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==Career==
In 1947, Scholz attended a boxing school in Berlin.<ref name=von/> On 8 October 1948, he was a last-minute replacement for a professional match against Werner Eichler, though he had not previously competed as an amateur, and he won the fight.<ref name=archive/><ref name=cnnsi>{{cite web|last=Mulliken|first=John|title=The Bubi of Berlin|url=http://www.cnnsi.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1002984/index.htm|work=[[Sports Illustrated]]|accessdate=2 May 2014|date=20 October 1958|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502134352/http://www.cnnsi.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1002984/index.htm|archive-date=2 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=von/> Eicher was injured so badly that he had to postpone his wedding which was scheduled to be held the next day.<ref name=muller>{{cite web|last=Müller|first=Von Felix|title=Sportler-Tragödien : Auch Bubi Scholz erschoss seine Frau durch die Tür - Nachrichten Geschichte - DIE WELT|trans-title=Athlete tragedies: Even Bubi Scholz shot his wife through the door|url=https://www.welt.de/geschichte/article114163258/Auch-Bubi-Scholz-erschoss-seine-Frau-durch-die-Tuer.html|work=Die Welt|accessdate=14 May 2014|location=Germany|language=German|date=6 March 2013}}</ref> Scholz logged his first defeat on 10 March 1958 against Charles Humez.<ref name=boxrec/>
On 19 May 1951, Scholz won a points victory against defending champion Walter Schneider and became the German champion in the welterweight category for the first time.<ref name=archive/><ref name=von/> He defended his title successfully against Charles Oechsle and Leo Starosch in 1952.<ref name=archive/> At the end of 1952, Scholz put his championship title in the welterweight division and stepped down from the middleweight category. In 1954 he appeared in [[Madison Square Garden]] in his first U.S. match, defeating American boxer [[Al Andrews]].<ref name=cnnsi/> In 1955 he was diagnosed with [[tuberculosis]],<ref name=cnnsi/> which forced him to take a one and a half year sabbatical.
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