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Ray Schmit vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ray Schmit

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Ray Schmit (0-2 across 2 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.

Schmit

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Besmanoff

51

Wins19 KO · 37%

34

Losses

8

Draws94 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

Ray Schmit and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.

Ray Schmit and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1953Dec 4Series
Ray SchmitFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Schmit 1 · Besmanoff 4 of 5 measurable rows
SchmitBesmanoff
Record†
0-251-34-8 (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 11
0 (edge)
11
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.3
1.7
6.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 94
2
94

† 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
Ray Schmit: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Ray Schmit: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Ray Schmit: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Ray Schmit 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
Ray Schmit0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Ray Schmit: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Schmit yet.

Willi Besmanoff53 wins · from 94 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 94 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 — Ray Schmit 2, Willi Besmanoff 94 — 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

Ray Schmit last boxed on Feb 15, 1955 — 26,179 days ago. Schmit had lost two straight.LL

Besmanoff Dec 1953Turpin Feb 19551.7 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 19676.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ray Schmit and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Ray Schmit and Willi Besmanoff met once on December 4, 1953, and Willi Besmanoff won by PTS.
The meeting

LDec 4, 1953 · Besmanoff · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Schmit or Besmanoff?
Ray Schmit is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Schmit0–20%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Schmit0

Besmanoff1937.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Schmit and Besmanoff have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ray Schmit and Willi Besmanoff have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Schmit and Besmanoff?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Ray Schmit and 94 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Schmit2bouts

Besmanoff94bouts

How They Win ↓

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