Herbert Nürnberg (16 July 1914 – 24 June 1995)Mention of Herbert Nürnberg's death
was a German boxer. Born in

Kiel Kiel ( ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is located on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Ba ...

, Nürnberg won four times the German Championship in the

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class (1937, 1940, 1941, 1942) and took thrice the 2nd place (1939, 1943, 1944), won the International Tournament at Berlin 1937, won the International Meeting at Berlin 1938, and won twice the gold medal at the 1937 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan and the 1939 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Dublin. Nuernberg represented Germany and Europe in many international matches in 1937–1943. In duals Europe vs. USA, he won twice in Chicago and Kansas City in 1937, and lost one at Chicago 1938. He played for Germany against the following countries: Italy, Hungary, Ireland, England, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Bohemia & Moravia, Slovakia, Croatia, and Switzerland. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, he started his professional boxing career in October 1945. His record: Won 51 (KOs 25), Lost 4, and Drawn 18, Total 74 fights.

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1914 births 1995 deaths German male boxers Lightweight boxers Sportspeople from Kiel Martial artists from Schleswig-Holstein 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub