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Franz Diener vs Max Schmeling — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Franz Diener

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Max Schmeling

Franz Diener (2-3-1 across 6 tracked bouts) and Max Schmeling (56-10-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Diener

Tracked record

2–3–1

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Schmeling

56

Wins40 KO · 71%

10

Losses

4

Draws70 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Schmeling leads 1–0

Franz Diener and Max Schmeling have met 1 time; Schmeling leads 1–0.

Franz Diener and Max Schmeling have met 1 time; Schmeling leads 1–0.
Met1928Apr 4Series
Franz DienerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Max SchmelingFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Diener 1 · Schmeling 6 of 7 measurable rows
DienerSchmeling
Record†
2-3-156-10-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
41.7%
82.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 40
0
40 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—71.43%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
70% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
2 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.9
1.2
2.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 70
6
70

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Agenot comparable
Franz Diener: Died aged 67
Max Schmeling: Died aged 99
Stance
Franz Diener: Not recorded
Max Schmeling: Orthodox

Franz Diener left, Max Schmeling right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Franz Diener2 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Franz Diener: 2 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

Max Schmeling56 wins · from 70 tracked bouts

Max Schmeling: 56 tracked wins — 39 by KO/TKO (70%), 14 on the cards (25%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 70 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

39 by KO/TKO 70%14 on the cards 25%3 by another method or unrecorded 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Franz Diener 6, Max Schmeling 70 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Diener better on 1 · Schmeling better on 1 · even on 1

Diener

Opponent

Schmeling

  • Franz Diener

    Draw, PTS

    1926

    UzcudunSchmeling better

    Max Schmeling

    2–0–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1935

    Draw, MD

    1934

    Win, PTS

    1929

  • Franz Diener

    Win, PTS

    1929

    DanielsDiener better

    Max Schmeling

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO 1

    1928

    Win, PTS

    1927

  • Franz Diener

    Loss, KO

    1924

    GainsEven

    Max Schmeling

    Loss, KO 2

    1925

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Franz Diener had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Primo Carnera. Diener last boxed on Dec 17, 1929.DLWWL

Uzcudun Feb 1926Schmeling Apr 1928Daniels Mar 1929Carnera Apr 1929Carnera Dec 19291.2 tracked bouts per year

Max Schmeling had won one in a row before losing a decision to Richard Vogt. Schmeling last boxed on Oct 31, 1948.WWLWL

Vollmer Sep 1947Draegestein Dec 1947Neusel May 1948Draegestein Oct 1948Vogt Oct 19482.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Franz Diener and Max Schmeling ever fought each other?
Yes. Franz Diener and Max Schmeling met once on April 4, 1928, and Max Schmeling won by PTS.
The meeting

LApr 4, 1928 · Schmeling · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Diener or Schmeling?
Franz Diener is 2-3-1 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Max Schmeling is 56-10-4. Max Schmeling has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Diener2–3–141.7%

Schmeling56–10–482.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Diener or Schmeling?
Franz Diener has 0 knockout wins and Max Schmeling has 40. Max Schmeling has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Diener0

Schmeling4071.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Diener and Schmeling have any common opponents?
Franz Diener and Max Schmeling share 3 common opponents: Paulino Uzcudun, Gipsy Daniels and Larry Gains. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
3 shared opponents

Paulino UzcudunD2–0–1

Gipsy DanielsW1–1

Larry GainsLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Diener and Schmeling?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Franz Diener and 70 bouts tracked for Max Schmeling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Diener6bouts

Schmeling70bouts

How They Win ↓

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