Max Baer Career Boxing Collection 9 Rare Fights on 3 DVDs

With Lorimer backing him, Max fought his first professional match in Stockton, California on May 16, 1929, knocking out the otherwise forgotten Chief Caribou in two rounds

Fun-loving, entertaining, hard-hitting, and charismatic, Max Baer was the fighter most responsible for maintaining the public's interest in the heavyweight division during early years of the Great Depression. Realizing that character and image were as important to creating boxing spectacles as was fighting prowess, Baer was a character unlike any other for his time. He substituted his contagious smile and clown-like ring antics for his lack of true boxing technique. Combined with his literally lethal punching power, Baer's personality made him perhaps the most popular boxer in the era between the retirement of Jack Dempsey and the rise of Joe Louis. Unfortunately, because of his uncomplimentary portrayal in the film "Cinderella Man". Baer is wrongly perceived by many as an arrogant, bloodthirsty brat. Those who knew him describe a happy-go-lucky man, always looking for the lighter side of a brutal sport. It was precisely this perspective and behavior that made him so likable for those suffering the miseries of Depression era.