Heavyweight legend Schmeling dies

[vB Martin]

Max was a tremendous boxer who in his later years was an ambassador for the sport and helped out Louis quite abit.

I have a serious question for you(not trying to be funny) Did he not support the **** party and stood silent during the holocuast? Stood proud with Hitler? I don't remember exactly the history and would have to research..but that is what my memory tells me. I need Jabs or dempseyfire to clarify...or another historian.

I remember seeing a documentary about Schmelling, and in the course of an interview he was asked about his affiliation with Hitler. Apparently he turned down 2 dinner invitations from Hitler before finally deciding that he could no longer avoid it without insulting Hitler and putting his life at risk.
His response to whether or not he was a **** was one of the classic lines ever.

"I also ate with Roosevelt. That doesn't make me a ********."

[AIR_KENG]

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

well he had a long life, not too many boxers who last that long...

[stylepts2]

He was a **** and helped run auschwitz.

[hollister]

Have you read Schmeling's book? I have it but haven't read it yet (a lot on my list right now).

I don't think people are questioning that, in the end, Schmleing rejected ****sm, but I think people question whether or not he at least considered it for a brief period in his life. Like I said in my previous post, it's not something that can be taken lightly, even if his acceptance of ****sm didn't last long.

What kind of stuff did Max Baer day, out of curiosity?

When Joe Louis knocked him out, he got to one knee, but apparently decided not to get up. In the following press conference, one reporter who had picked up on this stated that he appeared to be able to get up but did not, and asked him why. Max replied "yes, I felt as if I could have gotten up, but before the last knockdown, there were five Joes fighting me, I tried to hit the one in the middle, but the other four just kept beating the hell out of me! When he knocked me down, I looked across the ring, and it looked like all of Harlem was in the ring, and I decied it would be best not to get up lol

[hollister]

He was a **** and helped run auschwitz.

Are you serious? If you don't mind, where did you find this information? I've never heard that before.

[kadyo's]

He was a **** and helped run auschwitz.

You're a bone head, are'nt you?

[kadyo's]

The first fighter to deal the brown bomber his first defeat must be a great fighter. I salute Max Schemeling for his greatness and may his soul repose into eternal rest.

[pinaldino]

Thanks for mentioning this, it would be sad to associate Schmelling with the ****s. Also hitler wanted him to divorce from his Czech wife:
http://www.*********.com/*********_2...pgQCZsjxo.html

The ****s tried to use him and he just managed to survive I think. but definitely not a racist

[pinaldino]

He was a **** and helped run auschwitz.

VERY VERY BAD JOKE

[kadyo's]

VERY VERY BAD JOKE

That jerk stylepts2 is sick in the brain...nah, he got his head inside his ass!!!!