
You can watch watch the stream live and for free at Saturday, Jan 30nd, 2010! Watch the stream here. The stream will be open early enough before the fight starts! Here is the link for the stream in HQ (register for free): Sebastian Sylvester - Billy Lyell
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As fight fans may know, 25-year-old middleweight Billy Lyell of Youngstown received news last week of how he had been offered a shot at IBF 160-pound ruler Sebastian Sylvester of Germany. Snapping up the surprise opportunity in a heartbeat, the 21-7(4) contender who rose to fame with his April 2009 win over John Duddy, is confident he can score another notable upset this coming Saturday.
Lyell himself has already left for Germany, alongside his trainer Jack Loew, but his manager, Patrick Nelson, who flies out tonight, very kindly gave the following answers to my questions about the upcoming fight.
James Slater: Thanks so much for your time, Patrick. We understand Billy had already been in training for another fight when the big opportunity against Sylvester came about?
Patrick Nelson: That's correct. I tell you, since he graduated college last year, Billy Lyell has devoted all of his time to boxing. He's stayed very active, he's a gym rat and he's in great shape now. He was in shape and on weight for an eight-round fight this Friday, against Bruce Rumbolz, 22-19, and he is ready for this fight with Sylvester; believe me..
J.S: This is obviously a dream fight, which came right out of the blue. Billy must be very excited?
P.N: He is very excited, and also very happy to have been given this opportunity. But at the same time, we had thought we'd one day have a good chance of fighting Sylvester. We thought it would be for an intercontinental title, not a world title, but then Arthur Abraham moved up in weight to fight in the Super-Six, which vacated the IBF world title. So it was a fight that we had talked about. Billy even went as far as top get a passport in anticipation of one day going to Germany to fight Sebastian Sylvester. So it's come a lot quicker than we thought and not as we'd planned it, and it's a really fortunate opportunity.
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