[Rocco Del Sesto]

The 2nd match up in this tourney....

Kurt Schiegl 5 4 0 W KO 3/8 Jan Klein 7 7 1

Jan Klein we of course looked at in the 1947 Tournament.

Kurt Schiegl is another every early rating I did back in 2004 refined here with this new rating.

Kurt Schiegl - HW - Austria
Career Record: W24(KO 14) / L15(KO 11) / D1

TITLES:
Austrian Heavyweight Title

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Refined Schiegl's rating from original I did in early 2004. Rocco

The Wiki account provided in the bio website, notes the Schiegl was drating in 1943 in the Wehrmacht but deserted into the Belgium underground. Started his professional boxing career after the war. Interesting the article notes his two early fights against Josef Weidinger, whom we know better as Jo Weidin.

In 1948 he participated in the European Heavyweight Tournament defeating Jan Klein and Piet Wilde in the first two rounds before loosing by 3rd round KO to Aaron Wilson in the semi-final round. He did win the 3rd place finish bout stopping Paco Bueno in the 3rd round.

In the October 1949 Ring writer Charlie Parrish called Schiegl "Europe's sole prospect among the big men just now".

In July 1949 he lost a 12 round decision to Hein Wiesner for the Austrian Heavyweight title. In another bid for teh Austrian title in August 1951 he was victorious this time defeating Wiesner in another 12 round decision. By the mid 1954 period Schiegle was ranked in the top 10 Continental heavyweights by Ring Magazine setting him up for a shot at the European Heavyweight Title. Schiegl was KO'd in the 3rd by Heinz Neuhaus in Oct 1954 for the European Heavyweight title. In Charlie Parish's account in the Jan 1955 Ring of the Neuhaus/Schiegl fight, that the "willing Austrian trial-horse", Schiegl put up a good showing before he was "crushed" by Neuhaus in the 3rd.

The May 1955 Ring, notes that in Schiegl's fight with Ingemar Johansson in February, had hurt his left elbow in the 3rd round but fought on till the 5th.

After his boxing career he emigrated to Canada where he settle in Toronto and later in the 60's-80s got into acting in television and the movies in bit parts