BOXER

Max Schmeling

1905 - 2005

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Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (German pronunciation: [maks 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. Starting his professional career in 1924, Schmeling went to the United States in 1928 and, after a ninth-round technical knockout of Johnny Risko, became a sensation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Schmeling is the 8th most popular boxer (up from 9th in 2019), the 850th most popular biography from Germany (down from 801st in 2019) and the most popular German Boxer.

Max Schmeling was a German boxer who was most famous for his fight against Joe Louis in 1936. Schmeling won the fight and became the first person to defeat Louis.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Max Schmeling ranks 8 out of 496. Before him are Rocky Marciano, Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Joe Louis, and Sugar Ray Robinson. After him are Ján Zachara, Vitali Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Sonny Liston, Rubin Carter, and Teófilo Stevenson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Max Schmeling ranks 35. Before him are Gertrude Ederle, C. P. Snow, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, George H. Hitchings, Raymond Cattell, and Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim. After him are Michael Powell, Marian Rejewski, Helen Wills, Jean Vigo, Carl Gustav Hempel, and Shojiro Sugimura. Among people deceased in 2005, Max Schmeling ranks 37. Before him are Henry Taube, Lucien Laurent, Milton Obote, Maria Schell, Philip Johnson, and James Callaghan. After him are George F. Kennan, Akira Yoshizawa, Moustapha Akkad, Birgit Nilsson, Mary Jackson, and Brother Roger.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Schmeling ranks 850 out of 7,253. Before him are Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (1720), Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504), Otto Ernst Remer (1912), Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1947), Kurt Schwitters (1887), and Günter Schabowski (1929). After him are Gudrun Burwitz (1929), Georg von Frundsberg (1473), Albert of Saxony (1828), Karl Harrer (1890), Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (1311), and Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371).

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Among BOXERS In Germany

Among boxers born in Germany, Max Schmeling ranks 1. After him are Edgar Basel (1930), Herbert Runge (1913), Wolfgang Behrendt (1936), Manfred Wolke (1943), Henry Maske (1964), Sven Ottke (1967), Felix Sturm (1979), Sinan Şamil Sam (1974), Oktay Urkal (1970), Torsten May (1969), and Nadine Apetz (1986).

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