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Al Gaynor vs Max Baer — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al Gaynor

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Max Baer

Al Gaynor (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Max Baer (68-13) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Gaynor

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Baer

68

Wins51 KO · 75%

13

Losses

0

Draws81 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Baer leads 1–0

Al Gaynor and Max Baer have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.

Al Gaynor and Max Baer have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.
Met1936Sep 2Series
Al GaynorFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Max BaerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Gaynor 1 · Baer 4 of 5 measurable rows
GaynorBaer
Record†
0-168-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 51
0
51 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—75%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—75%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 81
1
81

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Al Gaynor: No height on file
Max Baer: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Al Gaynor: No reach on file
Max Baer: 81″
Agenot held
Al Gaynor: No date of birth
Max Baer: Died aged 50
Stance
Al Gaynor: Not recorded
Max Baer: Orthodox

Al Gaynor left, Max Baer right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Al Gaynor0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Al Gaynor: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gaynor yet.

Max Baer68 wins · from 81 tracked bouts

Max Baer: 68 tracked wins — 51 by KO/TKO (75%), 15 on the cards (22%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 81 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

51 by KO/TKO 75%15 on the cards 22%2 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Gaynor 1, Max Baer 81 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Al Gaynor last boxed on Sep 2, 1936 — 32,921 days ago. Gaynor had lost the most recent, to Max Baer.L

Baer Sep 1936

Max Baer had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Lou Nova. Baer last boxed on Apr 4, 1941.WWWWL

Murphy Sep 1939Ritchie Sep 1939Galento Jul 1940Comiskey Sep 1940Nova Apr 19416.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Gaynor and Max Baer ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Gaynor and Max Baer met once on September 2, 1936, and Max Baer won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LSep 2, 1936 · Baer · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gaynor or Baer?
Al Gaynor is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Max Baer is 68-13. Max Baer has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gaynor0–10%

Baer68–1384%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gaynor or Baer?
Al Gaynor has 0 knockout wins and Max Baer has 51. Max Baer has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gaynor0

Baer5175%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gaynor and Baer have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Al Gaynor and Max Baer have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gaynor and Baer?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Al Gaynor and 81 bouts tracked for Max Baer. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gaynor1bout

Baer81bouts

How They Win ↓

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