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José González Sales vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

José González Sales

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

José González Sales (1-8-1 across 10 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 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Sales

Tracked record

1–8–1

counted from 10 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 with 1 draw

José González Sales and Willi Besmanoff have met 2 times; Besmanoff leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

José González Sales and Willi Besmanoff have met 2 times; Besmanoff leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1954Mar 51955Sep 9Series
José González SalesFighter ADDrawLLost0–1–1W–L–D
Willi BesmanoffFighter BDDrawWWon1–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Sales 1 · Besmanoff 5 of 6 measurable rows
SalesBesmanoff
Record†
1-8-151-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
15%
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 10
6 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
1.1
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
10
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
José González Sales: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
José González Sales: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
José González Sales: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

José González Sales 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
José González Sales1 win · from 10 tracked bouts

José González Sales: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

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 — José González Sales 10, 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

José González Sales last boxed on Nov 26, 1962 — 23,344 days ago. Sales had won one in a row before losing a decision to Billy Walker.LLLWL

Erskine Sep 1960Bozzano Aug 1961Mildenberger Sep 1961Walker Nov 1962Walker Nov 19621.1 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 José González Sales and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. José González Sales and Willi Besmanoff have met 2 times and Willi Besmanoff leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
The 2 meetings

LSep 9, 1955 · Besmanoff · PTS

DMar 5, 1954 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sales or Besmanoff?
José González Sales is 1-8-1 across the 10 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 %

Sales1–8–115%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Sales0

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sales and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both José González Sales and Willi Besmanoff have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sales and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for José González Sales and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sales10bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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