Karl Mildenberger boxer

Karl Mildenberger boxer
bouts
62
won
53
lost
6
draw
3
Status
inactive
Division
heavyweight
Debut
1958-10-15
Height
6′ 1½″/187cm
Reach
-
Age
80
Born
1937-11-23
Death
2018-10-05
Nationality
Germany

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.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; he then joined the boxing program run by FC Kaiserslautern. He eventually displayed enough promise to be 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 Welsh boxer Dick Richardson 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 eighth 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.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1968-09-18 Henry Cooper WLLWWW Empire Pool, Wembley LOST
1968-04-05 Leotis Martin WWWWLL Festhalle, Frankfurt LOST
KO
1967-12-30 Gerhard Zech LWLDDW Sportpalast, Schoeneberg WIN
Points
1967-09-16 Oscar Bonavena WWWWWW Waldstadion/Radrennbahn, Frankfurt LOST
Unanimous decision
1967-05-06 Amos Lincoln WWLWWL Festhalle, Frankfurt WIN
Technical knockout
1967-03-21 Billy Walker WWWWWW Empire Pool, Wembley WIN
Technical knockout
1967-02-01 Piero Tomasoni LWLWWD Festhalle, Frankfurt WIN
Points
1966-09-10 Muhammad Ali WWWWWW Waldstadion/Radrennbahn, Frankfurt LOST
Technical knockout
1966-06-15 Ivan Prebeg WWWWLW Festhalle, Frankfurt WIN
Points
1966-02-03 Eddie Machen WWWLLD Festhalle, Frankfurt WIN
Points
1965-11-26 Gerhard Zech WLWWWL Festhalle, Frankfurt WIN
Points
1965-09-10 Dave Bailey DLLLLL Ernst Merck Halle WIN
Points
1965-05-14 Piero Tomasoni WLLWWW Festhalle, Frankfurt WIN
Points
1965-04-09 Kirk Barrow LWLDLL Ernst Merck Halle WIN
Technical knockout
1965-01-22 Jefferson Davis DLWLWW Festhalle, Frankfurt WIN
Unanimous decision
1964-12-04 Ollie Wilson LLWLLL Festhalle, Frankfurt WIN
Technical knockout
1964-11-20 Amos Johnson WWWLWW Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg DRAW
Points
1964-10-17 Santo Amonti WLWWWW Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg WIN
KO
1964-04-17 Zora Folley WLWWWW Festhalle, Frankfurt DRAW
Points
1964-01-25 Archie McBride LLWWWD Sportpalast, Schoeneberg WIN
Points
1963-11-29 Billy Daniels LWWLLL Festhalle, Frankfurt WIN
KO
1963-10-13 Joe Erskine WLWWWW Westfalenhalle, Dortmund WIN
Points
1963-07-06 Wayne Bethea LWWDDW Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg WIN
Points
1963-05-10 Von Clay LLLWLL Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg WIN
Points
1963-04-20 Ulli Ritter LLLDLL Ostseehalle, Kiel WIN
Points
1963-01-26 Archie McBride LLLWWW Sportpalast, Schoeneberg DRAW
Points
1962-11-30 Joe Bygraves LLWWLL Festhalle, Frankfurt WIN
Points
1962-11-17 Alonzo Johnson WWLLWW Westfalenhalle, Dortmund WIN
Points
1962-10-06 John Henry WLWWWW Messesporthalle, Cologne WIN
Points
1962-09-01 Federico Friso LLLWLL Messesporthalle, Cologne WIN
Points
1962-02-24 Dick Richardson LWLWWL Westfalenhalle, Dortmund LOST
KO
1962-01-20 Pete Rademacher WWLLLW Westfalenhalle, Dortmund WIN
Points
1961-11-24 Howard King LWWLLW Festhalle, Frankfurt WIN
Points
1961-11-03 Wayne Bethea WLWLLW Ernst Merck Halle WIN
Unanimous decision
1961-09-29 Young Jack Johnson WLWLWL Sportpalast, Schoeneberg WIN
Points
1961-09-10 Jose Gonzalez WLLLLL Eisstadion, Cologne WIN
KO
1961-06-03 Walter Haufft LLLLLL Eisstadion, Cologne WIN
Technical knockout
1961-04-28 Frankie Daniels LLLDLW Sportpalast, Schoeneberg WIN
Unanimous decision
1961-03-17 Thoerner Ahsman DWLWDW Sportpalast, Schoeneberg WIN
Technical knockout
1961-01-20 Harold Carter WWLWLW Sportpalast, Schoeneberg WIN
Technical knockout
1960-12-07 Franco Cavicchi WLWWWW Bologna WIN
Points
1960-11-26 Hans Friedrich LLWLLL Festhalle, Frankfurt WIN
Technical knockout
1960-10-29 Robert Archie Moore WWW Ostseehalle, Kiel WIN
Points
1960-10-01 Alain Cherville WWWDLL Westfalenhalle, Dortmund WIN
Technical knockout
1960-05-06 Alex Buxton LWLDLL Ernst Merck Halle, Mitte WIN
Points
1960-04-22 Francois Kania WLWLDL Ostseehalle, Kiel WIN
KO
1960-04-08 Sammy Langford LLWLLL Sportpalast, Schoeneberg WIN
Technical knockout
1960-02-13 Ron Redrup WLWLWW Killesberghalle, Stuttgart WIN
Technical knockout
1959-12-30 Jimmy Slade WWLLLW Sportpalast, Schoeneberg WIN
Points
1959-12-12 Wim Snoek LLLDLL Killesberghalle, Stuttgart WIN
Points
1959-11-07 Helmut Ball WLWWLW Killesberghalle, Stuttgart LOST
KO
1959-07-04 Arthur Howard WWWWLW Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg WIN
Points
1959-06-06 Wim Snoek WDLLLD Killesberghalle, Stuttgart WIN
Points
1959-05-09 Jacques Bro LLLLLL Killesberghalle, Stuttgart WIN
KO
1959-04-24 Pedro Klijssen WLLLLL Grugahalle, Essen WIN
Points
1959-03-14 Alain Cherville LWLLLL Killesberghalle, Stuttgart WIN
Points
1959-02-14 Louis DeBolster LLLLDL Landwirtschaftshalle, Kaiserslautern WIN
KO
1958-12-13 Andre Wyns LLLWLL Killesberghalle, Stuttgart WIN
Points
1958-12-05 Mariano Echevarria WWWWL Bayernhalle, Munich WIN
Points
1958-11-15 Andre Oueille WWWLLW Killesberghalle, Stuttgart WIN
Technical knockout
1958-11-09 Guenter Huber LLLLWW Schwarzwaldhalle, Karlsruhe WIN
Points
1958-10-15 Manfred Striemer debut Killesberghalle, Stuttgart WIN
KO