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Mike Lanum vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Mike Lanum

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Mike Lanum (1-3 across 4 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 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Lanum

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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 2–1

Mike Lanum and Willi Besmanoff have met 3 times; Besmanoff leads 2–1.

Mike Lanum and Willi Besmanoff have met 3 times; Besmanoff leads 2–1.
Met1966Nov 11966Nov 91966Dec 9Series
Mike LanumFighter ALLostWWonLLost1–2W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BWWonLLostWWon2–1W–L
ResultSDPTSKO3Meetings

The Numbers

Lanum 1 · Besmanoff 5 of 6 measurable rows
LanumBesmanoff
Record†
1-351-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
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
2 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
3
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
4
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
Mike Lanum: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Mike Lanum: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Mike Lanum: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Mike Lanum 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
Mike Lanum1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Mike Lanum: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 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 — Mike Lanum 4, 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

Mike Lanum last boxed on Feb 29, 1968 — 21,417 days ago. Lanum had lost two straight, after one straight win.LWLL

Besmanoff Nov 1966Besmanoff Nov 1966Besmanoff Dec 1966Kirkman Feb 19683 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 Mike Lanum and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Mike Lanum and Willi Besmanoff have met 3 times and Willi Besmanoff leads the series 2-1.
The 3 meetings

LDec 9, 1966 · Besmanoff · KO

WNov 9, 1966 · Lanum · PTS

LNov 1, 1966 · Besmanoff · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lanum or Besmanoff?
Mike Lanum is 1-3 across the 4 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 %

Lanum1–325%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Lanum0

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lanum and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Mike Lanum and Willi Besmanoff have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lanum and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Mike Lanum and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lanum4bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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