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Herman van 't Hof vs Max Schmeling — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇳🇱NETHERLANDS

Herman van 't Hof

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Max Schmeling

Herman van 't Hof (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Hof

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Herman van 't Hof and Max Schmeling have met 1 time; Schmeling leads 1–0.

Herman van 't Hof and Max Schmeling have met 1 time; Schmeling leads 1–0.
Met1926Oct 1Series
Herman van 't HofFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Max SchmelingFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultDQR81Meeting

The Numbers

Hof 1 · Schmeling 4 of 5 measurable rows
HofSchmeling
Record†
0-156-10-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 40
0
40 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—71.43%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—70%
Times stopped‡max 5
0 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 70
1
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
Herman van 't Hof: Died aged 77
Max Schmeling: Died aged 99
Stance
Herman van 't Hof: Not recorded
Max Schmeling: Orthodox

Herman van 't Hof 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
Herman van 't Hof0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Herman van 't Hof: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hof yet.

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 — Herman van 't Hof 1, Max Schmeling 70 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Herman van 't Hof has lost the most recent, to Max Schmeling. Hof last boxed on Oct 1, 1926.L

Schmeling Oct 1926

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 Herman van 't Hof and Max Schmeling ever fought each other?
Yes. Herman van 't Hof and Max Schmeling met once on October 1, 1926, and Max Schmeling won by DQ in round 8.
The meeting

LOct 1, 1926 · Schmeling · DQ R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hof or Schmeling?
Herman van 't Hof is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Hof0–10%

Schmeling56–10–482.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hof or Schmeling?
Herman van 't Hof has 0 knockout wins and Max Schmeling has 40. Max Schmeling has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hof0

Schmeling4071.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hof and Schmeling have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Herman van 't Hof and Max Schmeling have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hof and Schmeling?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Herman van 't Hof and 70 bouts tracked for Max Schmeling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hof1bout

Schmeling70bouts

How They Win ↓

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