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PERHAPS BEST remembered in the ring for his two fights with Joe Louis, heavyweight champion Max Schmeling remains unjustly associated with Nazi Germany and was unfairly depicted as a villain in the United States.
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His title and image were used as a propaganda tool by Adolf Hitler to demonstrate Aryan supremacy. But by all accounts, Schmeling conducted himself as a gentleman and sportsman.
In fact, may years later, it was revealed that Schmeling risked his own life by hiding Jewish children in his hotel room and helping them escape Germany.
Schmeling turned pro in Germany in 1924 and won the German light heavyweight title in 1926.
Max schmeling heightHe'd also win the European 175-pound title and German heavyweight crown before coming to the United States to fight. In New York, in 1929, Schmeling made his mark by defeating a pair of top heavyweights -- Johnny Risko and Paolino Uzcudun.
Those victories earned him a number-two ranking and a shot at the heavyweight title.
In 1930, he met Jack Shark