Professional Record
| 56 Wins (40 knockouts, 16 decisions), 10 Losses (5 knockouts, 5 decisions), 4 Draws | |||||||
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 56-10-4 | Richard Vogt | PTS | 10 | 31/10/1948 | Waldbuehne, Westend, Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 56-9-4 | Hans Joachim Draegestein | TKO | 9 (10) | 02/10/1948 | VFB Platz, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | Draegestein suffered broken jaw. |
| Loss | 55-9-4 | Walter Neusel | PTS | 10 | 23/05/1948 | Platz in Hamburg-Altona, Altona, Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 55-8-4 | Hans Joachim Draegestein | PTS | 10 | 07/12/1947 | Omnibushalle, Altona, Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 54-8-4 | Werner Vollmer | KO | 7 (10) | 28/09/1947 | Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany | This was Schmeling's first fight in over eight years. |
| Win | 53-8-4 | Adolf Heuser | KO | 1 (15) | 02/07/1939 | Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Won EBU & Germany BDB Heavyweight titles. The fight has the largest boxing audience in German boxing history of 70,000 people. |
| Loss | 52-8-4 | Joe Louis | TKO | 1 (15) | 22/06/1938 | Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States | For NYSAC, NBA & World Heavyweight titles. Proclaimed the "Fight of the Decade" by The Ring Magazine. |
| Win | 52-7-4 | Steve Dudas | KO | 5 (?) | 16/04/1938 | Hanseatenhalle, Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 51-7-4 | Ben Foord | PTS | 12 | 30/01/1938 | Hanseatenhalle, Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 50-7-4 | Henry Thomas | TKO | 8 (15) | 13/12/1937 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |
| Win | 49-7-4 | Joe Louis | KO | 12 (15) | 19/06/1936 | Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States | Louis was down in the 4th and 12th rounds. 1936 Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine. |
| Win | 48-7-4 | Paulino Uzcudun | PTS | 12 | 07/07/1935 | Poststadion, Moabit, Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 47-7-4 | Steve Hamas | KO | 9 (12) | 10/03/1935 | Hanseatenhalle, Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 46-7-4 | Walter Neusel | KO | 9 (15) | 26/08/1934 | Sandbahn Lokstedt, Hamburg, Germany | This fight has the largest European boxing attendance of 102,000 people. |
| Draw | 45-7-4 | Paulino Uzcudun | PTS | 12 | 13/05/1934 | Montjuich Stadium, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain | |
| Loss | 45-7-3 | Steve Hamas | PTS | 12 | 13/02/1934 | Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |
| Loss | 45-6-3 | Max Baer | TKO | 10 (15) | 08/06/1933 | Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States | The fight was in front of a crowd of 53,000 (with another 3,300 with passes). Including Jack Sharkey and Primo Carnera, paid $239,676.07 to assure a fair profit for Jack Dempsey in his first big promotional venture. 1933 Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine. |
| Win | 45-5-3 | Mickey Walker | TKO | 8 (15) | 26/09/1932 | Madison Square Garden Bowl, Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States | Walker down once in round 1 and twice in round 8. Jack Kearns, Walker's manager, signaled Referee Denning to stop the bout. |
| Loss | 44-5-3 | Jack Sharkey | SD | 15 | 21/06/1932 | Madison Square Garden Bowl, Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States | Lost NYSAC & NBA Heavyweight titles. As a result of the controversial decision of this bout, the NYSAC barred any but "boxing experts" (sports writers, referees, judges) from broadcasting descriptions of future matches. |
| Win | 44-4-3 | Young Stribling | TKO | 15 (15) | 03/07/1931 | Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio, United States | Retained NBA & World Heavyweight titles. 1931 Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine. |
| Win | 43-4-3 | Jack Sharkey | DQ | 4 (15) | 12/06/1930 | Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States | Won vacant NYSAC & NBA Heavyweight titles. Sharkey was disqualified because of a low blow. |
| Win | 42-4-3 | Paulino Uzcudun | PTS | 15 | 27/06/1929 | Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States | Schmeling injured his right hand in the 5th round. |
| Win | 41-4-3 | Johnny Risko | TKO | 9 (15) | 01/02/1929 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | 1929 Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine. Schmeling dropped Risko in rounds 1, 7, 8, and 9, each time with a right hand. |
| Win | 40-4-3 | Pietro Corri | KO | 1 (10) | 21/01/1929 | Laurel Garden, Newark, New Jersey, United States | |
| Win | 39-4-3 | Joe Sekyra | PTS | 10 | 04/01/1929 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |
| Win | 38-4-3 | Joe Monte | KO | 8 (10) | 23/11/1928 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |
| Win | 37-4-3 | Franz Diener | PTS | 15 | 04/04/1928 | Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin, Germany | Retained Germany BDB Light Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 36-4-3 | Ted Moore | PTS | 10 | 11/03/1928 | Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Loss | 35-4-3 | Gipsy Daniels | KO | 1 (10) | 25/02/1928 | Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany | |
| Win | 35-3-3 | Michele Bonaglia | KO | 1 (15) | 06/01/1928 | Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin, Germany | Retained EBU Light Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 34-3-3 | Gipsy Daniels | PTS | 10 | 02/12/1927 | Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 33-3-3 | Hein Domgoergen | KO | 7 (15) | 06/11/1927 | Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany | Retained EBU & Germany BDB Light Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 32-3-3 | Louis Clement | KO | 6 (?) | 02/10/1927 | Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 31-3-3 | Robert Larsen | KO | 3 (?) | 02/09/1927 | Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 30-3-3 | Willem Westbroek | KO | 3 (?) | 07/08/1927 | Radrennbahn, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 29-3-3 | Jack Taylor | PTS | 10 | 13/07/1927 | Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 28-3-3 | Fernand Delarge | KO | 14 (15) | 19/06/1927 | Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | Retained EBU Light Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 27-3-3 | Raoul Paillaux | KO | 3 (?) | 17/05/1927 | Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany | |
| Win | 26-3-3 | Robert Larsen | PTS | 10 | 07/05/1927 | Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany | |
| Win | 25-3-3 | Stanley Glen | KO | 1 (?) | 26/04/1927 | Sagebiel, Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 24-3-3 | Francois Charles | KO | 8 (?) | 08/04/1927 | Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 23-3-3 | Leon Sebilo | KO | 2 (?) | 12/03/1927 | Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 22-3-3 | Joe Mehling | KO | 3 (?) | 04/02/1927 | Zirkus Sarassani, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany | |
| Win | 21-3-3 | Louis Wilms | TKO | 8 (?) | 23/01/1927 | Jahrhunderthalle, Breslau, Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) | |
| Win | 20-3-3 | Jack Stanley | KO | 8 (?) | 07/01/1927 | Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 19-3-3 | Herman van't Hof | DQ | 8 (?) | 01/10/1926 | Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin, Germany | Van 't Hof was disqualified for kidney-punching. |
| Win | 18-3-3 | Max Diekmann | KO | 1 (12) | 24/08/1926 | Berlin, Germany | Won Germany BDB Light Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 17-3-3 | August Vongehr | TKO | 1 (4) | 13/07/1926 | Luna Park, Berlin, Halensee, Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 16-3-3 | Willy Louis | TKO | 1 (?) | 19/03/1926 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Draw | 15-3-3 | Max Diekmann | PTS | 8 | 12/02/1926 | Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 15-3-2 | Rene Compere | PTS | 8 | 08/11/1925 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Loss | 14-3-2 | Larry Gains | TKO | 2 (?) | 01/09/1925 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Draw | 14-2-2 | Leon Randol | PTS | 10 | 13/06/1925 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| Loss | 14-2-1 | Jack Taylor | PTS | 10 | 09/05/1925 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 14-1-1 | Fred Hammer | PTS | 8 | 28/04/1925 | Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Draw | 13-1-1 | Jimmy Lyggett | PTS | 8 | 03/04/1925 | Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 13–1 | Alfred Baker | KO | 3 (?) | 15/03/1925 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 12–1 | Leon Randol | KO | 4 (?) | 01/03/1925 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 11–1 | Joe Mehling | PTS | 6 | 20/01/1925 | Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 10–1 | Johnny Cludts | KO | 2 (?) | 18/01/1925 | Schauburgring, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 9–1 | Jimmy Lyggett Sr | TKO | 4 (?) | 26/12/1924 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 8–1 | Helmuth Hartig | KO | 1 (?) | 17/12/1924 | Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 7–1 | Battling Mathar | KO | 3 (?) | 07/12/1924 | Westfalenhalle, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 6–1 | Hans Breuer | KO | 2 (?) | 04/12/1924 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 5–1 | Fred Hammer | KO | 3 (?) | 31/10/1924 | Westdeutsche Sporthalle, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Loss | 4–1 | Max Diekmann | TKO | 4 (?) | 10/10/1924 | Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 4–0 | Rocky Knight | PTS | 8 | 04/10/1924 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 3–0 | Henri van der Vyver | KO | 3 (?) | 22/09/1924 | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 2–0 | Willy Louis | KO | 1 (?) | 20/09/1924 | Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 1–0 | Hans Czapp | KO | 6 (?) | 02/08/1924 | Tonhalle, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | Pro debut for Schmeling. |
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