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Babe Ritchie vs Max Baer — record, stats and common opponents compared

Babe Ritchie

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Max Baer

Babe Ritchie (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) 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 1 common opponent.

Ritchie

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts 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

Babe Ritchie and Max Baer have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.

Babe Ritchie and Max Baer have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.
Met1939Sep 18Series
Babe RitchieFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Max BaerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Ritchie 2 · Baer 4 of 6 measurable rows
RitchieBaer
Record†
1-168-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
84% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 51
1
51 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—75%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
75%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 81
2
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
Babe Ritchie: No height on file
Max Baer: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Babe Ritchie: No reach on file
Max Baer: 81″
Agenot held
Babe Ritchie: No date of birth
Max Baer: Died aged 50
Stance
Babe Ritchie: Not recorded
Max Baer: Orthodox

Babe Ritchie 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
Babe Ritchie1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Babe Ritchie: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

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 — Babe Ritchie 2, Max Baer 81 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Baer better on 1

Ritchie

Opponent

Baer

  • Babe Ritchie

    Win, KO 3

    1939

    LevinskyBaer better

    Max Baer

    2–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1932

    Win, UD

    1932

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Babe Ritchie last boxed on Sep 18, 1939 — 31,807 days ago. Ritchie had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Max Baer.WL

Levinsky May 1939Baer Sep 1939

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 Babe Ritchie and Max Baer ever fought each other?
Yes. Babe Ritchie and Max Baer met once on September 18, 1939, and Max Baer won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LSep 18, 1939 · Baer · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ritchie or Baer?
Babe Ritchie is 1-1 across the 2 bouts 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 %

Ritchie1–150%

Baer68–1384%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ritchie or Baer?
Babe Ritchie has 1 knockout win and Max Baer has 51. Max Baer has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ritchie1

Baer5175%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ritchie and Baer have any common opponents?
Babe Ritchie and Max Baer share 1 common opponent: King Levinsky. Max Baer fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

King LevinskyWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ritchie and Baer?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Babe Ritchie and 81 bouts tracked for Max Baer. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ritchie2bouts

Baer81bouts

How They Win ↓

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