Arno Kölblin (9 October 1911 – 19 December 1988)[2] was a German boxer who was the heavyweight champion of Germany and Europe in the 1930s.

[2] In July that year he stopped former German heavyweight champion Ludwig Haymann in the seventh round.

[2][4] He successfully defended his German title against Hower in May 1937, but after losing to Eddie Phillips in a non-title fight in November 1937,[5] lost the European title in March 1938 to Heinz Lazek after being disqualified in the second round at the Sportpalast in Schoeneberg for repeated low blows.

[2][7] In August 1939 he was set to fight Tommy Farr in Wales, but with tensions growing between the UK and Germany, the Welsh branch of the British Boxing Board of Control refused to recommend that the Ministry of Labour give him a permit to fight, prompting criticism from the German press, who saw it as a political decision.

[2] Kölblin was out of the ring after November 1942 due to World War II, but returned to boxing after the war, winning eight of his ten post-war fights, but losing two, including an unsuccessful challenge for Hein ten Hoff's German title.