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Ed Smith vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ed Smith

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Ed Smith (1-2-1 across 4 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 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Smith

Tracked record

1–2–1

counted from 4 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 with 1 draw

Ed Smith and Willi Besmanoff have met 2 times; Besmanoff leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Ed Smith and Willi Besmanoff have met 2 times; Besmanoff leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1955Mar 271955Jul 22Series
Ed SmithFighter ADDrawLLost0–1–1W–L–D
Willi BesmanoffFighter BDDrawWWon1–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Smith 1 · Besmanoff 4 of 5 measurable rows
SmithBesmanoff
Record†
1-2-151-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
37.5%
59.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.25%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
38% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 10
0 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
4
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
Ed Smith: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Ed Smith: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Ed Smith: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Ed Smith 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
Ed Smith1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Ed Smith: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 — Ed Smith 4, 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

Ed Smith last boxed on Jul 22, 1955 — 26,030 days ago. Smith had lost the most recent, to Willi Besmanoff.LWDL

Bygraves Oct 1954Bygraves Nov 1954Besmanoff Mar 1955Besmanoff Jul 1955

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 Ed Smith and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Ed Smith and Willi Besmanoff have met 2 times and Willi Besmanoff leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
The 2 meetings

LJul 22, 1955 · Besmanoff · PTS

DMar 27, 1955 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Besmanoff?
Ed Smith is 1-2-1 across the 4 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 %

Smith1–2–137.5%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Smith0

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ed Smith and Willi Besmanoff have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Ed Smith and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith4bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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