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Hal Carter vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Hal Carter

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Hal Carter (1-2 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 1 common opponent.

Carter

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Besmanoff

51

Wins19 KO · 37%

34

Losses

8

Draws94 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

Carter leads 1–0

Hal Carter and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Carter leads 1–0.

Hal Carter and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Carter leads 1–0.
Met1958Jun 13Series
Hal CarterFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Carter 1 · Besmanoff 5 of 6 measurable rows
CarterBesmanoff
Record†
1-251-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
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 11
2 (edge)
11
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.3
0.5
6.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 94
3
94

† 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
Hal Carter: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Hal Carter: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Hal Carter: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Hal Carter 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
Hal Carter1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Hal Carter: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Willi Besmanoff53 wins · from 94 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 94 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 — Hal Carter 3, Willi Besmanoff 94 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Carter

Opponent

Besmanoff

  • Hal Carter

    Loss, KO

    1964

    McNeeleyEven

    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

Hal Carter last boxed on Oct 13, 1964 — 22,650 days ago. Carter had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Besmanoff Jun 1958Mildenberger Jan 1961McNeeley Oct 19640.5 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 19676.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Hal Carter and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Hal Carter and Willi Besmanoff met once on June 13, 1958, and Hal Carter won by UD.
The meeting

WJun 13, 1958 · Carter · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Carter or Besmanoff?
Hal Carter is 1-2 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 %

Carter1–233.3%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Carter0

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Carter and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Hal Carter and Willi Besmanoff share 1 common opponent: Tom McNeeley. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Tom McNeeleyLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Carter and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Hal Carter and 94 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Carter3bouts

Besmanoff94bouts

How They Win ↓

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