Heavyweight · Germany
Max Schmeling 56-10-4 39 KO · 1924–1948
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Max Schmeling was a heavyweight boxer from Germany, born Sep 28, 1905. Record 56-10-4 with 39 knockouts over 1924–1948. World titles: WBA heavyweight (1930–1932). Max Schmeling last fought Richard Vogt on Oct 31, 1948 and lost by PTS over 10 rounds.
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Born Sep 28, 1905
Died Feb 2, 2005
Country 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 185 cm
Reach 193 cm
Nickname Black Uhlan of the Rhine · Der schwarze Ulan vom Rhein
Debut Aug 2, 1924
Career 1924–1948
Rounds boxed 479
KO share 70%
Born in Klein Luckow, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia, German Empire
Titles WBA heavyweight · 1930–1932
Boxerbook rating 1777 ± 348 · inactive since Oct 1948Why here › Confirmed bouts 13 of 70
Career record Record
56-10-4, 39 KOs · 1924–1948
Last result L
PTS 10/10 · VFB Platz, Kiel, 🇩🇪
The record 70 bouts, 1924–1948, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 70, Wikipedia (ru) · 2
L
PTS 10/10 · VFB Platz, Kiel, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 56-9-4 · Vogt —
W
Hans Joachim Draegestein
TKO 9/10 · VFB Platz, Kiel, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 55-9-4 · Draegestein —
L
PTS 10/10 · Platz in Hamburg-Altona, Hamburg, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 55-8-4 · Neusel —
W
Hans Joachim Draegestein
PTS 10/10 · Omnibushalle, Hamburg, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 54-8-4 · Draegestein —
W
Werner Vollmer
KO 7/10 · Waldstadion, Frankfurt, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 53-8-4 · Vollmer —
W
Won European and German BDB heavyweight titles KO 1/15 · Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn, Stuttgart, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 52-8-4 · Heuser —
L
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 1/15 · Yankee Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 52-7-4 · Louis 35-1-0
W
Steve Dudas
KO 5/15 · Hanseatenhalle, Hamburg, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 51-7-4 · Dudas —
W
PTS 12/12 · Hanseatenhalle, Hamburg, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 50-7-4 · Foord —
W
TKO 8/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 49-7-4 · Thomas —
W
KO 12/15 · Yankee Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 48-7-4 · Louis 24-0-0
W
PTS 12/12 · Poststadion, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 47-7-4 · Uzcudun 49-15-3
W
Steve Hamas
KO 9/12 · Hanseatenhalle, Hamburg, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 46-7-4 · Hamas —
W
TKO 9/12 · Sandbahn Lokstedt, Hamburg, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 45-7-4 · Neusel —
D
MD 12/12 · Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Schmeling 45-7-3 · Uzcudun 49-15-2
L
Steve Hamas
UD 12/12 · Philadelphia Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 45-6-3 · Hamas —
L
TKO 10/15 · Yankee Stadium, Bronx, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 45-5-3 · Baer 38-7-0
W
TKO 8/15 · Madison Square Garden Bowl, Long Island City, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 44-5-3 · Walker 119-19-3
L
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles SD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden Bowl, Long Island City, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 44-4-3 · Sharkey 35-9-2
W
Retained NBA and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 15/15 · Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 43-4-3 · Stribling 238-13-17
Show all 70 bouts W
For vacant NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles DQ 4/15 · Yankee Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 42-4-3 · Sharkey 34-8-1
W
PTS 15/15 · Yankee Stadium, Bronx, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 41-4-3 · Uzcudun 38-6-2
W
TKO 9/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 40-4-3 · Risko —
W
Pietro Corri
KO 1/10 · Laurel Garden, Newark, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 39-4-3 · Corri —
W
Joe Sekyra
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 38-4-3 · Sekyra —
W
Joe Monte
KO 8/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Schmeling 37-4-3 · Monte —
W
Won vacant German BDB heavyweight title PTS 15/15 · Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 36-4-3 · Diener —
W
Ted Moore
PTS 10/10 · Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 35-4-3 · Moore —
L
KO 1/10 · Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 35-3-3 · Daniels 70-22-10
W
Retained European light-heavyweight title KO 1/15 · Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 34-3-3 · Bonaglia —
W
PTS 10/10 · Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 33-3-3 · Daniels 70-20-10
W
Hein Domgoergen
Retained European and German BDB light-heavyweight titles KO 7/15 · Achilleion, Leipzig, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 32-3-3 · Domgoergen —
W
TKO 6/10 · Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 31-3-3 · Clément —
W
TKO 3/10 · Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 30-3-3 · Larsen —
W
Willem Westbroek
KO 3/10 · Radrennbahn, Essen, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 29-3-3 · Westbroek —
W
Jack Taylor
PTS 10/10 · Sagebiel, Hamburg, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 28-3-3 · Taylor —
W
Won European light-heavyweight title KO 14/15 · Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 27-3-3 · Delarge —
W
Raoul Paillaux
KO 3/10 · Sagebiel, Hamburg, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 26-3-3 · Paillaux —
W
PTS 10/10 · Stadion Radrennbah, Frankfurt, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 25-3-3 · Larsen —
W
Stanley Glen
KO 1/10 · Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 24-3-3 · Glen —
W
Francois Charles
TKO 8/10 · Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 23-3-3 · Charles —
W
Leon Sebilo
KO 2/10 · Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 22-3-3 · Sebilo —
W
Joe Mehling
TKO 3/10 · Zirkus Sarassani, Dresden, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 21-3-3 · Mehling —
W
Louis Wilms
TKO 8/10 · Jahrhunderthalle, Breslau
Schmeling 20-3-3 · Wilms —
W
Jack Stanley
KO 8/10 · Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 19-3-3 · Stanley —
W
DQ 8/10 · Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 18-3-3 · Hof —
W
Max Diekmann
Won vacant German BDB light-heavyweight title KO 1/15 · Luna Park, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 17-3-3 · Diekmann —
W
Aug Vongehr
TKO 1/4 · Luna Park, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 16-3-3 · Vongehr —
W
Willy Louis
KO 1/6 · Hochhaus-Sportschule, Cologne, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 15-3-3 · Louis —
D
Max Diekmann
PTS 8/8 · Kaiserdamm Arena, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 15-3-2 · Diekmann —
W
René Compère
PTS 8/8 · Bickendorfer Festhalle, Cologne, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 14-3-2 · Compère —
L
TKO 2/10 · Kristallpalast, Cologne, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 14-2-2 · Gains 21-7-2
L
Jack Taylor
PTS 10/10 · Messehalle, Cologne, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 14-1-1 · Taylor —
D
Leon Randol
PTS 10/10 · Brussels, 🇧🇪
Schmeling 14-1-1 · Randol —
W
Fred Hammer
PTS 10/10 · Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 13-1-1 · Hammer —
D
PTS 8/8 · Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 13-1-0 · Lyggett Sr —
W
Alfred Baker
KO 8/8 · Schauburgring, Cologne, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 12-1-0 · Baker —
W
Leon Randol
KO 4/8 · Schauburgring, Cologne, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 11-1-0 · Randol —
W
Joe Mehling
PTS 6/6 · Kriegervereinshaus, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 10-1-0 · Mehling —
W
Johnny Cludts
KO 2/8 · Schauburgring, Cologne, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 9-1-0 · Cludts —
W
DQ 4/10 · Bickendorfer Festhalle, Cologne, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 8-1-0 · Lyggett Sr —
W
Richard Hartig
KO 1/10 · Saalbau Friedrichshain, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 7-1-0 · Hartig —
W
Battling Mathar
KO 3/10 · Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 6-1-0 · Mathar —
W
Hans Breuer
KO 2/10 · Colonia-Haus, Cologne, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 5-1-0 · Breuer —
W
Fred Hammer
KO 3 · Bickendorfer Festhalle, Cologne, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 4-1-0 · Hammer —
L
Max Diekmann
RTD 4/6 · Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 4-0-0 · Diekmann —
W
Rocky Knight
PTS 8/8 · Bickendorfer Festhalle, Cologne, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 3-0-0 · Knight —
W
Willy Louis
KO 1 · Duisburg, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 2-0-0 · Louis —
W
Henri van der Vyver
KO 3/8 · Bickendorfer Festhalle, Cologne, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 1-0-0 · Vyver —
W
Hans Czapp
KO 6 · Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 🇩🇪
Schmeling 0-0-0 · Czapp —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
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Facts
What is Max Schmeling's record? Max Schmeling's professional record is 56-10-4 with 39 knockouts.
Who did Max Schmeling fight last? Max Schmeling last fought Richard Vogt on Oct 31, 1948 and lost by PTS over 10 rounds.
Which world titles has Max Schmeling held? Max Schmeling has held 1 world title reign: WBA heavyweight (1930–1932). Sources Boxerbook ID 18166 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/18166 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
