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Don Ellis vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Don Ellis

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Don Ellis (0-2 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.

Ellis

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Don Ellis and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.

Don Ellis and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1956Oct 20Series
Don EllisFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Ellis 1 · Besmanoff 4 of 5 measurable rows
EllisBesmanoff
Record†
0-251-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
59.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.25%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—38%
Times stopped‡max 10
1 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
0.4
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
2
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
Don Ellis: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Don Ellis: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Don Ellis: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Don Ellis 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
Don Ellis0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Don Ellis: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ellis yet.

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 — Don Ellis 2, 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

Don Ellis last boxed on Oct 20, 1956 — 25,570 days ago. Ellis had lost two straight.LL

Robinson Apr 1951Besmanoff Oct 19560.4 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 Don Ellis and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Don Ellis and Willi Besmanoff met once on October 20, 1956, and Willi Besmanoff won by PTS.
The meeting

LOct 20, 1956 · Besmanoff · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ellis or Besmanoff?
Don Ellis is 0-2 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 %

Ellis0–20%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Ellis0

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ellis and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Don Ellis and Willi Besmanoff have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ellis and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Don Ellis and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ellis2bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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