At the recent WBC Convention Germany’s unbeaten Sebastian Zbik 30-0(10) and currently hold the Interim WBC championship was mandated to fight the winner of the upcoming Sergio Martinez-Paul Williams fight. He hopes to get the winner possibly as soon as March 2011. The 28 year old who resides in Schwerin, Germany debuted back in 2004 and has been busy ever since. He won the Interim title in 2009 beating Domenico Spada beating him by close unanimous decision, since then he has retained the title three times all on points including one of them when he bested Spada in a rematch. He’s what Zbik had to say when he spoke with us.
Hello Sebastian, welcome to 15rounds.com
Sebastian Zbik – Hi Anson, nice to talk to you. What about the weather on your island? In Hamburg we have a great autumn. Very sunny.
Anson Wainwright – Haha It’s getting very cold here but thanks for asking Sebastian.
Anson Wainwright – You last fought in July, do you know when and against whom you will fight against next?
Sebastian Zbik – My promoter confirmed that I will fight against the winner of Martinez vs.Williams. I’m looking forward to delete the word interim in my title.
Anson Wainwright – You beat unbeaten Jorge Heiland in your last fight what can you tell us about the fight and you performance?
Sebastian Zbik – Argentineans are tough guys. They never give up. Heiland had enough power to work 12 rounds. That was a good test for me. Martinez is also Argentinean.
Anson Wainwright – Can you tell us about your team, who is your manager, trainer & promoter? Also what gym do you train at?
Sebastian Zbik – My Dad is my manager. My promoter is Universum Box-promotion. I work at famous Universum Gym. I like the atmosphere. And I have a very good coach. Artur Grigorian was a long time world champion at Lightweight division. It’s great to work with him.
Anson Wainwright – Can you tell us about your amateur career? What titles did you win & what was your record?
Sebastian Zbik – I was one of the most successful German amateurs. I had 152 fights with 129 wins. 99 and 2002 I won a bronze medal at European championship.
Anson Wainwright – When you’re not fighting or training for a fight what is your walk around weight?
Sebastian Zbik – I don’t know, at the moment it feels like I’m a Cruiserweight! 😉
Anson Wainwright – What do you like to do away from Boxing?
Sebastian Zbik – Music, Fishing, Soccer – what a surprise.
Anson Wainwright – Some people will say that your the Interim champion and would like to see you step up and fight the best around at 160 Martinez, Williams, Sturm, Macklin, Pirog etc what do you say to them?
Sebastian Zbik – I wanna fight all these names. Sturm made me an offer which was ridiculous. I asked him last week again, why he is avoiding me. He wants to fight big names, he can start in his neighbourhood! He lives 4 hours away from Hamburg. I would fight him in his living room. Let’s see what happens during the next weeks. I recently started training after a 2 months off-time.
Anson Wainwright – What do you consider the top 5 in order Middleweights today?
Sebastian Zbik – Martinez, Pavlik, Golvkin, Pirog and me anywhere between them. Everybody can beat everybody…
Anson Wainwright – Who do you consider your toughest opponent to date? What is your best performance?
Sebastian Zbik – Domenico Spada – he was my mandatory challenger twice. And it worked quite well for me. The first fight I was injured and I only had stamina for 5 rounds, but it was my first big title fight so I did it…
Anson Wainwright – Who was your hero growing up? Who do you rate as the best fighter in the World today?
Sebastian Zbik – Manny Pacquiao – I like his style of boxing.
Anson Wainwright – What do you like to do away from Boxing?
Sebastian Zbik – Umm let me think about it after my sports career. Maybe I visit a university in order to study sports science?
Anson Wainwright – Finally do you have a message for the Middleweight division?
Sebastian Zbik – Let’s make big bouts! I m ready for it.
Thanks for your time Sebastian.
Much appreciated!
Anson Wainwright
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