Hans-Peter Mehling

Hans-Peter Mehling (right) during the amateur boxing match in Kiel's Ostseehalle (1957)

Hans-Peter Mehling (born March 12, 1934 in Trier ; † October 13, 2019 in Thönse ) was a former German boxer . He won a bronze medal in featherweight at the European Amateur Championships in 1953 and 1955 .

Career

Hans-Peter Mehling grew up in Celle and started boxing in 1946 as a teenager at the Verein für Körperkultur (VfK) Celle . He quickly developed into a top German boxer. In 1948 he was German youth champion (age group up to 16 years) and in 1950 and 1951 German junior champion (age group up to 18 years) in the class up to 51 kg and 54 kg body weight, respectively.

In 1953 he was the first Lower Saxony featherweight champion and took third place in the German championship in the same weight class behind Alfred Schweer from Bochum and Manfred Bieber from Oldenburg . Quite surprisingly, it was then used by DABV at the European Championships in Warsaw . He justified this trust, because he won in the quarterfinals over the Czech Stehlik and had already won a bronze medal . In the semifinals he fought against Jozef Kruza from Poland , who had the support of 5,000 fanatical Polish spectators, and lost just on points. Kruza then also became European champion.

In 1954 Hans-Peter Mehling won his first German championship title. He won u. a. in the semifinals over Johann Kolz from Frechen and clearly beat Conny Rudhof from Rüsselsheim on points in the final . There were no international championships this year.

In 1955 Hans-Peter Mehling was again German featherweight champion. He defeated old master Egon Schidan from Düsseldorf in the semifinals and again Conny Rudhof on points in the final. At the European Championships in Berlin he won in the round of 16 over the Egyptian Shakweer by knockout in the third round, defeated the Austrian Zima clearly on points in the quarterfinals and was defeated in the semifinals by the Soviet athlete Alexander Fedosejewitsch Sassuchin on points. This had won a bronze medal again.

In 1956 Hans-Peter Mehling won his third German featherweight championship. He suggested u. a. Günter Johannpeter from Hamm , one of eight boxing brothers and in the final he won over Hermann Lagarden from Goch safely on points. In the Olympic elimination for the all-German Olympic team, Hans-Peter Mehling lost to Karl-Heinz Schulz from ASK “Vorwärts” Berlin and thus missed participation in the Olympic Games in Melbourne .

In 1957 he won the qualification of the German boxers for the European championship in Prague over Bauer from Stuttgart and Hermann Lagarden. But he was unlucky in Prague: after winning points over Dubowski from Hungary , he fought against Mario Sitri from Italy in the next round . In the second round, both boxers collided with their heads, with Hans-Peter Mehling suffering a gaping eyebrow injury and unable to continue boxing. The German team management demanded the disqualification of Sitri because of headbuttings , but the jury decided on the demolition winner Sitri because of injury to Mehling.

After this championship, Hans-Peter Mehling resigned from boxing, although he was only 23 years old. He wanted to devote himself to his professional training. He stayed in boxing as long-time chairman of the VfK Celle .

In total, he played 228 fights, of which he won 184 and lost 18. 26 matches ended in a draw.

Hans-Peter Mehling died on October 13, 2019 after a long, serious illness.

Country battles by Hans-Peter Mehling

• January 28, 1953 in Munich , FRG - Austria , point winner over Berghuber,
• May 1, 1953 in Essen , Germany - Spain , knockout winner 2nd round over de la Cruz,
• June 14, 1953 in Cologne , FRG - France , point defeat against Poncy,
• September 26, 1953 in Frankfurt am Main , FRG - England , point defeat against Lewis,
• October 30, 1953 in Kassel , FRG - Sweden , points winner over Warmström,
• April 26, 1954 in Milan , Italy - BRD, points winner over Frecchi,
• October 25, 1954 in Dublin , Ireland - BRD, points winner over Sheehan,
• November 1, 1954 in Mooncain, Ireland-FRG, points winner over Coyne,
• November 5, 1954 in Dublin, Ireland-FRG, points winner over Nolan,
• November 17, 1954 in London , England-FRG, point defeat against Thomas Nicholls ,
• December 12, 1954 in Copenhagen , Denmark - BRD, RSC winner 3rd round over Andersen,
• April 24, 1955 in St. Nazaire , France-FRG, point defeat against Martin,
• October 25, 1955 in Wolverhampton, England-FRG, points winner over Kidd,
• October 28, 1955 in Wellington, England-FRG, points winner over Gordon,
• October 29, 1955 in Stoke-On-Trent, England-FRG, points winner over Kidd,
• January 21, 1956 in Kiel , FRG-Ireland, points winner over McNally,
• February 7, 1956 in Moscow , USSR -BRD, points winner over Enkusis,
• February 9, 1956 in Moscow , USSR -BRD, points winner over Tscherminen,
• February 19, 1956 in Warsaw , Poland - BRD, points winner over Soczewski,
• February 10, 1957 in Dortmund , FRG – Poland, point winner over Boczarski,
• March 15, 1957 in Hamburg , FRG-USSR, point defeat against Sasuschin

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• Box Sport trade journal from 1950 to 1958,
• BOX-ALMANACH 1920 - 1980 , publisher of the German Amateur Boxing Association, 1980,
• Website "www.sport.komplett.de"
• DABV start ID card H.-P. Mehling