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Jean Serres vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jean Serres

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Willi Besmanoff

Jean Serres (0-2 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Serres

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 3 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

Jean Serres and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.

Jean Serres and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1953Dec 27Series
Jean SerresFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Serres 1 · Besmanoff 4 of 5 measurable rows
SerresBesmanoff
Record†
0-251-34-8 (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
2 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
0.6
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
3
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
Jean Serres: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot comparable
Jean Serres: Died aged 51
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Jean Serres: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Jean Serres 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
Jean Serres0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Jean Serres: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Serres 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 — Jean Serres 3, 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

Jean Serres has lost two straight. Serres last boxed on Aug 29, 1955.NCLL

Hecht Dec 1950Besmanoff Dec 1953Richardson Aug 19550.6 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 Jean Serres and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Jean Serres and Willi Besmanoff met once on December 27, 1953, and Willi Besmanoff won by TKO.
The meeting

LDec 27, 1953 · Besmanoff · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Serres or Besmanoff?
Jean Serres is 0-2 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 %

Serres0–20%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Serres0

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Serres and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jean Serres and Willi Besmanoff have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Serres and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Jean Serres and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Serres3bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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