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Max Baer vs Walter Cobb — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Max Baer

Walter Cobb

Max Baer (68-13) and Walter Cobb (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Baer

68

Wins51 KO · 75%

13

Losses

0

Draws81 tracked bouts

Cobb

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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 Walter Cobb have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.

Max Baer and Walter Cobb have met 1 time; Baer leads 1–0.
Met1932May 11Series
Max BaerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Walter CobbFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Baer 5 · Cobb 1 of 6 measurable rows
BaerCobb
Record†
68-13 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
84% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 51
51 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
75%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
75% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
6.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 81
81
4

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

Max Baer left, Walter Cobb 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%

Walter Cobb1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Walter Cobb: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Max Baer 81, Walter Cobb 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Baer

Opponent

Cobb

  • Max Baer

    Loss, UD

    1931

    LoughranEven

    Walter Cobb

    Loss, UD

    1933

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

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

Walter Cobb last boxed on Feb 13, 1933 — 34,215 days ago. Cobb had won one in a row before losing a decision to Tommy Loughran.LLWL

Baer May 1932Godfrey Dec 1932Godfrey Dec 1932Loughran Feb 1933

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Max Baer and Walter Cobb ever fought each other?
Yes. Max Baer and Walter Cobb met once on May 11, 1932, and Max Baer won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WMay 11, 1932 · Baer · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Baer or Cobb?
Max Baer is 68-13 and Walter Cobb is 1-3 across the 4 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%

Cobb1–325%

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

Baer5175%

Cobb0

The Numbers ↓
Do Baer and Cobb have any common opponents?
Max Baer and Walter Cobb share 1 common opponent: Tommy Loughran. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Tommy LoughranLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Baer and Cobb?
This comparison is drawn from 81 bouts tracked for Max Baer and 4 bouts tracked for Walter Cobb. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Baer81bouts

Cobb4bouts

How They Win ↓

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