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Alvin Williams vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Alvin Williams

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Alvin Williams (1-11 across 12 tracked bouts) and Willi Besmanoff (51-34-8) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Williams

Tracked record

1–11

counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Besmanoff

51

Wins19 KO · 37%

34

Losses

8

Draws93 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Besmanoff leads 1–0

Alvin Williams and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.

Alvin Williams and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1959May 18Series
Alvin WilliamsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Williams 2 · Besmanoff 4 of 6 measurable rows
WilliamsBesmanoff
Record†
1-1151-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
8.3%
59.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
1
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.25%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
38%
Times stopped‡max 10
3 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
1.3
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
12
93

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Alvin Williams: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Alvin Williams: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Alvin Williams: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Alvin Williams left, Willi Besmanoff right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Alvin Williams1 win · from 12 tracked bouts

Alvin Williams: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Willi Besmanoff53 wins · from 93 tracked bouts

Willi Besmanoff: 53 tracked wins — 20 by KO/TKO (38%), 32 on the cards (60%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 93 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

20 by KO/TKO 38%32 on the cards 60%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Alvin Williams 12, Willi Besmanoff 93 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Williams better on 1 · even on 2

Williams

Opponent

Besmanoff

  • Alvin Williams

    Loss, KO

    1959

    FolleyWilliams better

    Willi Besmanoff

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1960

    Loss, UD

    1959

  • Alvin Williams

    Loss, UD

    1956

    HarrisEven

    Willi Besmanoff

    Loss, UD

    1957

  • Alvin Williams

    Loss, UD

    1956

    DurelleEven

    Willi Besmanoff

    Loss, UD

    1957

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Alvin Williams last boxed on Jul 7, 1959 — 24,577 days ago. Williams had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Turman Jan 1958Zuany Apr 1959Besmanoff May 1959Zuany May 1959Folley Jul 19591.3 tracked bouts per year

Willi Besmanoff has lost three straight, after one straight win. Besmanoff last boxed on Aug 1, 1967.LWLLL

Lanum Nov 1966Lanum Dec 1966Chuvalo Apr 1967Chuvalo May 1967Zyglewicz Aug 19676.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Alvin Williams and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Alvin Williams and Willi Besmanoff met once on May 18, 1959, and Willi Besmanoff won by UD.
The meeting

LMay 18, 1959 · Besmanoff · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Williams or Besmanoff?
Alvin Williams is 1-11 across the 12 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Willi Besmanoff is 51-34-8. Willi Besmanoff has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Williams1–118.3%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Williams or Besmanoff?
Alvin Williams has 1 knockout win and Willi Besmanoff has 19. Willi Besmanoff has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Williams1

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Williams and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Alvin Williams and Willi Besmanoff share 3 common opponents: Zora Folley, Roy Harris and Yvon Durelle. Alvin Williams fared better against 1 of them.
3 shared opponents

Zora FolleyLL

Roy HarrisLL

Yvon DurelleLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Williams and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Alvin Williams and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Williams12bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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