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Otto Bastian vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Otto Bastian

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Otto Bastian (0-0-1 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.

Bastian

Tracked record

0–0–1

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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Otto Bastian and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Otto Bastian and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1953Feb 15Series
Otto BastianFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Willi BesmanoffFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Bastian 1 · Besmanoff 3 of 4 measurable rows
BastianBesmanoff
Record†
0-0-151-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
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
Otto Bastian: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Otto Bastian: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Otto Bastian: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Otto Bastian 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
Otto Bastian0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Otto Bastian: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Bastian 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 — Otto Bastian 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

Otto Bastian last boxed on Feb 15, 1953 — 26,924 days ago. Bastian had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Willi Besmanoff.D

Besmanoff Feb 1953

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 Otto Bastian and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Otto Bastian and Willi Besmanoff met once on February 15, 1953, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DFeb 15, 1953 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bastian or Besmanoff?
Otto Bastian is 0-0-1 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 %

Bastian0–0–150%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Bastian0

Besmanoff1937.3%

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

Bastian1bout

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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