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George Logan vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

George Logan

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

George Logan (3-5 across 8 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 3 common opponents.

Logan

Tracked record

3–5

counted from 8 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

Logan leads 1–0

George Logan and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Logan leads 1–0.

George Logan and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Logan leads 1–0.
Met1960Aug 8Series
George LoganFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Logan 2 · Besmanoff 4 of 6 measurable rows
LoganBesmanoff
Record†
3-551-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
37.5%
59.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
2
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.25%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
67% (edge)
38%
Times stopped‡max 10
2 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
2.9
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
8
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
George Logan: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
George Logan: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
George Logan: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

George Logan 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
George Logan3 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

George Logan: 3 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (67%) and 1 on the cards (33%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 67%1 on the cards 33%

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 — George Logan 8, Willi Besmanoff 93 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Logan better on 1 · Besmanoff better on 1 · even on 1

Logan

Opponent

Besmanoff

  • George Logan

    Loss, TKO 4

    1962

    AliEven

    Willi Besmanoff

    Loss, TKO 7

    1961

  • George Logan

    Win, KO 2

    1961

    RademacherLogan better

    Willi Besmanoff

    Loss, UD

    1960

  • George Logan

    0–3 against

    Loss, UD

    1960

    Loss, MD

    1960

    Loss, TKO

    1960

    McNeeleyBesmanoff better

    Willi Besmanoff

    Loss, PTS

    1960

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

George Logan last boxed on Apr 23, 1962 — 23,556 days ago. Logan had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Muhammad Ali.WLLWL

Besmanoff Aug 1960McNeeley Nov 1960McNeeley Dec 1960Rademacher Aug 1961Ali Apr 19622.9 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 George Logan and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. George Logan and Willi Besmanoff met once on August 8, 1960, and George Logan won by UD.
The meeting

WAug 8, 1960 · Logan · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Logan or Besmanoff?
George Logan is 3-5 across the 8 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 %

Logan3–537.5%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Logan or Besmanoff?
George Logan has 2 knockout wins and Willi Besmanoff has 19. Willi Besmanoff has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Logan2

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Logan and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
George Logan and Willi Besmanoff share 3 common opponents: Muhammad Ali, Pete Rademacher and Tom McNeeley. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
3 shared opponents

Muhammad AliLL

Pete RademacherWL

Tom McNeeleyLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Logan and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for George Logan and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Logan8bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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