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Herb Siler vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Herb Siler

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Herb Siler (20-12) 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.

Siler

20

Wins9 KO · 45%

12

Losses

0

Draws33 tracked bouts

Besmanoff

51

Wins19 KO · 37%

34

Losses

8

Draws93 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Besmanoff leads 1–0

Herb Siler and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.

Herb Siler and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1963Jul 5Series
Herb SilerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Siler 5 · Besmanoff 2 of 7 measurable rows
SilerBesmanoff
Record
20-12 (edge)51-34-8
Win %0–100%
62.5% (edge)
59.1%
Wins by knockoutmax 19
9
19 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
45% (edge)
37.25%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
48% (edge)
38%
Times stopped†max 10
8 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 6.2
4.7
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
33
93

† 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

Height+1″
Herb Siler: 6′0″ (edge)
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot comparable
Herb Siler: Died aged 66
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Herb Siler: Orthodox
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Herb Siler 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
Herb Siler21 wins · from 33 tracked bouts

Herb Siler: 21 tracked wins — 10 by KO/TKO (48%) and 11 on the cards (52%). Counted from 33 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

10 by KO/TKO 48%11 on the cards 52%

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 — Herb Siler 33, Willi Besmanoff 93 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · even on 3

Siler

Opponent

Besmanoff

  • Herb Siler

    Win, UD

    1961

    JohnsonEven

    Willi Besmanoff

    Win, UD

    1966

  • Herb Siler

    Win, TKO 1

    1961

    BeasleyEven

    Willi Besmanoff

    Win, KO

    1966

  • Herb Siler

    Loss, TKO

    1960

    AliEven

    Willi Besmanoff

    Loss, TKO 7

    1961

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

Herb Siler has lost six straight. Siler last boxed on May 3, 1967.LLLLL

Besmanoff Jul 1963Davila Sep 1963Piccoli Jan 1965Davis May 1966Harrell May 19674.7 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 Herb Siler and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Herb Siler and Willi Besmanoff met once on July 5, 1963, and Willi Besmanoff won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

LJul 5, 1963 · Besmanoff · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Siler or Besmanoff?
Herb Siler is 20-12 and Willi Besmanoff is 51-34-8. Herb Siler has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Siler20–1262.5%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Siler or Besmanoff?
Herb Siler has 9 knockout wins and Willi Besmanoff has 19. Willi Besmanoff has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Siler945%

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Siler and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Herb Siler and Willi Besmanoff share 3 common opponents: Willie Johnson, Aaron Beasley and Muhammad Ali. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
3 shared opponents

Willie JohnsonWW

Aaron BeasleyWW

Muhammad AliLL

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Siler or Besmanoff?
Herb Siler is the taller fighter at 183 cm, 3 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Siler183 cm

Besmanoff180 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Siler and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 33 bouts tracked for Herb Siler and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Siler33bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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