Former world heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling has died at the age of 99, German sport news agency SID reported on Friday.
The German won the world championship over Jack Sharkey in 1930.
And his stunning knockout of Joe Louis in 1936 solidified his position as one of the greatest fighters of his era.
Schmeling was born on 28 September, 1905 in Klein Luckow, near Prenzlau, in what is now the Brandenburg state around Berlin.
Source: BBC
The German won the world championship over Jack Sharkey in 1930.
And his stunning knockout of Joe Louis in 1936 solidified his position as one of the greatest fighters of his era.
Schmeling was born on 28 September, 1905 in Klein Luckow, near Prenzlau, in what is now the Brandenburg state around Berlin.
Source: BBC
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