champion Sam Noakes at the Copper Box Arena in London on 10 February 2024, with the vacant British lightweight title also on the line.^[5] He lost by stoppage in the fourth round.^[6]

He faced Reece Mould for the vacant IBO Continental title at the Eco-Power Stadium in Doncaster on 23 May 2025.^[7] Sylvester won by split decision with two of the ringside judges scoring the contest 97–93 and 96–94 respectively in his favour while the third had it 96–94 for his opponent.^[8][9]