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Dave Zyglewicz vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dave Zyglewicz

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Dave Zyglewicz (1-1 across 2 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.

Zyglewicz

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Besmanoff

51

Wins19 KO · 37%

34

Losses

8

Draws94 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

Zyglewicz leads 1–0

Dave Zyglewicz and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Zyglewicz leads 1–0.

Dave Zyglewicz and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Zyglewicz leads 1–0.
Met1967Aug 1Series
Dave ZyglewiczFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Zyglewicz 2 · Besmanoff 4 of 6 measurable rows
ZyglewiczBesmanoff
Record†
1-151-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
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 11
1 (edge)
11
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.3
1.2
6.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 94
2
94

† 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
Dave Zyglewicz: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Dave Zyglewicz: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Dave Zyglewicz: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Dave Zyglewicz 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
Dave Zyglewicz1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Dave Zyglewicz: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Willi Besmanoff53 wins · from 94 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 94 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 — Dave Zyglewicz 2, Willi Besmanoff 94 — 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

Dave Zyglewicz last boxed on Apr 22, 1969 — 20,997 days ago. Zyglewicz had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Frazier.WL

Besmanoff Aug 1967Frazier Apr 19691.2 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 19676.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dave Zyglewicz and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Zyglewicz and Willi Besmanoff met once on August 1, 1967, and Dave Zyglewicz won by TKO.
The meeting

WAug 1, 1967 · Zyglewicz · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Zyglewicz or Besmanoff?
Dave Zyglewicz is 1-1 across the 2 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 %

Zyglewicz1–150%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Zyglewicz1

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Zyglewicz and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dave Zyglewicz and Willi Besmanoff have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Zyglewicz and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Dave Zyglewicz and 94 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Zyglewicz2bouts

Besmanoff94bouts

How They Win ↓

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