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Max Baer vs Sailor Leeds — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Max Baer

Sailor Leeds

Max Baer (68-13) and Sailor Leeds (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Leeds

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Sailor Leeds have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.

Max Baer and Sailor Leeds have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.
Met1929Jun 6Series
Max BaerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sailor LeedsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Baer 4 · Leeds 1 of 5 measurable rows
BaerLeeds
Record†
68-13 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
84% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 51
51 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
75%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
75%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
6.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 81
81
1

† 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″
Sailor Leeds: No height on file
Reachnot held
Max Baer: 81″
Sailor Leeds: No reach on file
Agenot held
Max Baer: Died aged 50
Sailor Leeds: No date of birth
Stance
Max Baer: Orthodox
Sailor Leeds: Not recorded

Max Baer left, Sailor Leeds 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%

Sailor Leeds0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Sailor Leeds: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Leeds yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Max Baer 81, Sailor Leeds 1 — 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

Sailor Leeds last boxed on Jun 6, 1929 — 35,572 days ago. Leeds had lost the most recent, to Max Baer.L

Baer Jun 1929

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Max Baer and Sailor Leeds ever fought each other?
Yes. Max Baer and Sailor Leeds met once on June 6, 1929, and Max Baer won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WJun 6, 1929 · Baer · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Baer or Leeds?
Max Baer is 68-13 and Sailor Leeds is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Leeds0–10%

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

Baer5175%

Leeds0

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

Baer81bouts

Leeds1bout

How They Win ↓

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