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Max Baer vs Pat Comiskey — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Max Baer

Max Baer (68-13) and Pat Comiskey (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Baer

68

Wins51 KO · 75%

13

Losses

0

Draws81 tracked bouts

Comiskey

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 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

Baer leads 1–0

Max Baer and Pat Comiskey have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.

Max Baer and Pat Comiskey have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.
Met1940Sep 26Series
Max BaerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Pat ComiskeyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Baer 5 · Comiskey 2 of 7 measurable rows
BaerComiskey
Record†
68-13 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
84% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 51
51 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
75%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
75%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.8
6.8 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 81
81
2

† 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
Max Baer: 6′0″
Pat Comiskey: No height on file
Reachnot held
Max Baer: 81″
Pat Comiskey: No reach on file
Agenot held
Max Baer: Died aged 50
Pat Comiskey: No date of birth
Stance
Max Baer: Orthodox
Pat Comiskey: Not recorded

Max Baer left, Pat Comiskey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Pat Comiskey1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Pat Comiskey: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Max Baer 81, Pat Comiskey 2 — 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

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

Pat Comiskey last boxed on Jun 6, 1950 — 27,893 days ago. Comiskey had won once since losing by stoppage to Max Baer.LW

Baer Sep 1940Williams Jun 19500.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Max Baer and Pat Comiskey ever fought each other?
Yes. Max Baer and Pat Comiskey met once on September 26, 1940, and Max Baer won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WSep 26, 1940 · Baer · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Baer or Comiskey?
Max Baer is 68-13 and Pat Comiskey is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Max Baer has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Baer68–1384%

Comiskey1–150%

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

Baer5175%

Comiskey1

The Numbers ↓
Do Baer and Comiskey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Max Baer and Pat Comiskey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Baer and Comiskey?
This comparison is drawn from 81 bouts tracked for Max Baer and 2 bouts tracked for Pat Comiskey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Baer81bouts

Comiskey2bouts

How They Win ↓

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