Achievements In 1936 he won the silver medal in the light heavyweight class after losing the final against Roger Michelot. After turning pro in 1938 Vogt, known as "Riedl", became a three-time German Light Heavyweight champion, and in 1942 lost on points in a fight for the European Light Heavyweight Title against Luigi Musina. In 1948, before a crowd of 20,000 in Berlin, he beat former World Heavyweight champion Max Schmeling, aged 43, in the latter"s last fight.