← Back to explore

Max Schmeling

Acting

Born September 28, 1905 · Klein Luckow, Germany

Died February 2, 2005

IMDbWikipedia

Biography

Maximilian "Max" 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.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

Awards & recognition

  • International Boxing Hall of Fame · 1992
  • Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 1971
  • The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year · 1930
  • Germany's Sports Hall of Fame
  • The Ring World Heavyweight Champion
Show all 6 awards →
  • WBA World Heavyweight Champion

Filmography3 titles

Great International Heavyweight Boxing Contest Between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling

1936as Self

a.k.a. Cassius Clay

1970as Self (archive footage)

Why We Fight

1942as Self - German paratrooper (archive footage)