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Jack McCarthy vs Max Baer — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jack McCarthy

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Max Baer

Jack McCarthy (2-3 across 5 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

McCarthy

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 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

McCarthy leads 1–0

Jack McCarthy and Max Baer have met 1 time; McCarthy leads 1–0.

Jack McCarthy and Max Baer have met 1 time; McCarthy leads 1–0.
Met1929Sep 4Series
Jack McCarthyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Max BaerFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultDQR31Meeting

The Numbers

McCarthy 1 · Baer 6 of 7 measurable rows
McCarthyBaer
Record†
2-368-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
40%
84% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 51
0
51 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—75%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
75% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.8
0.7
6.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 81
5
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
Jack McCarthy: No height on file
Max Baer: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Jack McCarthy: No reach on file
Max Baer: 81″
Agenot held
Jack McCarthy: No date of birth
Max Baer: Died aged 50
Stance
Jack McCarthy: Not recorded
Max Baer: Orthodox

Jack McCarthy 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
Jack McCarthy2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Jack McCarthy: 2 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

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 — Jack McCarthy 5, 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

Jack McCarthy last boxed on Jun 30, 1932 — 34,446 days ago. McCarthy had won one in a row before losing a decision to Eddie Babe Risko.WLLWL

III Mar 1925Fields Jan 1929Yarosz Jul 1929Baer Sep 1929Risko Jun 19320.7 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 Jack McCarthy and Max Baer ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack McCarthy and Max Baer met once on September 4, 1929, and Jack McCarthy won by DQ in round 3.
The meeting

WSep 4, 1929 · McCarthy · DQ R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McCarthy or Baer?
Jack McCarthy is 2-3 across the 5 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 %

McCarthy2–340%

Baer68–1384%

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

McCarthy0

Baer5175%

The Numbers ↓
Do McCarthy and Baer have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jack McCarthy and Max Baer have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCarthy and Baer?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Jack McCarthy and 81 bouts tracked for Max Baer. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McCarthy5bouts

Baer81bouts

How They Win ↓

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