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Gene Idelette vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Gene Idelette

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Gene Idelette (0-4 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 once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Idelette

Tracked record

0–4

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

Gene Idelette and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.

Gene Idelette and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1966Sep 22Series
Gene IdeletteFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Idelette 1 · Besmanoff 4 of 5 measurable rows
IdeletteBesmanoff
Record†
0-451-34-8 (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
3 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
0.4
6.2 (edge)
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
Gene Idelette: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Gene Idelette: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Gene Idelette: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Gene Idelette 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
Gene Idelette0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Gene Idelette: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Idelette 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 — Gene Idelette 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

Gene Idelette last boxed on Mar 17, 1977 — 18,115 days ago. Idelette had lost four straight.LLLL

Besmanoff Sep 1966Shavers Dec 1969Esa Dec 1975Ocasio Mar 19770.4 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 Gene Idelette and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Gene Idelette and Willi Besmanoff met once on September 22, 1966, and Willi Besmanoff won by SD.
The meeting

LSep 22, 1966 · Besmanoff · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Idelette or Besmanoff?
Gene Idelette is 0-4 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 %

Idelette0–40%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Idelette0

Besmanoff1937.3%

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

Idelette4bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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Gene Idelette vs Willi Besmanoff — Records, Stats & Common Opponents