Max Schmeling

German boxer (1905-2005)

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Born

28 September 1905, Klein Luckow

Died

2 February 2005, Wenzendorf

Citizenship

Nazi Germany, Germany, United States

Sport

boxing

Discipline

heavyweight

Occupation

boxer, actor, film actor, entrepreneur, athlete

Height

185 cm (6 ft 1 in)

Recorded fight record

56 wins, 10 losses, 4 draws

Team / club

SC Colonia 06

Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (German: [ˈmaks ˈʃmeːlɪŋ] ; 28 September 1905 – 2 February 2005) 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.

Awards and honours

• The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year 1930
• Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1971
• International Boxing Hall of Fame 1992
• Germany's Sports Hall of Fame
• The Ring World Heavyweight Champion
• WBA World Heavyweight Champion

Films

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikiquote
• BoxRec
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q77102 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.