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Joe Louis White vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Louis White

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Willi Besmanoff

Joe Louis White (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

White

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Joe Louis White and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.

Joe Louis White and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1966Jul 1Series
Joe Louis WhiteFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

White 1 · Besmanoff 3 of 4 measurable rows
WhiteBesmanoff
Record†
0-151-34-8 (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
0 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
1
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
Joe Louis White: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Joe Louis White: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Joe Louis White: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Joe Louis White 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
Joe Louis White0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Joe Louis White: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for White 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 — Joe Louis White 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

Joe Louis White last boxed on Jul 1, 1966 — 22,041 days ago. White had lost the most recent, to Willi Besmanoff.L

Besmanoff Jul 1966

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 Joe Louis White and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Louis White and Willi Besmanoff met once on July 1, 1966, and Willi Besmanoff won by SD.
The meeting

LJul 1, 1966 · Besmanoff · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, White or Besmanoff?
Joe Louis White is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

White0–10%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

White0

Besmanoff1937.3%

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

White1bout

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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