Herbert Schilling

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Herbert Schilling (born June 20, 1930 in Frankfurt am Main ; † October 24, 2004 there ) was a German boxer . He was European amateurs champion in 1951 in the light welterweight division.

Career

Herbert Schilling grew up in the Zeilsheim district of Frankfurt . As a teenager he first played football, but then came into contact with the Zeilsheim boxers during training and therefore decided in 1946 to start boxing training at BC 1927 Frankfurt-Zeilsheim . At that time he was doing an apprenticeship as a carpenter in Frankfurt. In 1950 the young athlete became Hessian lightweight champion for the first time and made it to the semi-finals of the German lightweight championships, where he lost just on points against the German champion from 1949 Walter Einfeld from Kiel .

Herbert Schilling then developed enormously within a year. The powerful and technically excellent boxer won in 1951 in the newly created Halbwelter weight class in the elimination for the European championship in Milan against Walter Einfeld and was therefore nominated for this European championship. In Milan he presented himself in fantastic form. He won successively against Debisze, Poland , Panovic, Yugoslavia , Peter Müller from Switzerland and then faced the Italian Marcello Padovani in the final . In front of 22,000 spectators at the Milan Sports Palace, all of whom cheered on their compatriot frenetically, Herbert Schilling was unimpressed, knocked Padovani down twice in the second round and scored a 3-0 point win. He was thus European champion.

After the European Championship he was also the first German light welterweight champion. In the final he won over Helmut Höhmann from Stuttgart .

1952 Herbert Schilling was again German light welterweight champion, again by defeating Helmut Höhmann. As one of the favorites he then went to the Olympic Games in Helsinki . There, however, the end came for him after the first round, because he was defeated by the South African Webster, a very fast man who skillfully evaded the stormy attacks and countered again and again, clearly on points.

In 1953 Herbert Schilling fell ill shortly before the German championship. His illness also prevented a start in the elimination for the European Championships.

The year 1954 then showed that Herbert Schilling, who meanwhile worked at the Opel works in Rüsselsheim and started for the Rüsselsheimer BC in 1925, was no longer in the shape of 1951. He lost to the German championship in the first round against the Karlsruhe Kohr and was eliminated. In 1955 he did not take part in the German championships due to injury, and in 1956 he was defeated in the German championship, boxing welterweight, again in the first round against the German junior champion from 1954 Koch from Bottrop . In 1957 Herbert Schilling failed to qualify for the German championships when he lost to Nikolai von der TG Bessungen at the Wiesbaden district championships .

This defeat heralded the end of Herbert Schilling's amateur career. As an amateur, Herbert Schilling played a total of 248 fights.

On May 19, 1951, the Federal President awarded him the Silver Laurel Leaf.

Towards the end of 1957 Herbert Schilling joined the professional boxers. He played his first fight on November 30, 1957 in Wiesbaden and won against Addy Müller by knockout in the first round. In the career that ran until 1963, he did not get any championship honors. But he always fought good and tough fights and was a welcome guest , especially in Australia and New Zealand . In Invercargill , New Zealand he achieved his biggest win as a professional in 1960 when he was tenth in the world rankings and New Zealand champion Heine Forsyth in the 4th round k. o. suggested. After knockout defeats in 1963 against Stefan Redl , against this boxer Herbert Schilling was on the ground nine times up to the 7th round and against Werner Mundt he ended his boxer career.

He then lived on in Frankfurt and looked after young boxers from Höchst and Zeilsheim for years.

Summary amateur career

International championships

1951, 1st place , European championship in Milan , light welterweight, with victories over Debisz, Poland , Panovic, Yugoslavia , Herbert Müller, Switzerland and Marcello Padovani , Italy

German championships

  • 1950, 3rd place , lightweight, behind Ehmann, Weiden u. Walter Einfeld, Kiel ,
  • 1951, 1st place , light welterweight, in front of Helmut Höhmann, Stuttgart ,
  • 1952, 1st place , light welterweight, ahead of Helmut Höhmann

International battles

  • August 28, 1951 in Wiesbaden , points winner over Hackney, USA ,
  • September 14, 1951 in Vienna , points winner over Schalk, Austria ,
  • September 23, 1951 in Essen , points winner over Arnold, Ireland ,
  • October 26, 1951 in Tehran , points winner over Aschafpour, Iran ,
  • November 9, 1951 in Stockholm , points winner over Ludin, Sweden ,
  • April 27, 1952 in Dortmund , points winner over Aschafpour, Iran,
  • October 19, 1952 in Helsinki , points winner over Bostrein, Finland ,
  • October 31, 1952 in Dublin , lost to Milligan, Ireland,
  • May 1, 1953 in Essen , draw against Morante, Spain ,
  • August 28, 1953 in Wiesbaden, winner without a fight over Randazoli, Italy ,
  • September 26, 1953 in Frankfurt am Main , points winner over Murray, England

swell

  • Trade magazine Box Sport , numbers: 21/1951, pages 3 to 9, 31/1951, pages 2 to 8, 23/1952, pages 3 to 7, 31/1952, page 3
  • BOX-ALMANACH , publisher of the German Amateur Boxing Association, 1980, pages 19 u. 44 to 47

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Information given to the German Bundestag by the Federal Government on September 29, 1973 - Printed matter 7/1040 - Annex 3, (this Annex lists all the silver bay leaves awarded since the foundation of the SB until 1973), page 54
personal data
SURNAME Schilling, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boxer
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 2004
Place of death Frankfurt am Main