Boxing career of Muhammad Ali (56-5) 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 5 common opponents.
Boxing career of Muhammad Ali vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Boxing career of Muhammad Ali leads 1–0- Boxing career of Muhammad Ali wonAli vs BesmanoffNov 29, 1961 · TKO · R7
The Numbers
- 56-5 (edge)
- Record
- 51-34-8
- 91.8% (edge)
- Win %
- 59.1%
- 37 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 19
- 66.07% (edge)
- KO rate
- 37.25%
- 66%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 100% (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 7
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.9 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.2
- 61
- 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
- 6′3″ (190 cm) (edge)
- Height
- 5′11″ (180 cm)
- 78″ (198 cm)
- Reach
- —
- —
- Age
- 93
- Orthodox
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- German citizenship
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBoxing career of Muhammad Ali · 56 wins
KO/TKO
37
Decision
19
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 (61 and 11 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
5 sharedBoxing career of Muhammad Ali
WUD · May 1972WUD · Mar 1966Willi Besmanoff
LTKO R3 · May 1967LTKO R3 · Apr 1967LTKO R4 · Jun 1961Boxing career of Muhammad Ali
WKO R1 · May 1965WRTD R6 · Feb 1964Willi Besmanoff
LRTD R6 · Dec 1959Boxing career of Muhammad Ali
WTKO R4 · Nov 1962Willi Besmanoff
LTKO R10 · May 1960LSD · May 1958
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Boxing career of Muhammad Ali
LLWLW
L2 streak · last fought Dec 11, 1981
Willi Besmanoff
LLLWL
L3 streak · last fought May 27, 1967
Common Questions
- Have Boxing career of Muhammad Ali and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
- Yes. Boxing career of Muhammad Ali and Willi Besmanoff met once on November 29, 1961, and Boxing career of Muhammad Ali won by TKO in round 7.
- Who has the better record, Boxing career of Muhammad Ali or Willi Besmanoff?
- Boxing career of Muhammad Ali is 56-5 and Willi Besmanoff is 51-34-8. Boxing career of Muhammad Ali has the higher win percentage.
- Who has more knockouts, Boxing career of Muhammad Ali or Willi Besmanoff?
- Boxing career of Muhammad Ali has 37 knockout wins and Willi Besmanoff has 19. Boxing career of Muhammad Ali has more.
- Do Boxing career of Muhammad Ali and Willi Besmanoff have any common opponents?
- Boxing career of Muhammad Ali and Willi Besmanoff share 5 common opponents: Bob Foster, George Chuvalo and Sonny Liston (and 2 others). Boxing career of Muhammad Ali fared better against 4 of them.
- Who is bigger, Boxing career of Muhammad Ali or Willi Besmanoff?
- Boxing career of Muhammad Ali is the taller fighter at 190 cm, 10 cm above the other.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Boxing career of Muhammad Ali and Willi Besmanoff?
- This comparison is drawn from 61 bouts tracked for Boxing career of Muhammad Ali and 11 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.