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Franz Szüzina vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇩🇪GERMANY

Franz Szüzina

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Franz Szüzina (2-2-1 across 5 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 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Szüzina

Tracked record

2–2–1

counted from 5 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 1–1 with 1 draw

Franz Szüzina and Willi Besmanoff have met 3 times; Series level 1–1 with 1 draw.

Franz Szüzina and Willi Besmanoff have met 3 times; Series level 1–1 with 1 draw.
Met1954Jul 111954Aug 271955Jun 4Series
Franz SzüzinaFighter ADDrawLLostWWon1–1–1W–L–D
Willi BesmanoffFighter BDDrawWWonLLost1–1–1W–L–D
ResultPTSPTSPTS3Meetings

The Numbers

Szüzina 1 · Besmanoff 5 of 6 measurable rows
SzüzinaBesmanoff
Record†
2-2-151-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
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§max 6.2
1.7
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
5
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
Franz Szüzina: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot comparable
Franz Szüzina: 95
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Franz Szüzina: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Franz Szüzina 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
Franz Szüzina2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Franz Szüzina: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 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 — Franz Szüzina 5, 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

Franz Szüzina last boxed on Jul 8, 1957 — 25,312 days ago. Szüzina had won once since losing a decision to Virgil Akins.DLWLW

Besmanoff Jul 1954Besmanoff Aug 1954Besmanoff Jun 1955Akins Mar 1957Akins Jul 19571.7 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 Franz Szüzina and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Franz Szüzina and Willi Besmanoff have met 3 times and the series is level at 1-1 with 1 draw.
The 3 meetings

WJun 4, 1955 · Szüzina · PTS

LAug 27, 1954 · Besmanoff · PTS

DJul 11, 1954 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Szüzina or Besmanoff?
Franz Szüzina is 2-2-1 across the 5 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 %

Szüzina2–2–150%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Szüzina0

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Szüzina and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Franz Szüzina and Willi Besmanoff have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Szüzina and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Franz Szüzina and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Szüzina5bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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