Have Don Fullmer and Doyle Baird ever fought each other?

Yes. Don Fullmer and Doyle Baird met once on October 29, 1969, and Doyle Baird won by SD.

Who has the better record, Fullmer or Baird?

Don Fullmer is 54-20-5 and Doyle Baird is 1-3-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Don Fullmer has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Fullmer or Baird?

Don Fullmer has 14 knockout wins and Doyle Baird has 0. Don Fullmer has more.

Do Fullmer and Baird have any common opponents?

Don Fullmer and Doyle Baird share 2 common opponents: Nino Benvenuti and Emile Griffith. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Fullmer and Baird?

This comparison is drawn from 79 bouts tracked for Don Fullmer and 5 bouts tracked for Doyle Baird. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Don Fullmer vs Doyle Baird — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Don Fullmer

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Doyle Baird

Don Fullmer (54-20-5) and Doyle Baird (1-3-1 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Fullmer

Wins14 KO · 26%

Losses

Draws79 tracked bouts

Baird

Tracked record

1–3–1

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Baird leads 1–0

Don Fullmer and Doyle Baird have met 1 time; Baird leads 1–0.
Met	1969Oct 29	Series
Don FullmerFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Doyle BairdFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	SDFullmer vs Baird	1Meeting

Fullmer vs Baird · Oct 29, 1969

The Numbers

Fullmer 5 · Baird 0 of 5 measurable rows

FullmerEdge = longer wingBaird

Record^†: 54-20-5 (edge)1-3-1
Win %0–100%: 71.5% (edge)
30%
Wins by knockoutmax 14: 14 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 25.93%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 26% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡levelmax 2: 2
2
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 5.2: 5.2 (edge)
1.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 79: 79
5

† 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 Fullmer: 5′8″; Doyle Baird: No height on file
Reachnot held: Don Fullmer: 70″; Doyle Baird: No reach on file
Agenot comparable: Don Fullmer: Died aged 72; Doyle Baird: 88
Stance: Don Fullmer: Orthodox; Doyle Baird: Not recorded

Don Fullmer left, Doyle Baird 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 Fullmer54 wins · from 79 tracked bouts

14 by KO/TKO 26%40 on the cards 74%

Doyle Baird1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Don Fullmer 79, Doyle Baird 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Fullmer better on 1 · Baird better on 12 shared · Don Fullmer better on 1 · Doyle Baird better on 1

FullmerDon Fullmer

Opponent

BairdDoyle Baird

Don Fullmer
0–2 against
Loss, UD
1968Dec 1968
Loss, UD
1966Feb 1966
BenvenutiNino BenvenutiItaly 82–7–1Baird betterDoyle Baird better — 0–1–1 to 0–2
Doyle Baird
0–1–1 against
Loss, TKO
1970Sep 1970
Draw, PTS
1968Oct 1968
Don Fullmer
1–1 against
Win, UD
1965Aug 1965
Loss, UD
1962Oct 1962
GriffithEmile GriffithUnited States 85–24–2Fullmer betterDon Fullmer better — 1–1 to 0–1
Doyle Baird
Loss, UD
1970Jan 1970

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

Don Fullmer has won once since losing a decision to Richie Kates. Fullmer last boxed on Oct 14, 1972.LWWLW

Fourie Feb 1972Kendall Apr 1972Vasquez May 1972Kates Sep 1972Rendon Oct 19725.2 tracked bouts per year

Doyle Baird last boxed on Dec 15, 1971 — 20,035 days ago. Baird had lost three straight, after one straight win.DWLLL

Benvenuti Oct 1968Fullmer Oct 1969Griffith Jan 1970Benvenuti Sep 1970Rondón Dec 19711.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Don Fullmer and Doyle Baird ever fought each other?: Yes. Don Fullmer and Doyle Baird met once on October 29, 1969, and Doyle Baird won by SD.
Who has the better record, Fullmer or Baird?: Don Fullmer is 54-20-5 and Doyle Baird is 1-3-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Don Fullmer has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Fullmer or Baird?: Don Fullmer has 14 knockout wins and Doyle Baird has 0. Don Fullmer has more.
Do Fullmer and Baird have any common opponents?: Don Fullmer and Doyle Baird share 2 common opponents: Nino Benvenuti and Emile Griffith. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Fullmer and Baird?: This comparison is drawn from 79 bouts tracked for Don Fullmer and 5 bouts tracked for Doyle Baird. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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