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Willi Besmanoff vs Willi Hoepner — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Willi Besmanoff

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Willi Hoepner

Willi Besmanoff (51-34-8) and Willi Hoepner (5-2-1 across 8 tracked bouts) 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.

Besmanoff

51

Wins19 KO · 37%

34

Losses

8

Draws93 tracked bouts

Hoepner

Tracked record

5–2–1

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Hoepner leads 1–0

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

Willi Besmanoff and Willi Hoepner have met 1 time; Hoepner leads 1–0.
Met1955Nov 25Series
Willi BesmanoffFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willi HoepnerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Besmanoff 3 · Hoepner 4 of 7 measurable rows
BesmanoffHoepner
Record†
51-34-85-2-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
59.1%
68.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
19 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
37.25%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
38% (edge)
20%
Times stopped‡max 10
10
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.2
6.2 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
93
8

† 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
Willi Besmanoff: 5′11″
Willi Hoepner: No height on file
Agenot comparable
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Willi Hoepner: Died aged 55
Stance
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox
Willi Hoepner: Not recorded

Willi Besmanoff left, Willi Hoepner right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Willi Hoepner5 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Willi Hoepner: 5 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (20%) and 4 on the cards (80%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 20%4 on the cards 80%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Willi Besmanoff 93, Willi Hoepner 8 — 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

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

Willi Hoepner has won once since a draw with Johnny Williams. Hoepner last boxed on Sep 20, 1957.WLWDW

Hecht Mar 1955Hecht Jun 1955Besmanoff Nov 1955Williams Feb 1956Hecht Sep 19571.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Willi Besmanoff and Willi Hoepner ever fought each other?
Yes. Willi Besmanoff and Willi Hoepner met once on November 25, 1955, and Willi Hoepner won by PTS.
The meeting

LNov 25, 1955 · Hoepner · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Besmanoff or Hoepner?
Willi Besmanoff is 51-34-8 and Willi Hoepner is 5-2-1 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Willi Hoepner has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Besmanoff51–34–859.1%

Hoepner5–2–168.8%

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

Besmanoff1937.3%

Hoepner1

The Numbers ↓
Do Besmanoff and Hoepner have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Willi Besmanoff and Willi Hoepner have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Besmanoff and Hoepner?
This comparison is drawn from 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff and 8 bouts tracked for Willi Hoepner. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Besmanoff93bouts

Hoepner8bouts

How They Win ↓

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