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Willi Besmanoff vs Willie Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Willi Besmanoff

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Willie Johnson

Willi Besmanoff (51-34-8) and Willie Johnson (1-10 across 11 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Besmanoff

51

Wins19 KO · 37%

34

Losses

8

Draws94 tracked bouts

Johnson

Tracked record

1–10

counted from 11 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

Besmanoff leads 1–0

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

Willi Besmanoff and Willie Johnson have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1966Aug 12Series
Willi BesmanoffFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie JohnsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Besmanoff 4 · Johnson 2 of 6 measurable rows
BesmanoffJohnson
Record†
51-34-8 (edge)1-10
Win %0–100%
59.1% (edge)
9.1%
Wins by knockoutmax 19
19 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
37.25%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
38%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 11
11
7 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.3
6.3 (edge)
0.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 94
94
11

† 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″
Willie Johnson: No height on file
Agenot held
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Willie Johnson: No date of birth
Stance
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox
Willie Johnson: Not recorded

Willi Besmanoff left, Willie Johnson 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 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%

Willie Johnson1 win · from 11 tracked bouts

Willie Johnson: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Willi Besmanoff 94, Willie Johnson 11 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Besmanoff better on 1

Besmanoff

Opponent

Johnson

  • Willi Besmanoff

    Win, TKO 4

    1963

    SilerBesmanoff better

    Willie Johnson

    Loss, UD

    1961

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

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

Willie Johnson last boxed on Apr 8, 1997 — 10,784 days ago. Johnson had lost seven straight.LLLLL

O'Grady Feb 1975Bentt Sep 1991Williams Dec 1992Johnson Oct 1993Brewster Apr 19970.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Willi Besmanoff and Willie Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Willi Besmanoff and Willie Johnson met once on August 12, 1966, and Willi Besmanoff won by UD.
The meeting

WAug 12, 1966 · Besmanoff · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Besmanoff or Johnson?
Willi Besmanoff is 51-34-8 and Willie Johnson is 1-10 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Willi Besmanoff 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%

Johnson1–109.1%

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

Besmanoff1937.3%

Johnson1

The Numbers ↓
Do Besmanoff and Johnson have any common opponents?
Willi Besmanoff and Willie Johnson share 1 common opponent: Herb Siler. Willi Besmanoff fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Herb SilerWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Besmanoff and Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 94 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff and 11 bouts tracked for Willie Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Besmanoff94bouts

Johnson11bouts

How They Win ↓

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