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Ben Foord vs Max Baer — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ben Foord

Cross-division

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Max Baer

Ben Foord (40-15-4) 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 2 common opponents.

Foord

40

Wins

15

Losses

4

Draws5 tracked bouts

Baer

68

Wins51 KO · 75%

13

Losses

0

Draws81 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Baer leads 1–0

Ben Foord and Max Baer have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.

Ben Foord and Max Baer have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.
Met1937May 27Series
Ben FoordFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Max BaerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Foord 1 · Baer 7 of 8 measurable rows
FoordBaer
Record
40-15-468-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
71.2%
84% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 51
0
51 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
0%
75% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
0%
75% (edge)
Times stopped†max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 6.8
2.3
6.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 81
5
81

† 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
Ben Foord: No height on file
Max Baer: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Ben Foord: No reach on file
Max Baer: 81″
Agenot comparable
Ben Foord: Died aged 29
Max Baer: Died aged 50
Stance
Ben Foord: Not recorded
Max Baer: Orthodox

Ben Foord 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
Ben Foord3 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Ben Foord: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 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 — Ben Foord 5, Max Baer 81 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Foord better on 1 · Baer better on 1

Foord

Opponent

Baer

  • Ben Foord

    Loss, PTS

    1938

    SchmelingBaer better

    Max Baer

    Win, TKO 10

    1933

  • Ben Foord

    Win, PTS

    1936

    LoughranFoord better

    Max Baer

    Loss, UD

    1931

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

Ben Foord has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Foord last boxed on Jan 30, 1938.WWWLL

Gains Nov 1935Loughran Feb 1936Gains Mar 1936Baer May 1937Schmeling Jan 19382.3 tracked bouts per year

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 Ben Foord and Max Baer ever fought each other?
Yes. Ben Foord and Max Baer met once on May 27, 1937, and Max Baer won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

LMay 27, 1937 · Baer · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Foord or Baer?
Ben Foord is 40-15-4 and Max Baer is 68-13. Max Baer has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Foord40–15–471.2%

Baer68–1384%

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

Foord0

Baer5175%

The Numbers ↓
Do Foord and Baer have any common opponents?
Ben Foord and Max Baer share 2 common opponents: Max Schmeling and Tommy Loughran. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Max SchmelingLW

Tommy LoughranWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Foord and Baer?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Ben Foord and 81 bouts tracked for Max Baer. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Foord5bouts

Baer81bouts

How They Win ↓

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