Archie Moore (186-23-10) and Willi Besmanoff (51-34-8) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 3 common opponents.
Archie Moore vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Archie Moore leads 2–0- Archie Moore wonMoore vs BesmanoffMay 25, 1960 · TKO · R10
- Archie Moore wonMoore vs BesmanoffMay 2, 1958 · SD
The Numbers
- 186-23-10 (edge)
- Record
- 51-34-8
- 87.2% (edge)
- Win %
- 59.1%
- 132 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 19
- 70.97% (edge)
- KO rate
- 37.25%
- 70%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 100% (edge)
- 8
- Times stopped
- 7 (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 8.2 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.2
- 226
- Bouts tracked
- 11
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′11″ (180 cm)
- Height
- 5′11″ (180 cm)
- 75″ (190 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 112
- Age
- 93
- Orthodox
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Middleweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- German citizenship
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyArchie Moore · 190 wins
KO/TKO
133
Decision
57
Other
0
Willi Besmanoff · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (226 and 11 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Archie Moore
WLLDW
W1 streak · last fought Mar 15, 1963
Willi Besmanoff
LLLWL
L3 streak · last fought May 27, 1967
Common Questions
- Have Archie Moore and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
- Yes. Archie Moore and Willi Besmanoff have met 2 times and Archie Moore leads the series 2-0.
- Who has the better record, Archie Moore or Willi Besmanoff?
- Archie Moore is 186-23-10 and Willi Besmanoff is 51-34-8. Archie Moore has the higher win percentage.
- Who has more knockouts, Archie Moore or Willi Besmanoff?
- Archie Moore has 132 knockout wins and Willi Besmanoff has 19. Archie Moore has more.
- Do Archie Moore and Willi Besmanoff have any common opponents?
- Archie Moore and Willi Besmanoff share 3 common opponents: Boxing career of Muhammad Ali, Willie Pastrano and Pete Rademacher. Archie Moore fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Archie Moore and Willi Besmanoff?
- This comparison is drawn from 226 bouts tracked for Archie Moore and 11 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.