Amateur Boxing
Between 1947 and 1953 – and, in one match in 1958 – Scheider boxed as an amateur based in his hometown in New Jersey. In his first bout, at the 1947 Golden Gloves, he suffered a broken nose and lost by technical knockout in two rounds to Myron Greenberg. He went on, however, to post a 14-1 (10 knockouts) record, reversing the defeat to Greenberg in the process.
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Date | Round | Time | Event | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 14–1 | Ted LaScalza | KO | 1958 | 1 | ||||
| Win | Nick Welling | KO | 1953, July 20 | 2 | |||||
| Win | Earl Garrett | KO | 1950 | 1 | Golden Gloves | New Jersey | Scheider suffers nose injury;drops out of tournament. | ||
| Win | Peter Read | KO | 1950 | 3 | New Jersey | ||||
| Win | Phillip Duncan | KO | 1950, Feb 17 | 1 | Orange, New Jersey | ||||
| Win | Myron Greenberg | KO | 1950 | 1 | New Jersey | ||||
| Win | Peter Read | KO | 1948, Feb 21 | 2 | Golden Gloves | New Jersey | |||
| Win | Jerry Gould | KO | 1948 | 1 | 0:33 | Golden Gloves | New Jersey | ||
| Win | Alfonse D'Amore | KO | 1948 | 1 | 0:16 | Golden Gloves | New Jersey | ||
| Loss | 0–1 | Myron Greenberg | TKO | 1947, Mar 05 | 2 | Golden Gloves | New Jersey | Scheider's nose is broken. |
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