Sail on Max Schmeling
Posted: February 4, 2005 7:37 pm
German boxing legend Max Schmeling dies
He became the first German - and European - heavyweight world champion when he beat Jack Sharkey in New York on June 12, 1930, after the American was disqualified for a fourth-round low blow. He was the only German to be world heavyweight champion.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sp ... 816097.htm
He became the first German - and European - heavyweight world champion when he beat Jack Sharkey in New York on June 12, 1930, after the American was disqualified for a fourth-round low blow. He was the only German to be world heavyweight champion.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sp ... 816097.htm
sail on max