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Hank Hankinson vs Max Baer — record, stats and common opponents compared

Hank Hankinson

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Max Baer

Hank Hankinson (4-2 across 6 tracked bouts) 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 1 common opponent.

Hankinson

Tracked record

4–2

counted from 6 bouts 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

Hank Hankinson and Max Baer have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.

Hank Hankinson and Max Baer have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.
Met1938Oct 26Series
Hank HankinsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Max BaerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Hankinson 1 · Baer 6 of 7 measurable rows
HankinsonBaer
Record†
4-268-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
66.7%
84% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 51
1
51 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—75%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
25%
75% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.8
1.8
6.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 81
6
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
Hank Hankinson: No height on file
Max Baer: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Hank Hankinson: No reach on file
Max Baer: 81″
Agenot held
Hank Hankinson: No date of birth
Max Baer: Died aged 50
Stance
Hank Hankinson: Not recorded
Max Baer: Orthodox

Hank Hankinson 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
Hank Hankinson4 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Hank Hankinson: 4 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (25%) and 3 on the cards (75%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 25%3 on the cards 75%

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 — Hank Hankinson 6, Max Baer 81 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Baer better on 1

Hankinson

Opponent

Baer

  • Hank Hankinson

    Loss, PTS

    1936

    LevinskyBaer better

    Max Baer

    2–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1932

    Win, UD

    1932

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

Hank Hankinson last boxed on Oct 26, 1938 — 32,136 days ago. Hankinson had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Max Baer.WLWWL

Rosenbloom Aug 1935Levinsky Jan 1936Savold Jun 1936Godfrey Aug 1937Baer Oct 19381.8 tracked bouts per year

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 Hank Hankinson and Max Baer ever fought each other?
Yes. Hank Hankinson and Max Baer met once on October 26, 1938, and Max Baer won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LOct 26, 1938 · Baer · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hankinson or Baer?
Hank Hankinson is 4-2 across the 6 bouts 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 %

Hankinson4–266.7%

Baer68–1384%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hankinson or Baer?
Hank Hankinson has 1 knockout win and Max Baer has 51. Max Baer has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hankinson1

Baer5175%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hankinson and Baer have any common opponents?
Hank Hankinson and Max Baer share 1 common opponent: King Levinsky. Max Baer fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

King LevinskyLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hankinson and Baer?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Hank Hankinson and 81 bouts tracked for Max Baer. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hankinson6bouts

Baer81bouts

How They Win ↓

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