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Buddy Baer vs Joe Louis — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buddy Baer

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Joe Louis

Buddy Baer (59-7) and Joe Louis (66-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Baer

59

Wins53 KO · 90%

7

Losses

0

Draws4 tracked bouts

Louis

66

Wins52 KO · 79%

3

Losses

0

Draws72 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Louis leads 2–0

Buddy Baer and Joe Louis have met 2 times; Louis leads 2–0.

Buddy Baer and Joe Louis have met 2 times; Louis leads 2–0.
Met1941May 231942Jan 9Series
Buddy BaerFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Joe LouisFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultDQR7KOR12Meetings

The Numbers

Baer 3 · Louis 5 of 8 measurable rows
BaerLouis
Record
59-766-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
89.4%
95.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 53
53 (edge)
52
KO rate0–100%
89.83% (edge)
78.79%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
50%
79% (edge)
Times stopped†max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 2.5
1.8
2.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
4
72

† 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
Buddy Baer: No height on file
Joe Louis: 6′2″
Reach+8″
Buddy Baer: 84″ (edge)
Joe Louis: 76″
Agenot comparable
Buddy Baer: Died aged 71
Joe Louis: Died aged 66
Stance
Buddy Baer: Orthodox
Joe Louis: Orthodox

Buddy Baer left, Joe Louis right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Buddy Baer2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Buddy Baer: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

Joe Louis67 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Joe Louis: 67 tracked wins — 53 by KO/TKO (79%), 13 on the cards (19%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

53 by KO/TKO 79%13 on the cards 19%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buddy Baer 4, Joe Louis 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · even on 2

Baer

Opponent

Louis

  • Buddy Baer

    Win, NWS

    1939

    SavoldEven

    Joe Louis

    Win, KO 6

    1951

  • Buddy Baer

    Win, TKO 7

    1941

    GalentoEven

    Joe Louis

    Win, TKO 4

    1939

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

Buddy Baer has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Baer last boxed on Jan 9, 1942.WWLL

Savold Oct 1939Galento Apr 1941Louis May 1941Louis Jan 19421.8 tracked bouts per year

Joe Louis had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Freddie Mack. Louis last boxed on Sep 25, 1963.WLLWL

Bivins Aug 1951Marciano Oct 1951Bodell Apr 1962Bodell Jul 1962Mack Sep 19632.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buddy Baer and Joe Louis ever fought each other?
Yes. Buddy Baer and Joe Louis have met 2 times and Joe Louis leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LJan 9, 1942 · Louis · KO R1

LMay 23, 1941 · Louis · DQ R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Baer or Louis?
Buddy Baer is 59-7 and Joe Louis is 66-3. Joe Louis has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Baer59–789.4%

Louis66–395.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Baer or Louis?
Buddy Baer has 53 knockout wins and Joe Louis has 52. Buddy Baer has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Baer5389.8%

Louis5278.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Baer and Louis have any common opponents?
Buddy Baer and Joe Louis share 2 common opponents: Lee Savold and Tony Galento. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Lee SavoldWW

Tony GalentoWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Baer and Louis?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Buddy Baer and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Louis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Baer4bouts

Louis72bouts

How They Win ↓

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