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Pat McMurtry vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Pat McMurtry

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Willi Besmanoff

Pat McMurtry (3-4 across 7 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 3 common opponents.

McMurtry

Tracked record

3–4

counted from 7 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

Pat McMurtry and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.

Pat McMurtry and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1958Feb 4Series
Pat McMurtryFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

McMurtry 1 · Besmanoff 5 of 6 measurable rows
McMurtryBesmanoff
Record†
3-451-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
42.9%
59.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
1
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.25%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
33%
38% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 10
2 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
2.1
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
7
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
Pat McMurtry: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Pat McMurtry: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Pat McMurtry: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Pat McMurtry 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
Pat McMurtry3 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Pat McMurtry: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%) and 2 on the cards (67%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

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 — Pat McMurtry 7, Willi Besmanoff 93 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · McMurtry better on 1 · even on 2

McMurtry

Opponent

Besmanoff

  • Pat McMurtry

    Win, UD

    1958

    ChuvaloMcMurtry better

    Willi Besmanoff

    0–3 against

    Loss, TKO 3

    1967

    Loss, TKO 3

    1967

    Loss, TKO 4

    1961

  • Pat McMurtry

    Loss, KO

    1959

    MachenEven

    Willi Besmanoff

    Loss, UD

    1959

  • Pat McMurtry

    Loss, UD

    1956

    PastranoEven

    Willi Besmanoff

    Loss, UD

    1957

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Pat McMurtry last boxed on Oct 27, 1959 — 24,468 days ago. McMurtry had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Olson Aug 1957Besmanoff Feb 1958Chuvalo Oct 1958Valdés Dec 1958Machen Oct 19592.1 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 Pat McMurtry and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Pat McMurtry and Willi Besmanoff met once on February 4, 1958, and Willi Besmanoff won by SD.
The meeting

LFeb 4, 1958 · Besmanoff · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McMurtry or Besmanoff?
Pat McMurtry is 3-4 across the 7 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 %

McMurtry3–442.9%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, McMurtry or Besmanoff?
Pat McMurtry has 1 knockout win and Willi Besmanoff has 19. Willi Besmanoff has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

McMurtry1

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do McMurtry and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Pat McMurtry and Willi Besmanoff share 3 common opponents: George Chuvalo, Eddie Machen and Willie Pastrano. Pat McMurtry fared better against 1 of them.
3 shared opponents

George ChuvaloWL

Eddie MachenLL

Willie PastranoLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McMurtry and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Pat McMurtry and 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McMurtry7bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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