Max Baer

Career, Record, Stats

Max Baer was an American professional boxer. He was a heavyweight world champion. In a career spanning 11 years, 10 months, and 19 days, Baer amassed a record of 68-13, which includes 51 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1995.

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LEGEND

Max Baer's Boxing Career

Max Baer was born in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. on February 11, 1909. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on May 16, 1929 against Chief Caribou. Baer defeated Caribou via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Baer became a world champion at the age of 25 after 46 professional fights. He challenged Primo Carnera for the The Ring heavyweight title and stopped the champion in the 11th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world title.

Baer's last fight was an 8th-round TKO loss to Lou Nova at age 32, on April 4, 1941.

Some of Max Baer's best fights were against Primo Carnera and Max Schmeling (HOFer). For a complete list of Baer's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Max Baer".

Baer has 13 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Max Baer Losses".

Max Baer's Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
81	Apr 04, 1941	32	Lou Nova	loss	TKO 8
80	Sep 26, 1940	31	Pat Comiskey	win	TKO 1
79	Jul 02, 1940	31	Tony Galento	win	RTD 7
78	Sep 18, 1939	30	Babe Ritchie	win	KO 2
77	Sep 04, 1939	30	Big Ed Murphy	win	KO 1
76	Jun 01, 1939	30	Lou Nova	loss	TKO 11
75	Oct 26, 1938	29	Hank Hankinson	win	KO 1
74	Mar 11, 1938	29	Tommy Farr	win	UD 15
73	May 27, 1937	28	Ben Foord	win	TKO 9
72	Apr 15, 1937	28	Tommy Farr	loss	PTS 12
71	Oct 19, 1936	27	Dutch Weimer	win	KO 2
70	Oct 08, 1936	27	Willie Davies	loss	PTS 6
69	Oct 06, 1936	27	Tim Charles	win	KO 4
68	Sep 21, 1936	27	Andy Miller	win	NWS 6
67	Sep 14, 1936	27	Bearcat Wright	win	NWS 6
66	Sep 07, 1936	27	Cowboy Sammy Evans	win	KO 3
65	Sep 04, 1936	27	Cyclone Lynch	win	KO 3
64	Sep 02, 1936	27	Al Gaynor	win	KO 1
63	Aug 31, 1936	27	Don Baxter	win	KO 1
62	Aug 29, 1936	27	Al Frankco	win	KO 2
61	Aug 25, 1936	27	Cecil Myart	win	PTS 6
60	Aug 24, 1936	27	Nails Gorman	win	TKO 3
59	Jul 24, 1936	27	Bob Williams	win	KO 1
58	Jul 17, 1936	27	Cecil Smith	win	PTS 4
57	Jul 16, 1936	27	Junior Munsell	win	KO 5
56	Jul 13, 1936	27	James Merriott	win	KO 2
55	Jul 02, 1936	27	Buck Rogers	win	KO 3
54	Jun 24, 1936	27	Wilson Dunn	win	TKO 3
53	Jun 23, 1936	27	George Brown	win	TKO 4
52	Jun 19, 1936	27	Harold Murphy	win	PTS 6
51	Jun 17, 1936	27	Bob Fraser	win	TKO 2
50	Jun 15, 1936	27	Tony Souza	win	PTS 6
49	Sep 24, 1935	26	Joe Louis 21 21-0	loss	KO 4
48	Jun 13, 1935	26	James J. Braddock 30 50-25-7	loss	UD 15
47	Jun 14, 1934	25	Primo Carnera 27 78-6	win	TKO 11
46	Jun 08, 1933	24	Max Schmeling 27 45-5-3	win	TKO 10
45	Sep 26, 1932	23	Tuffy Griffiths	win	TKO 7
44	Aug 31, 1932	23	Ernie Schaaf	win	MD 10
43	Jul 04, 1932	23	King Levinsky	win	PTS 20
42	May 11, 1932	23	Walter Cobb	win	TKO 4
41	Apr 26, 1932	23	Paul Swiderski	win	TKO 6
40	Feb 22, 1932	23	Tom Heeney	win	PTS 10
39	Jan 29, 1932	22	King Levinsky	win	UD 10
38	Dec 30, 1931	22	Arthur De Kuh	win	PTS 10
37	Nov 23, 1931	22	Les Kennedy	win	KO 3
36	Nov 09, 1931	22	Johnny Risko	win	PTS 10
35	Oct 21, 1931	22	Santa Camarão	win	KO 10
34	Sep 23, 1931	22	Jack Van Noy	win	TKO 8
33	Jul 04, 1931	22	Paulino Uzcudun	loss	PTS 20
32	May 05, 1931	22	Johnny Risko	loss	UD 10
31	Apr 07, 1931	22	Ernie Owens	win	KO 2
30	Feb 06, 1931	21	Tommy Loughran	loss	UD 10
29	Jan 16, 1931	21	Tom Heeney	win	KO 3
28	Dec 19, 1930	21	Ernie Schaaf	loss	UD 10
27	Aug 25, 1930	21	Frankie Campbell	win	TKO 5
26	Aug 11, 1930	21	KO Christner	win	KO 2
25	Jul 15, 1930	21	Les Kennedy	loss	PTS 10
24	Jun 25, 1930	21	Ernie Owens	win	KO 5
23	Jun 11, 1930	21	Buck Weaver	win	KO 1
22	May 28, 1930	21	Jack Linkhorn	win	KO 1
21	May 07, 1930	21	Tom Toner	win	TKO 6
20	Apr 22, 1930	21	Ernie Owens	win	PTS 10
19	Apr 09, 1930	21	Jack Stewart	win	KO 2
18	Jan 29, 1930	20	Tiny Abbott	win	KO 6
17	Jan 15, 1930	20	Tiny Abbott	loss	DQ 3
16	Dec 30, 1929	20	Tony Fuente	win	KO 1
15	Dec 04, 1929	20	Chet Shandel	win	KO 2
14	Nov 20, 1929	20	Tillie Taverna	win	KO 2
13	Nov 06, 1929	20	Natie Brown	win	PTS 6
12	Oct 30, 1929	20	Alex Rowe	win	KO 1
11	Oct 16, 1929	20	Chief Caribou	win	TKO 1
10	Oct 02, 1929	20	George Carroll	win	TKO 1
9	Sep 25, 1929	20	Frank Rudzenski	win	KO 3
8	Sep 04, 1929	20	Jack McCarthy	loss	DQ 3
7	Aug 08, 1929	20	Al Red Ledford	win	KO 2
6	Jul 31, 1929	20	Benny Hill	win	PTS 4
5	Jul 24, 1929	20	Benny Hill	win	PTS 4
4	Jul 18, 1929	20	Al Red Ledford	win	KO 1
3	Jul 04, 1929	20	Tillie Taverna	win	KO 1
2	Jun 06, 1929	20	Sailor Leeds	win	TKO 1
1	May 16, 1929	20	Chief Caribou	win	TKO 2

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