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Max Baer vs Tony Souza — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Max Baer

Tony Souza

Max Baer (68-13) and Tony Souza (0-2-1 across 3 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

Souza

Tracked record

0–2–1

counted from 3 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 Tony Souza have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.

Max Baer and Tony Souza have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.
Met1936Jun 15Series
Max BaerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony SouzaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Baer 4 · Souza 1 of 5 measurable rows
BaerSouza
Record†
68-13 (edge)0-2-1
Win %0–100%
84% (edge)
16.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 51
51 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
75%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
75%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
6.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 81
81
3

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

Max Baer left, Tony Souza 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%

Tony Souza0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Tony Souza: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Souza yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Max Baer 81, Tony Souza 3 — 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

Tony Souza last boxed on May 25, 1937 — 32,655 days ago. Souza had lost the most recent, to Speedy Dado.LDL

Baer Jun 1936Dado May 1937Dado May 1937

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Max Baer and Tony Souza ever fought each other?
Yes. Max Baer and Tony Souza met once on June 15, 1936, and Max Baer won by PTS.
The meeting

WJun 15, 1936 · Baer · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Baer or Souza?
Max Baer is 68-13 and Tony Souza is 0-2-1 across the 3 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%

Souza0–2–116.7%

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

Baer5175%

Souza0

The Numbers ↓
Do Baer and Souza have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Max Baer and Tony Souza have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Baer and Souza?
This comparison is drawn from 81 bouts tracked for Max Baer and 3 bouts tracked for Tony Souza. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Baer81bouts

Souza3bouts

How They Win ↓

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