Schmeling

[ shmel-ing; German shmey-ling ]

noun

1. Max [maks, mahks], 1905–2005, German boxer: world heavyweight champion 1930–32.

Example Sentences

“I could’ve either allowed this to destroy me or make me stronger for him,” Bell says, again referring to his son, whom he shares with wife Janet Von Schmeling.

From Los Angeles Times

But prejudice follows Louis throughout his career, and his bouts with Germany’s Max Schmeling reek of racial and international tension.

From Los Angeles Times

In January it was reported that Bell and his wife Janet Von Schmeling had separated and were "heading for divorce" after four years of marriage.

From BBC

So were heavyweight champ Joe Louis’s boxing gloves from his first match with Max Schmeling in 1936, jazz great John Coltrane’s saxophone, and the black guitar Paul Simon played at his concert in New York’s Central Park in 1991.

From Washington Post

“I didn’t want to hear about it,” says Schmeling, recalling the anger that welled up inside when she recounted her memory of Waukesha for prosecutors before the trial.

From Seattle Times