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Jim McCarter vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jim McCarter

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Jim McCarter (9-8-2) 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.

McCarter

9

Wins5 KO · 56%

8

Losses

2

Draws1 tracked bout

Besmanoff

51

Wins19 KO · 37%

34

Losses

8

Draws93 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Besmanoff leads 1–0

Jim McCarter and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.

Jim McCarter and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1960Oct 18Series
Jim McCarterFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

McCarter 2 · Besmanoff 3 of 5 measurable rows
McCarterBesmanoff
Record
9-8-251-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
52.6%
59.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
5
19 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
55.56% (edge)
37.25%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
—38%
Times stopped†max 10
0 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡not comparable
—6.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
1
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

Heightnot held
Jim McCarter: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot comparable
Jim McCarter: 90
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Jim McCarter: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Jim McCarter 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
Jim McCarter0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jim McCarter: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for McCarter 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 — Jim McCarter 1, 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

Jim McCarter last boxed on Oct 18, 1960 — 24,123 days ago. McCarter had lost the most recent, to Willi Besmanoff.L

Besmanoff Oct 1960

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 Jim McCarter and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Jim McCarter and Willi Besmanoff met once on October 18, 1960, and Willi Besmanoff won by UD.
The meeting

LOct 18, 1960 · Besmanoff · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McCarter or Besmanoff?
Jim McCarter is 9-8-2 and Willi Besmanoff is 51-34-8. Willi Besmanoff has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

McCarter9–8–252.6%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, McCarter or Besmanoff?
Jim McCarter has 5 knockout wins and Willi Besmanoff has 19. Willi Besmanoff has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

McCarter555.6%

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do McCarter and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jim McCarter and Willi Besmanoff have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCarter and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Jim McCarter and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McCarter1bout

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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