Karl Mildenberger was born in Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany on November 23, 1937. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on October 15, 1958 against Manfred Striemer. Mildenberger defeated Striemer via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Mildenberger got his first shot at a world title at the age of 28 after 54 professional fights. On September 10, 1966 Mildenberger challenged Muhammad Ali's WBC heavyweight title but lost via 12th round TKO. Mildenberger never got a world-title shot again.
Mildenberger's last fight was an disqualification loss to Henry Cooper at age 30, on September 18, 1968.
Some of Karl Mildenberger's best fights were against Zora Folley. For a complete list of Mildenberger's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Karl Mildenberger".
Mildenberger has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Karl Mildenberger Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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62 | Sep 18, 1968 | 30 | Henry Cooper 34 36-13-1 | loss | DQ 8 |
61 | Apr 05, 1968 | 30 | Leotis Martin 29 24-3 | loss | KO 7 |
60 | Dec 30, 1967 | 30 | Gerhard Zech | win | PTS 15 |
59 | Sep 16, 1967 | 29 | Oscar Bonavena 24 30-3 | loss | UD 12 |
58 | May 06, 1967 | 29 | Amos Lincoln | win | TKO 6 |
57 | Mar 21, 1967 | 29 | Billy Walker | win | TKO 8 |
56 | Feb 01, 1967 | 29 | Piero Tomasoni | win | PTS 15 |
55 | Sep 10, 1966 | 28 | Muhammad Ali 24 25-0 | loss | TKO 12 |
54 | Jun 15, 1966 | 28 | Ivan Prebeg | win | PTS 15 |
53 | Feb 03, 1966 | 28 | Eddie Machen | win | PTS 10 |
52 | Nov 26, 1965 | 28 | Gerhard Zech | win | PTS 15 |
51 | Sep 10, 1965 | 27 | Dave Bailey | win | PTS 10 |
50 | May 14, 1965 | 27 | Piero Tomasoni | win | PTS 15 |
49 | Apr 09, 1965 | 27 | Kirk Barrow | win | TKO 5 |
48 | Jan 22, 1965 | 27 | Jefferson Davis | win | UD 10 |
47 | Dec 04, 1964 | 27 | Ollie Wilson | win | TKO 4 |
46 | Nov 20, 1964 | 26 | Amos Johnson | draw | PTS 10 |
45 | Oct 17, 1964 | 26 | Santo Amonti | win | KO 1 |
44 | Apr 17, 1964 | 26 | Zora Folley 32 67-7-3 | draw | PTS 10 |
43 | Jan 25, 1964 | 26 | Archie McBride | win | PTS 10 |
42 | Nov 29, 1963 | 26 | Billy Daniels | win | KO 3 |
41 | Oct 13, 1963 | 25 | Joe Erskine | win | PTS 10 |
40 | Jul 06, 1963 | 25 | Wayne Bethea | win | PTS 10 |
39 | May 10, 1963 | 25 | Von Clay | win | PTS 10 |
38 | Apr 20, 1963 | 25 | Ulli Ritter | win | PTS 10 |
37 | Jan 26, 1963 | 25 | Archie McBride | draw | PTS 10 |
36 | Nov 30, 1962 | 25 | Joe Bygraves | win | PTS 3 |
35 | Nov 17, 1962 | 24 | Alonzo Johnson | win | PTS 10 |
34 | Oct 06, 1962 | 24 | John Henry | win | PTS 8 |
33 | Sep 01, 1962 | 24 | Federico Friso | win | PTS 10 |
32 | Feb 24, 1962 | 24 | Dick Richardson | loss | KO 1 |
31 | Jan 20, 1962 | 24 | Pete Rademacher | win | PTS 10 |
30 | Nov 24, 1961 | 24 | Howard King | win | PTS 10 |
29 | Nov 03, 1961 | 23 | Wayne Bethea | win | UD 10 |
28 | Sep 29, 1961 | 23 | Young Jack Johnson | win | PTS 10 |
27 | Sep 10, 1961 | 23 | Jose Gonzalez | win | KO 2 |
26 | Jun 03, 1961 | 23 | Walter Haufft | win | TKO 2 |
25 | Apr 28, 1961 | 23 | Frankie Daniels | win | UD 10 |
24 | Mar 17, 1961 | 23 | Thoerner Ahsman | win | TKO 4 |
23 | Jan 20, 1961 | 23 | Harold Carter | win | TKO 8 |
22 | Dec 07, 1960 | 23 | Franco Cavicchi | win | PTS 10 |
21 | Nov 26, 1960 | 23 | Hans Friedrich | win | TKO 3 |
20 | Oct 29, 1960 | 22 | Robert Archie Moore | win | PTS 6 |
19 | Oct 01, 1960 | 22 | Alain Cherville | win | TKO 4 |
18 | May 06, 1960 | 22 | Alex Buxton | win | PTS 8 |
17 | Apr 22, 1960 | 22 | Francois Kania | win | KO 3 |
16 | Apr 08, 1960 | 22 | Sam Langford | win | TKO 3 |
15 | Feb 13, 1960 | 22 | Ron Redrup | win | TKO 7 |
14 | Dec 30, 1959 | 22 | Jimmy Slade | win | PTS 8 |
13 | Dec 12, 1959 | 22 | Wim Snoek | win | PTS 8 |
12 | Nov 07, 1959 | 21 | Helmut Ball | loss | KO 7 |
11 | Jul 04, 1959 | 21 | Arthur Howard | win | PTS 8 |
10 | Jun 06, 1959 | 21 | Wim Snoek | win | PTS 8 |
9 | May 09, 1959 | 21 | Jacques Bro | win | KO 5 |
8 | Apr 24, 1959 | 21 | Pedro Klijssen | win | PTS 8 |
7 | Mar 14, 1959 | 21 | Alain Cherville | win | PTS 8 |
6 | Feb 14, 1959 | 21 | Louis De Bolster | win | KO 3 |
5 | Dec 13, 1958 | 21 | Andre Wyns | win | PTS 8 |
4 | Dec 05, 1958 | 21 | Mariano Echevarria | win | PTS 8 |
3 | Nov 15, 1958 | 20 | Andre Oueille | win | TKO 5 |
2 | Nov 09, 1958 | 20 | Guenter Huber | win | PTS 4 |
1 | Oct 15, 1958 | 20 | Manfred Striemer | win | KO 1 |
Mildenberger unsuccessfully fought for 1 heavyweight world championship in 1 world-title fight.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | For | Method | Round |
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1 |
Sep 10, 1966 | Muhammad Ali | Heavyweight | WBC | TKO | 12 |