Bubi Scholz

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Bubi Scholz boxer
Scholz (right) wins on March 31, 1954 over the American Al Andrews

Scholz (right) wins on March 31, 1954 over the American Al Andrews
Data
Birth Name Gustav Scholz
Weight class medium weight
nationality German
birthday April 12, 1930
place of birth Berlin
Date of death August 21, 2000
style Legal display
Combat Statistics
Struggles 96
Victories 88
Knockout victories 46
Defeats 2
draw 6th

Gustav Wilhelm Hermann "Bubi" Scholz (born April 12, 1930 in Berlin ; † August 21, 2000 ) was a German boxer . In the 1950s and early 1960s he was German champion and European champion in various weight classes several times.

Life

youth

The Scholz family lived at Choriner Strasse 54 in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg . His father was a blacksmith, his mother was a housewife. Young Scholz earned his first money by delivering newspapers. In 1944 he began an apprenticeship as a mechanic and initially trained as a cook after the end of World War II .

Boxing career (1948–1964)

From 1947 onwards, Scholz attended a boxing school in Berlin and soon made a name for himself as a southpaw . In 1948 he won his first fight as a professional boxer without ever having competed as an amateur; only in March 1958 he suffered his first defeat (on points) in his 70th professional fight.

In 1951, Scholz became German welterweight champion for the first time by winning points against defending champion Walter Schneider and successfully defended this title twice against Karl Oechsle and Leo Starosch in 1952. In the fall of 1952, Scholz put down his welterweight championship and went on to compete in the middleweight division . In 1955, however, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis , which forced him to take a year and a half off.

After successful healing of his illness he won in June 1957 by a KO win over defending champion Peter Müller first time the German middleweight championship, which he did in May 1958 against Max Resch defended with a renewed knockout victory. In October 1958 he defeated defending champion Charles Humez by technical knockout in the 12th round and thus also won the European Middleweight Championship. He successfully defended both titles against Hans-Werner Wohlers (by winning points in July 1959) and against Peter Müller (by technical knockout in the first round in November 1959). In December 1959 he successfully defended his European title against Andre Drille. In the same year he published the book Ring Frei with memories of the beginning of his career.

In 1961, Scholz put down his two middleweight titles and switched to light heavyweight . In this class he lost the fight against Harold Johnson for the world championship in June 1962 , but was able to win the European light heavyweight championship on April 4, 1964 in the Dortmund Westfalenhalle with a (controversial) disqualification win against defending champion Giulio Rinaldi . For the time being, Scholz was counted in the 8th round, minutes later the Spanish referee Sanchez Vilar proclaimed the winner. Then Scholz ended his boxing career.

Scholz played a total of 96 fights between 1948 and 1964, of which he won 88, of which 46 by knockout; only twice he lost (each on points). His successful streak as a boxer gave him great popularity, especially in the 1950s and 1960s in Germany, where he was considered the most prominent boxing star alongside Max Schmeling .

His success in boxing also earned Scholz a short-lived career in the entertainment industry. In 1960 he was seen as "Boxer Breitenbach" in the television production Der Meisterboxer of the Millowitsch Theater in Cologne alongside Willy Millowitsch ; in the same year he played the role of "Ralf Moebius" in Paul Martin's musical comedy Marina . In the music film Schlagerparade 1961 by Franz Marischka he was seen again in 1961 as "Rolf Hegener". In 1959 and 1962 Scholz released a total of three music singles with the Werner Müller orchestra and the vocal group Die 3 Travelers at Telefunken and Metronome .

After resignation (1965–1984)

After the end of his career as a professional boxer, Scholz ran the advertising agency "Zühlke und Scholz" in Berlin and tried to build on his popularity as an athlete. In 1971 he was seen in a supporting role as a policeman in Thomas Engel's television play Glückspilze ; In 1977 he had a guest appearance as a boxing trainer in the 20th episode of the television comedy series Klimbim . In 1980 he published a comprehensive autobiography in book form under the title The Path from Nowhere ; but during these years he increasingly made a name for himself through excessive alcohol .

Conviction for negligent homicide and final years (1984–2000)

On the evening of July 22 1984 shot Scholz in the common Berlin villa in the noise arrested his 49-year-old wife, Helga, whom he had married in 1955, and was the following day. On February 1, 1985, after a high-profile trial for negligent homicide , he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment after the court was unable to prove his intent to kill . The case became the subject of an episode of the documentary series The Great Criminal Cases in 2012 .

Scholz's grave in the forest cemetery in Zehlendorf before the reburial

He was released on August 28, 1987, but has suffered from depression ever since . In 1993 he worked alongside Ingrid van Bergen , who had shot her lover in an affect in 1977, in the documentary Mord aus Liebe by Georg Stefan Troller .

Since October 1993 Scholz was married to Sabine Arndt for the second time. In 1997/98 he suffered several strokes ; as a result, he was diagnosed with progressive senile dementia . After his death on August 21, 2000 he was buried in the Zehlendorf forest cemetery in Berlin. At the instigation of his widow, who married the actor Klausjürgen Wussow († 2007) in 2004, Scholz's body was reburied in the Heerstrasse cemetery in Berlin in August 2008 .

The Bubi Scholz story

In 1997/98, during his lifetime, Scholz's life was filmed for television under the direction of Roland Suso Richter based on a script by Uwe Timm under the title Die Bubi-Scholz-Story , with Benno Fürmann in the role of the young and Götz George in the role of old Scholz. Scholz himself was unable to attend the premiere of the film in May 1998 because of his poor health.

Works

Autobiography

  • Ring free. A boxer's way. Recorded by Harvey T. Rowe. Copress-Verlag, Munich 1959.
  • The way out of nowhere. Krüger, Frankfurt am Main 1980, ISBN 3-8105-1802-6 .
    • (New edition under the title :) The way out of nowhere: The autobiography. Fischer Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-596-14291-1 .

Filmography

  • 1960: The Master Boxer (TV)
  • 1960: Marina
  • 1961: Schlager parade 1961
  • 1971: Glückspilze (TV)
  • 1989: Chicago 6 × 6 (short film)
  • 1993: Murder for Love (Documentary)

Discography

Singles

  • 1959: She only has blue jeans / The strong Joe from Mexico ( Telefunken U 55176)
  • 1959: Susi, you are just great / Count the girls (Telefunken U 55194)
  • 1962: The Rita from the sports club / You are my talisman ( Metronome M 309)
  • 1962: Boys, that was one night! / Mister OK (first published 1998)

CD sampler

  • 2000: She only has blue jeans ( Bear Family Records BCD 16278) (contains all singles and excerpts from the live report of his European championship match from October 1958)

Documentation

literature

Obituaries and press articles

Web links

Commons : Bubi Scholz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The sources contradict each other with regard to the place of death. Timely Berlin newspaper reports, partly citing a statement from his lawyer on the day of his death, name a nursing home in Hoppegarten near Berlin as the place of death , for example Bubi Scholz is dead: A nation was at his feet , article in Tagesspiegel of August 21, 2000 (accessed on July 3, 2012) ; The stations of Bubi Scholz , article in the Berliner Zeitung of August 22, 2000 (accessed on July 3, 2012) ; Peter Ehrenberg: Siege, Tänen, Tod: Die Tragödie des Bubi Scholz , article in Die Welt of August 22, 2000 (accessed on July 3, 2012) . In contrast, the retrospective calls it How it was: 25 years ago, Bubi Scholz shot his wife in the Berliner Morgenpost on July 22, 2009 (accessed on July 3, 2012) at a nursing home in Neuenhagen near Berlin where he died. Contrary to both, Berlin is given as the place of death in the entry of the New German Biography , cf. Oliver Marschalek:  Gustav "Bubi" Scholz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 460 f. ( Digitized version )., Here p. 460.
  2. ↑ «First counted, then European boxing champion» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 7, 1964, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  3. ↑ a b Oliver Marschalek:  Scholz, Gustav. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 460 f. ( Digitized version )., Here p. 461.
  4. ^ Stefan Nestler: July 23, 1984: Bubi Scholz arrested . In: Calendar sheet ( Deutsche Welle )
  5. ^ The dramatic descent of Bubi Scholz ( Memento from October 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on daserste.de, accessed on July 3, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Scholz, boy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scholz, Gustav Wilhelm Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boxer
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 2000