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Buddy Baer vs Lee Savold — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buddy Baer

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Lee Savold

Buddy Baer (59-7) and Lee Savold (104-46-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Baer

59

Wins53 KO · 90%

7

Losses

0

Draws4 tracked bouts

Savold

104

Wins

46

Losses

4

Draws155 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Baer leads 1–0

Buddy Baer and Lee Savold have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.

Buddy Baer and Lee Savold have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.
Met1939Oct 30Series
Buddy BaerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Lee SavoldFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Baer 5 · Savold 2 of 7 measurable rows
BaerSavold
Record
59-7 (edge)104-46-4
Win %0–100%
89.4% (edge)
68.8%
Wins by knockoutmax 53
53 (edge)
0
KO rate0–100%
89.83% (edge)
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
50%
69% (edge)
Times stopped†max 12
1 (edge)
12
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 8.4
1.8
8.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 155
4
155

† 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

Reach+10″
Buddy Baer: 84″ (edge)
Lee Savold: 74″
Agenot comparable
Buddy Baer: Died aged 71
Lee Savold: Died aged 56
Stance
Buddy Baer: Orthodox
Lee Savold: Orthodox

Buddy Baer left, Lee Savold 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%

Lee Savold104 wins · from 155 tracked bouts

Lee Savold: 104 tracked wins — 72 by KO/TKO (69%), 26 on the cards (25%) and 6 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 155 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

72 by KO/TKO 69%26 on the cards 25%6 by another method or unrecorded 6%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buddy Baer 4, Lee Savold 155 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Savold better on 1

Baer

Opponent

Savold

  • Buddy Baer

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 1

    1942

    Loss, DQ 7

    1941

    LouisSavold better

    Lee Savold

    Loss, KO 6

    1951

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

Lee Savold has lost two straight, after one straight win. Savold last boxed on Feb 13, 1952.WLWLL

Louthis May 1948Woodcock Dec 1948Woodcock Jun 1950Louis Jun 1951Marciano Feb 19528.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buddy Baer and Lee Savold ever fought each other?
Yes. Buddy Baer and Lee Savold met once on October 30, 1939, and Buddy Baer won by NWS.
The meeting

WOct 30, 1939 · Baer · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Baer or Savold?
Buddy Baer is 59-7 and Lee Savold is 104-46-4. Buddy Baer has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Baer59–789.4%

Savold104–46–468.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Baer or Savold?
Buddy Baer has 53 knockout wins and Lee Savold has 0. Buddy Baer has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Baer5389.8%

Savold0

The Numbers ↓
Do Baer and Savold have any common opponents?
Buddy Baer and Lee Savold share 1 common opponent: Joe Louis. Lee Savold fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Joe LouisLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Baer and Savold?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Buddy Baer and 155 bouts tracked for Lee Savold. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Baer4bouts

Savold155bouts

How They Win ↓

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