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Don Baxter vs Max Baer — record, stats and common opponents compared

Don Baxter

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Max Baer

Don Baxter (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.

Baxter

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

Don Baxter and Max Baer have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.

Don Baxter and Max Baer have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.
Met1936Aug 31Series
Don BaxterFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Max BaerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Baxter 1 · Baer 4 of 5 measurable rows
BaxterBaer
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
Don Baxter: No height on file
Max Baer: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Don Baxter: No reach on file
Max Baer: 81″
Agenot held
Don Baxter: No date of birth
Max Baer: Died aged 50
Stance
Don Baxter: Not recorded
Max Baer: Orthodox

Don Baxter 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
Don Baxter0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Don Baxter: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Baxter 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 — Don Baxter 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

Don Baxter last boxed on Aug 31, 1936 — 32,921 days ago. Baxter had lost the most recent, to Max Baer.L

Baer Aug 1936

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 Don Baxter and Max Baer ever fought each other?
Yes. Don Baxter and Max Baer met once on August 31, 1936, and Max Baer won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LAug 31, 1936 · Baer · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Baxter or Baer?
Don Baxter 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 %

Baxter0–10%

Baer68–1384%

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

Baxter0

Baer5175%

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

Baxter1bout

Baer81bouts

How They Win ↓

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