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

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Ben Foord

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Max Schmeling

Ben Foord (40-15-4) and Max Schmeling (56-10-4) 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

Schmeling

56

Wins40 KO · 71%

10

Losses

4

Draws70 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Schmeling leads 1–0

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

Ben Foord and Max Schmeling have met 1 time; Schmeling leads 1–0.
Met1938Jan 30Series
Ben FoordFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Max SchmelingFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Foord 1 · Schmeling 7 of 8 measurable rows
FoordSchmeling
Record
40-15-456-10-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
71.2%
82.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 40
0
40 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
0%
71.43% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
0%
70% (edge)
Times stopped†max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 2.9
2.3
2.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 70
5
70

† 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

Agenot comparable
Ben Foord: Died aged 29
Max Schmeling: Died aged 99
Stance
Ben Foord: Not recorded
Max Schmeling: Orthodox

Ben Foord left, Max Schmeling 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 Schmeling56 wins · from 70 tracked bouts

Max Schmeling: 56 tracked wins — 39 by KO/TKO (70%), 14 on the cards (25%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 70 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

39 by KO/TKO 70%14 on the cards 25%3 by another method or unrecorded 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ben Foord 5, Max Schmeling 70 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Foord better on 1 · even on 1

Foord

Opponent

Schmeling

  • Ben Foord

    Loss, TKO 9

    1937

    BaerEven

    Max Schmeling

    Loss, TKO 10

    1933

  • Ben Foord

    2–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1936

    Win, PTS

    1935

    GainsFoord better

    Max Schmeling

    Loss, KO 2

    1925

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 Schmeling had won one in a row before losing a decision to Richard Vogt. Schmeling last boxed on Oct 31, 1948.WWLWL

Vollmer Sep 1947Draegestein Dec 1947Neusel May 1948Draegestein Oct 1948Vogt Oct 19482.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ben Foord and Max Schmeling ever fought each other?
Yes. Ben Foord and Max Schmeling met once on January 30, 1938, and Max Schmeling won by PTS.
The meeting

LJan 30, 1938 · Schmeling · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Foord or Schmeling?
Ben Foord is 40-15-4 and Max Schmeling is 56-10-4. Max Schmeling has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Foord40–15–471.2%

Schmeling56–10–482.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Foord or Schmeling?
Ben Foord has 0 knockout wins and Max Schmeling has 40. Max Schmeling has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Foord0

Schmeling4071.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Foord and Schmeling have any common opponents?
Ben Foord and Max Schmeling share 2 common opponents: Max Baer and Larry Gains. Ben Foord fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Max BaerLL

Larry GainsWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Foord and Schmeling?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Ben Foord and 70 bouts tracked for Max Schmeling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Foord5bouts

Schmeling70bouts

How They Win ↓

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