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Karl Mildenberger
German boxer

Karl Mildenberger

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German boxer
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Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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80 years
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Karl Mildenberger (23 November 1937 – 4 October 2018) was a German heavyweight boxer. He was the European Heavyweight Champion from 1964 to 1968, during which he retained the title six times. He unsuccessfully challenged Muhammad Ali for the World Heavyweight Title in September 1966.

Biography

Mildenberger learned the fight trade, growing up in Occupied Germany. A cousin of his father's, a former boxing champion during the Third Reich, began Karl's fistic education; this was followed up, in joining the boxing program run by FC Kaiserslautern. He eventually displayed enough promise that he was sent to Mannheim for training, as Mildenberger lived in the French Sector of the occupation, which forbade the practice of prizefighting; Mannheim, in the American Sector, had no such restriction.

Mildenberger lost his first fight for the European Heavyweight title when he was knocked out by Dick Richardson, the Welsh boxer, in one round in April 1962. Karl rebounded with wins over Joe Erskine, Archie McBride, Joe Bygraves and a knockout win over Billy Daniels. Mildenberger then got a draw with highly ranked Zora Folley in April 1964. Later that year, Mildenberger scored a first-round knockout over Sante Amonte to capture the European Heavyweight title.

After defending his European title three times, Mildenberger fought Muhammad Ali for the World Heavyweight Title in September 1966. Mildenberger, the first southpaw to fight for the World Heavyweight title, frustrated the champ for most of the fight, but ultimately lost by TKO when the referee stopped the fight at 1:28 of the twelfth round following a flurry of punches by Ali. Years later, Angelo Dundee cited an 8th round punch to the liver area which hurt Ali, whose ability to withstand body blows was legendary.

In 1967, Mildenberger participated in a tournament staged by the World Boxing Association to determine the new heavyweight champion after Ali was stripped of the title for refusing induction into the US military draft.In the first round of the tournament, getting off the deck, he lost to Oscar Bonavena by a clear twelve-round decision.

Mildenberger was not the same afterwards, and was knocked out by contender Leotis Martin in seven rounds (April 1968). Subsequently, in September 1968, Mildenberger's career ended when he lost the European Heavyweight title to Henry Cooper by eighth round disqualification. Mildenberger has said of his timing of retirement, "If I had retained the title, I would have relinquished it. Win, lose or draw, I would have retired, anyway. ...This was the end. I was unharmed. No terrible things had happened to me."

Mildenberger worked as a lifeguard after his retirement from boxing. He died at the age of 80 on 4 October 2018.

Professional boxing record

53 wins (19 knockouts, 34 decisions), 6 losses (4 knockouts, 1 decisions, 1 DQ), 3 draws
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes
Loss53–6–3United Kingdom Henry CooperDQ818 September 1968United Kingdom Empire Pool, Wembley, LondonEBU Heavyweight Title.
Loss53–5–3United States Leotis MartinKO75 April 1968Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
Win53–4–3Germany Gerhard ZechPTS1530 December 1967Germany Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, BerlinEBU Heavyweight Title.
Loss52–4–3Argentina Oscar BonavenaUD1216 September 1967Germany Waldstadion, Frankfurt, HesseWBA World Heavyweight Title Eliminator Semi-Final. 47-56, 53-57, 53-58.
Win52–3–3United States Amos LincolnTKO66 May 1967Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
Win51–3–3United Kingdom Billy WalkerTKO821 March 1967United Kingdom Empire Pool, Wembley, LondonEBU Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:43 of the eighth round.
Win50–3–3Italy Piero TomasoniPTS151 February 1967Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, HesseEBU Heavyweight Title.
Loss49–3–3United States Muhammad AliTKO1210 September 1966Germany Waldstadion, Frankfurt, HesseFor WBC, The Ring, and lineal heavyweight titles
Win49–2–3Croatia Ivan PrebegPTS1515 June 1966Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, HesseEBU Heavyweight Title.
Win48–2–3United States Eddie MachenPTS103 February 1966Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
Win47–2–3Germany Gerhard ZechPTS1526 November 1965Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, HesseEBU Heavyweight Title.
Win46–2–3United States David E. BaileyPTS1010 September 1965Germany Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg
Win45–2–3Italy Piero TomasoniPTS1514 May 1965Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, HesseEBU Heavyweight Title.
Win44–2–3United States Kirk BarrowKO59 April 1965Germany Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg
Win43–2–3United States Jefferson DavisPTS1022 January 1965Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
Win42–2–3United States Ollie WilsonTKO44 December 1964Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
Draw41–2–3United States Amos JohnsonPTS1020 November 1964Germany Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Berlin
Win41–2–2Italy Santo AmontiKO117 October 1964Germany Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, BerlinEBU Heavyweight Title.
Draw40–2–2United States Zora FolleyPTS1017 April 1964Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
Win40–2–1United States Archie McBridePTS1025 January 1964Germany Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win39–2–1United States Billy DanielsKO329 November 1963Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
Win38–2–1Wales Joe ErskinePTS1013 October 1963Germany Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win37–2–1United States Wayne BetheaPTS106 July 1963Germany Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Berlin
Win36–2–1United States Von ClayPTS1010 May 1963Germany Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Berlin
Win35–2–1Germany Ulli RitterPTS1020 April 1963Germany Ostseehalle, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Draw34–2–1United States Archie McBridePTS1026 January 1963Germany Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win34–2Jamaica Joe BygravesPTS330 November 1962Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
Win33–2United States Alonzo JohnsonPTS1017 November 1962Germany Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win32–2Sweden John Robert HenryPTS86 October 1962Germany Messesporthalle, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win31–2Italy Federico FrisoPTS101 September 1962Germany Messesporthalle, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Loss30–2Wales Dick RichardsonKO124 February 1962Germany Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-WestphaliaEBU Heavyweight Title. Karl knocked out at 2:35 of the first round.
Win30–1United States Pete RademacherPTS1020 January 1962Germany Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win29–1United States Howard "Honeyboy" KingPTS1024 November 1961Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
Win28–1United States Wayne BetheaPTS103 November 1961Germany Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg
Win27–1United States Young Jack JohnsonPTS1029 September 1961Germany Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win26–1Spain José González SalesKO210 September 1961Germany Eisstadion, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win25–1Germany Walter HaufftTKO23 June 1961Germany Eisstadion, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win24–1United States Frankie DanielsPTS1028 April 1961Germany Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win23–1Sweden Thoerner AhsmanTKO417 March 1961Germany Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win22–1United States Hal CarterTKO820 January 1961Germany Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win21–1Italy Franco CavicchiPTS107 December 1960Italy Bologna, Emilia Romagna
Win20–1Germany Hans FriedrichTKO326 November 1960Germany Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
Win19–1Ghana Robert Archie MoorePTS829 October 1960Germany Ostseehalle, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Win18–1Belgium Alain ChervilleTKO41 October 1960Germany Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win17–1United Kingdom Alex BuxtonPTS86 May 1960Germany Ernst Merck Halle, Mitte, Berlin
Win16–1France Francois KaniaKO322 April 1960Germany Ostseehalle, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Win15–1Nigeria Sammy LangfordTKO38 April 1960Germany Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win14–1United Kingdom Ron RedrupTKO713 February 1960Germany Killesbergpark, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Win13–1United States Jimmy "The Spoiler" SladePTS830 December 1959Germany Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win12–1Netherlands Wim SnoekPTS812 December 1959Germany Killesbergpark, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Loss11–1Germany Helmut BallKO77 November 1959Germany Killesbergpark, Stuttgart, Baden-WürttembergGermany Light Heavyweight Title Eliminator.
Win11–0United Kingdom Arthur HowardPTS84 July 1959Germany Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Berlin
Win10–0Netherlands Wim SnoekPTS86 June 1959Germany Killesbergpark, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Win9–0France Jacques BroKO59 May 1959Germany Killesbergpark, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Win8–0Netherlands Pedro KlijssenPTS824 April 1959Germany Grugahalle, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win7–0Belgium Alain ChervillePTS814 March 1959Germany Killesbergpark, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Win6–0Belgium Louis DeBolsterKO314 February 1959Germany Landwirtschaftshalle, Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
Win5–0Belgium Andre WynsPTS813 December 1958Germany Killesbergpark, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Win4–0Spain Jose Mariano Moracia IbanesPTS85 December 1958Germany Bayernhalle, Munich, Bavaria
Win3–0France Andre OueilleTKO515 November 1958Germany Killesbergpark, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Win2–0Germany Guenter HuberPTS49 November 1958Germany Schwarzwaldhalle, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
Win1–0Germany Manfred StriemerKO115 October 1958Germany Killesbergpark, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
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