Max Schmeling
Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cultural events because of their national associations. Schmeling is the only boxer to win the world heavyweight championship on a foul.
Background
- Born in
- Klein Luckow
- Awards
- 🏆 International Boxing Hall of Fame🏆 Germany's Sports Hall of Fame🏆 Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany🏆 WBA World Heavyweight Champion🏆 The Ring World Heavyweight Champion
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Trending topics shown first"I said to myself, 'You're a man from a humble background, what you didn't learn in school, you'll learn now. Catch up.'"
"Joe Louis is the hardest puncher that I've ever seen... He's a good man. Anyone who plans on beating him had better know what they're doing."
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1905
Born
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Died
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