Max Baer in top 20 most powerful HWs ever?

yes he had a very big punch and was quite a powerful guy.

 

Max Baer was the 1930's version of George Foreman...... Very big at 6' 2" tall and damn near 210 pounds... For the 1930's, that was considered very big at heavyweight..... YES! Baer had wicked power, but, he was also sloppy and wild.... Max Baer's boxing skill and technique was below par.... Max Baer did well and looked like a killer, when matched against smaller / weaker men.... Beating a hulking stiff like Primo Carnera is not really an impressive accomplishment... Max Baer was favored going in..... Was Max Baer really a great fighter? NO!! Does he have a great legend / legacy? YES!! Do I like or admire a former fighter like Max Baer? Yes, I do..... Peace....

MR.BILL

 

His son played Jethro on "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLYS"

 

baer's fists were made of titanium

 

Very powerful man that killed people in the ring, i say yes.!!!!!!

 

i have read the name before but never really followed it then i watched ciderella man and got to know a little more of him and alot of credit to braddock from what i watched on the movie

 

That movie completely vilified Baer though. They made Max look like a complete **** while in real life he was more of a guy who like to clown around and was deeply distraught about the time he took someone's life in the ring.

 

To be fair to Max Baer, Schaaf died after his bout with Baer (died against Carnera. If anything the man probably should have not been allowed to fight so soon after that bout with Max.

Like it was said, it was too bad the man never took the sport as seriously as others did. He was not the most dedicated athlete and still accomplished a lot. Just shows you he had a lot of natural gifts.

 

Agreed, the guy had killer power. Literally.

 

Exactly. Baer is not only one of the top ten hardest HW punchers of all time, imo, he had one of the top five chins. 84 fights and he was only stopped for the count once, and that was against the great Joe Louis. He was conscious as he took the count too, basically surrendering on the floor.

Problem with Baer is that he didn't take the game very seriously, and got by on these two abilities alone. Had he applied himself, he could probably have been Louis's major rival in the 30s and early 40s.