Max Baer vs. Chief Caribou

Max Baer 192 lbs beat Chief Caribou 192 lbs by TKO in round 2 of 4

• Date: 1929-05-16
• Location: Oak Park Arena, Stockton, California, USA
• Referee: Harry Atwood

"It was a sticky hot May evening in Stockton's Oak Park Arena in 1929 and a thirsty Max Baer guzzled 5 bottles of soda just before he entered the ring. When Caribou socked him in the gut, Max hunched over in pain. Not because the punch hurt, nerves and the carbonated drinks had made him nauseous. Realizing he had to knock the Chief down or throw up on him, Max began to chase Caribou around the ring, flailing wildly. Somehow his flying fists knocked Caribou down 4 times in round 1. In round 2, as the Chief and the stunned crowd wondered how long this madman could keep it up, Max struck him on the head with so much force he hung suspended in the air for a moment, then toppled over like a felled tree. Max Baer had won his first fight."

SOURCE: www.maxbaer.org and the wonderful work of Catherine Jackson

According to the Stockton Independent a large delegation from Livermore attended the program rooting on Baer.