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Uwe Janssen vs Willi Besmanoff — record, stats and common opponents compared

Uwe Janssen

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

Uwe Janssen (0-4-1 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.

Janssen

Tracked record

0–4–1

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

Uwe Janssen and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.

Uwe Janssen and Willi Besmanoff have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1956May 11Series
Uwe JanssenFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willi BesmanoffFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Janssen 1 · Besmanoff 4 of 5 measurable rows
JanssenBesmanoff
Record†
0-4-151-34-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
10%
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
3 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
1
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
Uwe Janssen: No height on file
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Agenot held
Uwe Janssen: No date of birth
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Stance
Uwe Janssen: Not recorded
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox

Uwe Janssen 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
Uwe Janssen0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Uwe Janssen: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Janssen 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 — Uwe Janssen 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

Uwe Janssen last boxed on Apr 7, 1961 — 23,937 days ago. Janssen had lost four straight.DLLLL

Finch Jan 1956Besmanoff May 1956Turpin Nov 1957Rinaldi May 1958Piccoli Apr 19611 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 Uwe Janssen and Willi Besmanoff ever fought each other?
Yes. Uwe Janssen and Willi Besmanoff met once on May 11, 1956, and Willi Besmanoff won by KO.
The meeting

LMay 11, 1956 · Besmanoff · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Janssen or Besmanoff?
Uwe Janssen is 0-4-1 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 %

Janssen0–4–110%

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

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

Janssen0

Besmanoff1937.3%

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

Janssen5bouts

Besmanoff93bouts

How They Win ↓

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