Buddy Baer
84″ reach · +5.02% reach advantage · 64th percentile
Buddy Baer has a reach of 84″ against a height of 80″ — a reach advantage of +5.02%, above average for heavyweight boxing and the 64th percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+5.02%
84″ reach on a 80″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 84″ (213.4 cm) | 94th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 80″ (203.2 cm) | 97th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1940s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
59–7
66 bouts on record
Finish rate
90%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 91st percentile
The career, bout by bout
65 recorded bouts from 1934 to 1942. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
9y
1934–1942
Longest unbeaten run
18
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1936
21 bouts
Recorded bouts
65
65 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | L | Joe Louis | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1941 | L | Joe Louis | DQ | 7 |
| 1941 | W | Tony Galento | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1941 | L | Eddie Blunt | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Harold Blackshear | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1940 | W | Valentin Campolo | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1940 | W | Nathan Mann | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1938 | W | Lee Savold | — | 8 |
| 1938 | W | Charley Neaves | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1938 | W | Maxie Doyle | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1938 | W | Sandy McDonald | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1938 | W | Big Boy Brackey | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1938 | W | Chuck Crowell | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1938 | L | Gunnar Bärlund | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1937 | W | Eddie Hogan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1937 | W | Abe Simon | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1937 | W | Jack London | Decision | 10 |
| 1937 | W | Jim Wilde | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1936 | W | Patrick Michael Barry | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1936 | W | Salvatore Ruggirello | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1936 | W | Art Oliver | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1936 | W | Babe Davis | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1936 | W | Verne Trickle | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1936 | W | Pret Ferrar | — | 6 |
| 1936 | W | Fred Schultz | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1936 | W | Babe Hunt | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1936 | W | Jack Conroy | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1936 | W | James J. Russell | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1936 | W | Don Baxter | Decision | 6 |
| 1936 | W | Bill Devere | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1936 | W | Mickey Simpson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1936 | W | Ray Jarecki | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1936 | W | Rags Wood | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1936 | W | James Merriott | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1936 | W | Charles Montgomery | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1936 | L | Andre Lenglet | Decision | 6 |
| 1936 | W | Jack Petric | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1936 | W | Harold Murphy | Decision | 4 |
| 1936 | W | Wally Hunt | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1935 | L | Ford Smith | Decision | 6 |
| 1935 | W | Jack Doyle | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1935 | W | Artie Suess | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1935 | W | Al Delaney | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1935 | W | Frank Wotanski | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1935 | W | Big Boy Brackey | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1935 | W | Ed Anderson | Decision | 4 |
| 1935 | W | Tommy Davenport | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1935 | W | John "Corn" Griffin | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1935 | W | Harry Nelson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1935 | W | Frank Connolly | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1935 | W | Monty Hogan | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1935 | L | Babe Hunt | Decision | 4 |
| 1935 | W | Jack O'Dowd | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1934 | W | Gene Stanton | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1934 | W | Henry Surrette | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1934 | W | Bumbo Myers | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1934 | W | Bob Cook | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1934 | W | Mickey McGoorty | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1934 | W | Red Fields | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1934 | W | Johnny Baker | KO/TKO | 2 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 65 recorded bouts.
7 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Lance Whitaker+5.02% 84″ reach · 64th pct
- Deontay Wilder+5.03% 83″ reach · 64th pct
- Filip Hrgović+5.05% 81.9″ reach · 65th pct
- Tyson Fury+4.96% 85″ reach · 63rd pct
- Quintín Romero Rojas+4.92% 75.6″ reach · 63rd pct
- Derrick Jefferson+5.15% 82″ reach · 65th pct
- Gerald Washington+5.15% 82″ reach · 65th pct
- Jameel McCline+5.15% 82″ reach · 65th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 317 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Buddy Baer on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-08-03. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.