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Chet Shandel vs Max Baer — record, stats and common opponents compared

Chet Shandel

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Max Baer

Chet Shandel (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Shandel

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Chet Shandel and Max Baer have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.

Chet Shandel and Max Baer have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.
Met1929Dec 4Series
Chet ShandelFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Max BaerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Shandel 1 · Baer 4 of 5 measurable rows
ShandelBaer
Record†
0-168-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 51
0
51 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—75%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—75%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 81
1
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
Chet Shandel: No height on file
Max Baer: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Chet Shandel: No reach on file
Max Baer: 81″
Agenot held
Chet Shandel: No date of birth
Max Baer: Died aged 50
Stance
Chet Shandel: Not recorded
Max Baer: Orthodox

Chet Shandel 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
Chet Shandel0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Chet Shandel: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shandel yet.

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 — Chet Shandel 1, Max Baer 81 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Chet Shandel last boxed on Dec 4, 1929 — 35,391 days ago. Shandel had lost the most recent, to Max Baer.L

Baer Dec 1929

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 Chet Shandel and Max Baer ever fought each other?
Yes. Chet Shandel and Max Baer met once on December 4, 1929, and Max Baer won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LDec 4, 1929 · Baer · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shandel or Baer?
Chet Shandel is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Shandel0–10%

Baer68–1384%

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

Shandel0

Baer5175%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shandel and Baer have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Chet Shandel and Max Baer have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shandel and Baer?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Chet Shandel and 81 bouts tracked for Max Baer. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shandel1bout

Baer81bouts

How They Win ↓

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