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Archie McBride vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Archie McBride

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Archie McBride (3-8-2 across 13 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

McBride

Tracked record

3–8–2

counted from 13 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

McBride leads 1–0

Archie McBride and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; McBride leads 1–0.

Archie McBride and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; McBride leads 1–0.
Met1957May 20Series
Archie McBrideFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

McBride 1 · Besmanoff 5 of 6 measurable rows
McBrideBesmanoff
Record†
3-8-251-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
30.8%
59.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.25%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
38% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 10
3 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
0.7
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
13
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
Archie McBride: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Archie McBride: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Archie McBride: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Archie McBride 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
Archie McBride3 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Archie McBride: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 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 — Archie McBride 13, Willi Besmanoff 93 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Archie McBride last boxed on Dec 9, 1966 — 21,866 days ago. McBride had lost two straight.DLDLL

Mildenberger Jan 1963Mildenberger Jan 1964Grupe May 1965Jones Dec 1965Grupe Dec 19660.7 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 Archie McBride and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Archie McBride and Willi Besmanoff met once on May 20, 1957, and Archie McBride won by UD.
The meeting

WMay 20, 1957 · McBride · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McBride or Besmanoff?
Archie McBride is 3-8-2 across the 13 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 %

McBride3–8–230.8%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, McBride or Besmanoff?
Archie McBride has 0 knockout wins and Willi Besmanoff has 19. Willi Besmanoff has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

McBride0

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do McBride and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Archie McBride and Willi Besmanoff have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McBride and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for Archie McBride and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McBride13bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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