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Willi Besmanoff vs Willy Schagen — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇩🇪GERMANY

Willi Besmanoff

🇳🇱NETHERLANDS

Willy Schagen

Willi Besmanoff (51-34-8) and Willy Schagen (0-3 across 3 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

Schagen

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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 Willy Schagen have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.

Willi Besmanoff and Willy Schagen have met 1 time; Besmanoff leads 1–0.
Met1953Aug 28Series
Willi BesmanoffFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willy SchagenFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Besmanoff 4 · Schagen 1 of 5 measurable rows
BesmanoffSchagen
Record†
51-34-8 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
59.1% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 19
19 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
37.25%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
38%—
Times stopped‡max 10
10
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
6.2 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
93
3

† 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″
Willy Schagen: No height on file
Agenot comparable
Willi Besmanoff: Died aged 78
Willy Schagen: Died aged 86
Stance
Willi Besmanoff: Orthodox
Willy Schagen: Not recorded

Willi Besmanoff left, Willy Schagen 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%

Willy Schagen0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Willy Schagen: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Schagen yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Willi Besmanoff 93, Willy Schagen 3 — 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

Willy Schagen has lost three straight. Schagen last boxed on May 27, 1957.LLL

Besmanoff Aug 1953Hecht May 1957London May 19570.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Willi Besmanoff and Willy Schagen ever fought each other?
Yes. Willi Besmanoff and Willy Schagen met once on August 28, 1953, and Willi Besmanoff won by KO.
The meeting

WAug 28, 1953 · Besmanoff · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Besmanoff or Schagen?
Willi Besmanoff is 51-34-8 and Willy Schagen is 0-3 across the 3 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%

Schagen0–30%

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

Besmanoff1937.3%

Schagen0

The Numbers ↓
Do Besmanoff and Schagen have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Willi Besmanoff and Willy Schagen have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Besmanoff and Schagen?
This comparison is drawn from 93 bouts tracked for Willi Besmanoff and 3 bouts tracked for Willy Schagen. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Besmanoff93bouts

Schagen3bouts

How They Win ↓

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