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Emile DeGreef vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Emile DeGreef

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Emile DeGreef (0-3 across 3 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.

DeGreef

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Emile DeGreef and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.

Emile DeGreef and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1954Jan 15Series
Emile DeGreefFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

DeGreef 1 · Besmanoff 4 of 5 measurable rows
DeGreefBesmanoff
Record†
0-351-34-8 (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
2 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
0.9
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
3
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
Emile DeGreef: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Emile DeGreef: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Emile DeGreef: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Emile DeGreef 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
Emile DeGreef0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Emile DeGreef: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for DeGreef 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 — Emile DeGreef 3, 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

Emile DeGreef last boxed on Sep 26, 1955 — 25,963 days ago. DeGreef had lost three straight.LLL

Hecht Jul 1952Besmanoff Jan 1954Richardson Sep 19550.9 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 Emile DeGreef and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Emile DeGreef and Willi Besmanoff met once on January 15, 1954, and Willi Besmanoff won by KO.
The meeting

LJan 15, 1954 · Besmanoff · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, DeGreef or Besmanoff?
Emile DeGreef is 0-3 across the 3 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 %

DeGreef0–30%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

DeGreef0

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do DeGreef and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Emile DeGreef and Willi Besmanoff have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on DeGreef and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Emile DeGreef and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

DeGreef3bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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