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Max and Buddy Baer Go to WarBy Norman Marcus - boxing.com Max would often whack a man on the butt if he wasn’t paying attention. In those days a welt from Max or Buddy was a badge of honor ... |
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EURO RESULTS By Per-Ake Persson Nov 1, Izegem, BEL: 10x3, l: Azzedine Mehdaoui, Bel W10-U Davide Carpentieri, Ita Mehdaoui won the vacant Belgian title on scores ...
04/11/2026

EURO RESULTS By Per-Ake Persson Oct 25, Harrow, UK; Leisure Centre, Top Tier Boxing 6x3: Levente Gemes, 73,5, Hun/Uk TKO 3 (2.06) Kamkian Djiminger, 72,1, Swe Gem...
28/10/2026

EURO RESULTS By Per-Ake Persson Oct 18, Örebro, SWE, Tegelbruket, Fight Life Promotion Pro-Am show 6x3: Pezhman Seifkhani, 108,9, Swe W6-U Petri Pyyköne...
22/10/2026

EURO RESULTS By Per-Ake Persson Oct 12, Amsterdam, NTH, Theatre Carre, Hans de Bruijn 12x3, bw: Angelo Morejon, Cub/Ita TKO 3 Willy Kyakonye, Uga/Nth Morejon won ...
14/10/2026

EURO RESULTS By Per-Ake Persson Oct 4, Madrid, SPA, Las Vegas Theatre 10x2, Jennifer Miranda, Spa KO 3 Militza Salazar, Ven Miranda won the vacant WBA Gold Intern...
07/10/2026

EURO RESULTS By Per-Ake Persson Sep 20, Wiesbaden, GER, Black Wolves Fight Club, Mr and Mrs Altunkaya, gba 4x3, c: Branko Vincic, Swe TKO 1 Kevin Kirchner, Ger Kirchner...
23/09/2026

EURO RESULTS By Per-Ake Persson Sep 5, Ludwigshafen, GER: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Primora Boxing (Ricardo Silman), bdb 10x3: Slawa Spomer, 67,95, Ger TKO 7 (not out) Faisal Abu...
09/09/2026

EURO RESULTS By Per-Ake Persson Aug 22, Lviv, UKR, Usyk 17 Promotion 10x3, lh: Oleksandr Khyzhniak, Ukr W10-U Durval Elias Palacio, Arg Khyzhniak won the vacant W...
26/08/2026



Max Baer was thirty-three years old and his brother Buddy was twenty-seven. They had both retired from the ring in the past year. That morning they both went down to McClellan Field in California, to enlist in the Army Air Corps. The army at that time was only taking men aged eighteen to twenty-six years. The two heavyweight contenders were told flat-out that they were too old to fight!