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Duke Sabedong vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Duke Sabedong

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Duke Sabedong (0-5-1 across 6 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 4 common opponents.

Sabedong

Tracked record

0–5–1

counted from 6 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Duke Sabedong and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Duke Sabedong and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1963Nov 14Series
Duke SabedongFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Willi BesmanoffFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Sabedong 1 · Besmanoff 4 of 5 measurable rows
SabedongBesmanoff
Record†
0-5-151-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
8.3%
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
2 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
1
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
6
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
Duke Sabedong: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Duke Sabedong: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Duke Sabedong: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Duke Sabedong 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
Duke Sabedong0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Duke Sabedong: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sabedong 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 — Duke Sabedong 6, Willi Besmanoff 93 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Sabedong better on 1 · Besmanoff better on 1 · even on 2

Sabedong

Opponent

Besmanoff

  • Duke Sabedong

    Loss, KO

    1964

    MachenEven

    Willi Besmanoff

    Loss, UD

    1959

  • Duke Sabedong

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1963

    Loss, DQ

    1963

    McNeeleyBesmanoff better

    Willi Besmanoff

    Loss, PTS

    1960

  • Duke Sabedong

    Loss, UD

    1961

    AliEven

    Willi Besmanoff

    Loss, TKO 7

    1961

  • Duke Sabedong

    Loss, KO

    1957

    FolleySabedong better

    Willi Besmanoff

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1960

    Loss, UD

    1959

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Duke Sabedong last boxed on Feb 17, 1964 — 22,898 days ago. Sabedong had lost two straight.LLDLL

Ali Jun 1961McNeeley Oct 1963Besmanoff Nov 1963McNeeley Dec 1963Machen Feb 19641 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 Duke Sabedong and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Duke Sabedong and Willi Besmanoff met once on November 14, 1963, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DNov 14, 1963 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sabedong or Besmanoff?
Duke Sabedong is 0-5-1 across the 6 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 %

Sabedong0–5–18.3%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Sabedong0

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sabedong and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Duke Sabedong and Willi Besmanoff share 4 common opponents: Eddie Machen, Tom McNeeley and Muhammad Ali (and 1 other). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
4 shared opponents

Eddie MachenLL

Tom McNeeleyLL

Muhammad AliLL

Zora FolleyLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sabedong and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Duke Sabedong and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sabedong6bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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