Heavyweight · United States
Max Baer 68-13-0 51 KO · 1929–1941
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Max Baer was a heavyweight boxer from United States, born Feb 11, 1909. Record 68-13-0 with 51 knockouts over 1929–1941. World titles: WBA heavyweight (1934–1935). Max Baer last fought Lou Nova on Apr 4, 1941 and lost by TKO in round 8 of 10.
Also: Μαξ Μπέαρ · Макс Баер · Макс Бер +17 more Макс Бэр · מקס בר · ماكس بير · ماکس بایر · مکس بائر (مشت زن) · مکس بر · میکس بیئر (باکسر) · マックス・ベア · 馬克斯·貝爾 · 马克斯·贝尔 · 맥스 베어 · Baer · Maximilian Adelbert Baer · Maximillian Adalbert Baer · Беар Макс · Беар, Макс · Бэр М.
Born Feb 11, 1909
Died Nov 21, 1959
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 189 cm
Reach 205.5 cm
Nickname The Livermore Larupper · Madcap Maxie
Debut May 16, 1929
Career 1929–1941
Rounds boxed 423
KO share 75%
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Titles WBA heavyweight · 1934–1935
Confirmed bouts 13 of 81
Career record Record
68-13-0, 51 KOs · 1929–1941
Last result L
TKO 8/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
The record 81 bouts, 1929–1941, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 81, Wikipedia (ru) · 2
L
TKO 8/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Baer 68-12-0 · Nova —
W
Pat Comiskey
TKO 1/10 · Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, 🇺🇸
Baer 67-12-0 · Comiskey —
W
RTD 7/15 · Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Baer 66-12-0 · Galento 76-24-6
W
Babe Ritchie
KO 2/10 · Fair Park Stadium, Lubbock, 🇺🇸
Baer 65-12-0 · Ritchie —
W
Big Ed Murphy
KO 1/4 · Silver Peak, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Baer 64-12-0 · Murphy —
L
TKO 11/12 · Yankee Stadium, Bronx, 🇺🇸
Baer 64-11-0 · Nova —
W
Hank Hankinson
KO 1/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawaii, 🇺🇸
Baer 63-11-0 · Hankinson —
W
UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Baer 62-11-0 · Farr —
W
TKO 9/10 · Harringay Arena, London, 🇬🇧
Baer 61-11-0 · Foord —
L
PTS 12/12 · Harringay Arena, London, 🇬🇧
Baer 61-10-0 · Farr —
W
Dutch Weimer
KO 2/10 · Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Baer 60-10-0 · Weimer —
L
Willie Davies
PTS 6/6 · Platteville, Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
Baer 60-9-0 · Davies —
W
Tim Charles
KO 4/6 · Coliseum, Evansville, 🇺🇸
Baer 59-9-0 · Charles —
W
Andy Miller
6 · Sheldon, Iowa, Iowa, 🇺🇸
Baer 58-9-0 · Miller —
W
Bearcat Wright
6 · Des Moines Coliseum, Des Moines, Iowa, 🇺🇸
Baer 57-9-0 · Wright —
W
Cowboy Sammy Evans
KO 3/6 · Elks Hall, Casper, 🇺🇸
Baer 56-9-0 · Evans —
W
Cyclone Lynch
KO 3/6 · Rock Springs, Wyoming, 🇺🇸
Baer 55-9-0 · Lynch —
W
Al Gaynor
KO 1/6 · Lincoln Field, Twin Falls, 🇺🇸
Baer 54-9-0 · Gaynor —
W
Don Baxter
KO 1/6 · Memorial Ball Park, Coeur d'Alene, 🇺🇸
Baer 53-9-0 · Baxter —
W
Al Frankco
KO 2/6 · Recreation Park, Lewiston, 🇺🇸
Baer 52-9-0 · Frankco —
Show all 81 bouts W
Cecil Myart
PTS 6/6 · Multnomah Stadium, Portland, 🇺🇸
Baer 51-9-0 · Myart —
W
Nails Gorman
TKO 3/6 · Armory, Marshfield, Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
Baer 50-9-0 · Gorman —
W
KO 1/6 · Ogden Stadium, Ogden, 🇺🇸
Baer 49-9-0 · Williams —
W
Cecil Smith
PTS 4/4 · Convention Hall, Ada, 🇺🇸
Baer 48-9-0 · Smith —
W
Junior Munsell
KO 5/6 · Tulsa Coliseum, Tulsa, 🇺🇸
Baer 47-9-0 · Munsell —
W
James Merriott
KO 2/6 · Avey's Open-Air Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Baer 46-9-0 · Merriott —
W
Buck Rogers
KO 3/6 · Sportatorium, Dallas, 🇺🇸
Baer 45-9-0 · Rogers —
W
Wilson Dunn
TKO 3/6 · Tech Field, San Antonio, 🇺🇸
Baer 44-9-0 · Dunn —
W
TKO 4/6 · Tyler, Texas, 🇺🇸
Baer 43-9-0 · Brown —
W
Harold Murphy
PTS 6/6 · Pocatello Armory, Pocatello, 🇺🇸
Baer 42-9-0 · Murphy —
W
Bob Fraser
TKO 2/6 · Ada Co. Fairgrounds, Boise, Idaho, 🇺🇸
Baer 41-9-0 · Fraser —
W
Tony Souza
PTS 6/6 · McCullough's Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah, 🇺🇸
Baer 40-9-0 · Souza —
L
KO 4/15 · Yankee Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
Baer 40-8-0 · Louis 21-0-0
L
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden Bowl, Queens, 🇺🇸
Baer 40-7-0 · Braddock 52-25-7
W
Won NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 11/15 · Madison Square Garden Bowl, Queens, 🇺🇸
Baer 39-7-0 · Carnera 78-6-0
W
TKO 10/15 · Yankee Stadium, Bronx, 🇺🇸
Baer 38-7-0 · Schmeling 45-5-3
W
TKO 7/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Baer 37-7-0 · Griffiths —
W
MD 10/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Baer 36-7-0 · Schaaf 56-12-2
W
PTS 20/20 · Dempsey's Bowl, Reno, 🇺🇸
Baer 35-7-0 · Levinsky 41-17-4
W
Walter Cobb
TKO 4/10 · Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 34-7-0 · Cobb —
W
Paul Swiderski
TKO 6/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Baer 33-7-0 · Swiderski —
W
PTS 10/10 · Seals Stadium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Baer 32-7-0 · Heeney 35-19-7
W
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Baer 31-7-0 · Levinsky 41-15-4
W
Arthur De Kuh
PTS 10/10 · Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 30-7-0 · Kuh —
W
Les Kennedy
KO 3/10 · Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 29-7-0 · Kennedy —
W
PTS 10/10 · Seals Stadium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Baer 28-7-0 · Risko —
W
KO 10/10 · Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 27-7-0 · Camarão —
W
Jack Van Noy
TKO 8/10 · Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 26-7-0 · Noy —
L
PTS 20/20 · Race Track Arena, Reno, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Baer 26-6-0 · Uzcudun 41-10-2
L
UD 10/10 · Public Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Baer 26-5-0 · Risko —
W
Ernie Owens
KO 2/10 · Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸
Baer 25-5-0 · Owens —
L
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Baer 25-4-0 · Loughran 98-18-7
W
KO 3/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Baer 24-4-0 · Heeney 34-15-5
L
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Baer 24-3-0 · Schaaf 30-10-2
W
TKO 5/10 · Recreation Park, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Baer 23-3-0 · Campbell —
W
KO Christner
KO 2/10 · Oaks Ballpark, Emeryville, 🇺🇸
Baer 22-3-0 · Christner —
L
Les Kennedy
PTS 10/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Baer 22-2-0 · Kennedy —
W
Ernie Owens
KO 5/10 · Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 21-2-0 · Owens —
W
Buck Weaver
KO 1/10 · Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 20-2-0 · Weaver —
W
Jack Linkhorn
KO 1/10 · Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 19-2-0 · Linkhorn —
W
Tom Toner
TKO 6/10 · Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 18-2-0 · Toner —
W
Ernie Owens
PTS 10/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Baer 17-2-0 · Owens —
W
Jack Stewart
KO 2/10 · Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 16-2-0 · Stewart —
W
Tiny Abbott
KO 6/10 · Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 15-2-0 · Abbott —
L
Tiny Abbott
DQ 3/10 · Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 15-1-0 · Abbott —
W
Tony Fuente
KO 1/10 · Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 14-1-0 · Fuente —
W
Chet Shandel
KO 2/10 · Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 13-1-0 · Shandel —
W
Tillie Taverna
KO 2/10 · Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 12-1-0 · Taverna —
W
Natie Brown
PTS 6/6 · Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 11-1-0 · Brown —
W
Alex Rowe
KO 1/6 · Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 10-1-0 · Rowe —
W
Chief Caribou
TKO 1/6 · Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 9-1-0 · Caribou —
W
George Carroll
TKO 1/6 · Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 8-1-0 · Carroll —
W
Frank Rudzenski
KO 3/6 · Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 7-1-0 · Rudzenski —
L
Jack McCarthy
DQ 3/6 · Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 7-0-0 · McCarthy —
W
Al Red Ledford
KO 2/6 · Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 6-0-0 · Ledford —
W
Benny Hill
PTS 4/4 · Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 5-0-0 · Hill —
W
Benny Hill
PTS 4/4 · Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Baer 4-0-0 · Hill —
W
Al Red Ledford
KO 1/4 · Oak Park Arena, Stockton, 🇺🇸
Baer 3-0-0 · Ledford —
W
Tillie Taverna
KO 1/4 · Oak Park Arena, Stockton, 🇺🇸
Baer 2-0-0 · Taverna —
W
Sailor Leeds
TKO 1/4 · Oak Park Arena, Stockton, 🇺🇸
Baer 1-0-0 · Leeds —
W
Chief Caribou
TKO 2/4 · Oak Park Arena, Stockton, California, 🇺🇸
Baer 0-0-0 · Caribou —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles
Facts
What is Max Baer's record? Max Baer's professional record is 68-13-0 with 51 knockouts.
Who did Max Baer fight last? Max Baer last fought Lou Nova on Apr 4, 1941 and lost by TKO in round 8 of 10.
Which world titles has Max Baer held? Max Baer has held 1 world title reign: WBA heavyweight (1934–1935). Sources Boxerbook ID 12006 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/12006 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
