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Marcel Limage vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Marcel Limage

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Willi Besmanoff

Marcel Limage (0-5 across 5 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.

Limage

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 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

Marcel Limage and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.

Marcel Limage and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1954Jun 10Series
Marcel LimageFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Limage 1 · Besmanoff 4 of 5 measurable rows
LimageBesmanoff
Record†
0-551-34-8 (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
4 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
1.7
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
5
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
Marcel Limage: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot comparable
Marcel Limage: Died aged 89
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Marcel Limage: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Marcel Limage 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
Marcel Limage0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Marcel Limage: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Limage 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 — Marcel Limage 5, 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

Marcel Limage has lost five straight. Limage last boxed on Apr 27, 1957.LLLLL

Finch May 1954Besmanoff Jun 1954Richardson Feb 1956Bygraves May 1956Bozzano Apr 19571.7 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 Marcel Limage and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Marcel Limage and Willi Besmanoff met once on June 10, 1954, and Willi Besmanoff won by PTS.
The meeting

LJun 10, 1954 · Besmanoff · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Limage or Besmanoff?
Marcel Limage is 0-5 across the 5 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 %

Limage0–50%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Limage0

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Limage and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Marcel Limage and Willi Besmanoff have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Limage and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Marcel Limage and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Limage5bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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