Max Baer

This article is about the boxer Max Baer. For other people, see Max Bär and Max Beer .

Max Baer
Data
Birth Name	Maximilian Adelbert Baer
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	US-american
birthday	February 11, 1909
place of birth	Omaha
Date of death	November 21, 1959
Place of death	Hollywood
style	Left delivery
size	1.89 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	80
Victories	67
Knockout victories	51
Defeats	13
Profile in the BoxRec database

Max Baer (born February 11, 1909 in Omaha , Nebraska , † November 21, 1959 in Hollywood , California ) was an American undisputed heavyweight boxing champion and actor. Max Baer fought from 1929 to 1941. He had great clout and good taker skills. Boxing technique and hard workouts were not said to him.

Baer was popular with the public and known for his idiosyncratic humor. His brother Buddy Baer was also a boxer. In the early 1940s he failed twice in world championship fights against Joe Louis , to whom Max had also lost (once).

Max Baer starred in several Hollywood films, including The Boxer and the Lady (1933), The Fleet Breaks Through (1942) and Dirty Laurel (1956).

Life

In a fight on August 25, 1930 in San Francisco , the young boxer Frankie Campbell was killed in the fifth round as a result of a hail of Baers. The referee had not stopped the fight even when Campbell was already hanging unconscious on the ropes. Baer was very shocked by the accident and considered quitting professional boxing. He made it possible for the deceased's children to attend college through generous donations. According to his own statements, he had nightmares all his life about this fight.

Since his meeting with Max Schmeling on June 8, 1933 in New York , he always wore a large Star of David on his trousers during his fights . His father was Jewish and he wanted to fly the flag in Germany after the National Socialists came to power. He defeated Schmeling, who did not seem fully trained in this fight, by technical knockout in the tenth round.

He won the heavyweight title against the Italian Primo Carnera on June 14, 1934 with a victory by technical knockout in the eleventh round. Carnera had previously been on the ground eleven times. In his first title defense on June 13, 1935, Baer lost the title to the great outsider Jim Braddock by losing points after a turbulent 15 round fight. There were experts who saw Baer as the winner.

The next fight he lost against the aspiring and undefeated Joe Louis by knockout in the fourth round. In 1941, Baer ended his career after a premature loss to Lou Nova .

After refereeing a boxing event in Phoenix, Baer traveled to Los Angeles and checked into the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. In the morning he had a heart attack while shaving and called a doctor. He died shortly after in the hospital. He was buried in Saint Mary's Mausoleum in Sacramento .

In 1995 Baer was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and in 2010 into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame .

filming

The world championship fight between world champion Max Baer and his challenger Jim “Cinderella Man” Braddock was the subject of the 2004 feature film The Comeback (Original: Cinderella Man) with Russell Crowe and Renée Zellweger . Max Baer was portrayed by Craig Bierko . The film shows the surprising comeback of Braddock, who was successful in the 1920s but has since fallen into disrepair, the climax of which is the world championship fight against Baer. For dramaturgical reasons Max Baer is portrayed in the film - outsider Braddock versus the much more powerful world championship holder Baer - as a dangerous thug who is hardly affected when he kills his opponents in the ring. Before the world championship fight, Baer even announces Braddock's wife in a heated argument that she will be widowed. In the same battle of words, he seriously advises Jim Braddock not to fight for the title against him.

List of professional fights

67 wins (51 knockout wins), 13 losses (3 knockout losses), 0 draws
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Baer
1929	May 16	Oak Park Arena, Stockton, California, United States	Chief Caribou	Victory / KO 2nd round
	6th of June	Stockton, California, United States	Sailor Leeds	Victory / KO 1st round
	July 4th	Stockton, California, United States	Tillie Taverna	Victory / KO 1st round
	July 18th	Oak Park Arena, Stockton, California, United States	Al Red Ledford	Victory / KO 1st round
	24th July	East Bay AC, Oakland, California, United States	Benny Hill	Points win / 4 rounds
	July 31	Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, California, United States	Benny Hill	Points win / 4 rounds
	August 28th	Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, California, United States	Al Red Ledford	Victory / KO 2nd round
	September 4th	Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, California, United States	Jack McCarthy	Disqualification / 3rd round
	25th of September	Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, California, United States	Frank Rudzenski	Victory / KO 3rd round
	October 2nd	Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States	George Carroll	Victory / KO 1st round
	October, 16th	East Bay AC, Oakland, California, United States	Chief Caribou	Victory / KO 1st round
	30th of October	East Bay AC, Oakland, California, United States	Alex Rowe	Victory / KO 1st round
	November 6th	East Bay AC, Oakland, California, United States	Natie Brown	Points win / 6 rounds
	20th November	East Bay AC, Oakland, California, United States	Tillie Taverna	Victory / KO 2nd round
	December 4th	Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, California, United States	Chet Shandel	Victory / KO 2nd round
	30th of December	Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, California, United States	Tony Fuente	Victory / KO 1st round
1930	15. January	Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, California, United States	Tiny Abbott	Disqualification / 3rd round
	January 29th	Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States	Tiny Abbott	Victory / KO 6th round
	9th April	Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States	Jack Stewart	Victory / KO 2nd round
	April 22	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States	Ernie Owens	Points win / 10 rounds
	May 7th	Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States	Tom Toner	Victory / KO 6th round
	28th of May	Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States	Jack Linkhorn	Victory / KO 1st round
	June 11th	Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States	Buck Weaver	Victory / KO 1st round
	25th June	Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States	Ernie Owens	Victory / KO 5th round
	15th of July	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States	Les Kennedy	Point loss / 10 rounds
	August 11th	Oaks Ballpark, Emeryville, California, United States	KO Christner	Victory / KO 2nd round
	August 25	Recreation Park, San Francisco, California, United States	Frankie Campbell	Victory / TKO 5th round
	19. December	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	Ernie Schaaf	Loss on points (unanimously) / 10 rounds
1931	January 16	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	Tom Heeney	Victory / KO 3rd round
	February 6th	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	Tommy Loughran	Loss on points (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	7th of April	Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, United States	Ernie Owens	Victory / KO 2nd round
	5th of May	Public Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, United States	Johnny Risko	Point loss / 10 rounds
	July 4th	Race Track Arena, Reno, Nevada, United States	Paulino Uzcudun	Point loss / 20 rounds
	September 23rd	Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, California, United States	Jack Van Noy	Victory / TKO 8th round
	October 21	Arcadia Pavilion, Oakland, California, United States	Jose Santa	Victory / KO 10th round
	November 9th	Seals Stadium, San Francisco, California, United States	Johnny Risko	Points win / 10 rounds
	November 23	Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States	Les Kennedy	Victory / KO 3rd round
	30th of December	Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States	Arthur De Kuh	Points win / 10 rounds
1932	January 29th	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	King Levinsky	Points win / 10 rounds
	February 22	Seals Stadium, San Francisco, California, United States	Tom Heeney	Points win / 10 rounds
	26th of April	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States	Paul Swiderski	Victory / TKO 6th round
	May 11th	Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States	Walter Cobb	Victory / TKO 4th round
	July 4th	Dempsey's Bowl, Reno, Nevada, United States	King Levinsky	Points win / 20 laps
	August 31	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, United States	Ernie Schaaf	Win / 10 rounds
	September 26th	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, United States	Tuffy Griffiths	Victory / TKO 7th round
1933	8th June	Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States	Max Schmeling	Victory / TKO 10th round
1934	14th June	Madison Square Garden Bowl, Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States	Primo Carnera	Victory / TKO 11th round
1935	June 13th	Madison Square Garden Bowl, Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States	Jim Braddock	Loss on points (unanimously) / 15 rounds
	September 24th	Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States	Joe Louis	Loss / KO 4th round
1936	15th June	McCullough's Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States	Tony Souza	Points win / 6 rounds
	17th of June	Ada Co. Fairgrounds, Boise, Idaho, United States	Bob Fraser	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	June 19th	Armory, Pocatello, Idaho, United States	Harold Murphy	Points win / 6 rounds
	23rd June	Tyler, Texas, United States	George Brown	Victory / TKO 4th round
	June 24th	Tech Field, San Antonio, Texas, United States	Wilson Dunn	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	2nd July	Sportatorium, Dallas, Texas, United States	Buck Rogers	Victory / KO 3rd round
	July 13th	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States	James Merriott	Victory / KO 2nd round
	16th of July	Coliseum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States	Junior Munsell	Victory / KO 5th round
	17th July	Convention Hall, Ada, Oklahoma, United States	Cecil Smith	Points win / 4 rounds
	24th July	Ogden Stadium, Ogden, Utah, United States	Bob Williams	Victory / KO 1st round
	August 25	Multnomah Stadium, Portland, Oregon, United States	Cecil Myart	Points win / 6 rounds
	26th of August	Marshfield, Oregon, United States	Nails Gorman	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	29th August	Recreation Park, Lewiston, Idaho, United States	Al Frankco	Victory / KO 2nd round
	August 31	Memorial Ball Park, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States	Don Baxter	Victory / KO 1st round
	September 2nd	Lincoln Field, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States	Al Gaynor	Victory / KO 1st round
	September 4th	Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States	Cyclone Lynch	Victory / KO 3rd round
	7th of September	Casper, Wyoming, United States	Cowboy Sammy Evans	Victory / KO 4th round
	September 14th	Des Moines, Iowa, United States	Bearcat Wright	Victory / / NWS / 6 rounds
	October 6th	Evansville, Illinois, United States	Tim Charles	Victory / KO 4th round
	8th October	Platteville, Wisconsin, United States	Willie Davies	Point loss / 6 rounds
	October 19th	Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Dutch Weimer	Victory / KO 2nd round
1937	April 15th	Harringay Arena, Harringay, London, United Kingdom	Tommy Farr	Point loss / 12 rounds
	May 27th	Harringay Arena, Harringay, London, United Kingdom	Ben Foord	Victory / KO 9th round
1938	March 11	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	Tommy Farr	Points victory (unanimously) / 15 rounds
	October 26th	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States	Hank Hankinson	Victory / KO 1st round
1939	June 1st	Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States	Lou Nova	Defeat / TKO 11th round
	September 4th	Silver Peak, Nevada, United States	Big Ed Murphy	Victory / KO 1st round
	September 18	Fair Park Stadium, Lubbock, Texas, United States	Babe Ritchie	Victory / KO 2nd round
1940	2nd July	Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States	Tony Galento	Victory / TKO 8th round
	September 26th	Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States	Pat Comiskey	Victory / TKO 1st round
1941	4. April	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States	Lou Nova	Loss / TKO 8th round
(Source: Max Baer in the BoxRec database)

See also

• List of heavyweight boxing champions

Individual evidence

1. ↑ profile in the IJshof

literature

• Nat Fleischer: Max Baer: the glamor boy of the ring , New York 1970.

Web links

• Max Baer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• CV and picture
• All fights
• San Francisco Chronicle
• Max Schmeling
• Greatest Punchers # 22
• The Battle of the Maxes - Baer versus Schmeling on June 8, 1933, and what TeBe had to do with it
• Max Baer in the BoxRec database