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Willi BESMANOFF

Male

(William David Besmanoff)
Heavyweight, Germany, based in USA, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Born: 4 October 1932, Munich, Bayern, Germany
Died: 10 October 2010
Height: 5ft 11in, mt 1,80
Weight: 176-185-193-205 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1952
- Aug. 15	Heinz Schreiber	Westend, Germany	KO by 4
+ Sept. 5	Emil Dimmer	Munich, Germany	W 4
+ Sept. 14	Franz Schoepgens	Schoeneberg, Germany	TKO 2
+ Oct. 17	Willy Schmauser	Munich, Germany	W 6
+ Nov. 9	Robert Sapion	Westend, Germany	W 6
+ Nov. 21	Bruno Junkuhn	Munich, Germany	KO 2
+ Dec. 26	Heinz Schreiber	Westend, Germany	KO 2
1953
= Feb. 15	Otto Bastian	Berlin, Germany	Draw 6
= Apr. 17	Karl Ameisbichler	Westend, Germany	Draw 6
= May 16	Hans Strelecki	Schoeneberg, Germany	Draw 6
+ July 5	Paul Schirrmann	Westend, Germany	W 4
+ Aug. 28	Willy Schagen	Schoeneberg, Germany	KO 2
+ Oct. 7	Karl Ameisbichler	Hamburg, Germany	TKO 8
+ Nov. 13	Hans Baumann	Bremerhaven, Germany	W 6
+ Dec. 4	Ray Schmit	Schoeneberg, Germany	W 6
+ Dec. 27	Jean Serres	Schoeneberg, Germany	TKO 5
1954
+ Jan. 15	Emile DeGreef	Hamburg, Germany	KO 3
- Jan. 22	Hans Friedrich	Schoeneberg, Germany	L 8
= Mar. 5	Jose Gonzalez	Schoeneberg, Germany	Draw 8
+ Apr. 9	Austin Jones	Hamburg, Germany	W 8
+ June 10	Marcel Limage	Schoeneberg, Germany	W 8
= July 11	Franz Szuzina	Dortmund, Germany	Draw 8
+ Aug. 27	Franz Szuzina	Schoeneberg, Germany	W 10
- Sept. 25	Domingo Lopez	Oldenburg, Germany	LDQ 8
+ Dec. 10	Artemio Calzavara	Schoeneberg, Germany	W 8
1955
+ Jan. 21	Winfried Henne	Hamburg, Germany	TKO 4
+ Feb. 11	Clair Redmond	Schoeneberg, Germany	KO 2
+ Mar. 11	Wim Snoek	Hamburg, Germany	W 8
= Mar. 27	Polly Smith	Dortmund, Germany	Draw 8
+ May 20	Roland Guille	Schoeneberg, Germany	KO 3
- June 4	Franz Szuzina	Cologne, Germany	L 8
= June 12	Heinz Sachs	Dortmund, Germany	Draw 8
+ July 22	Polly Smith	Hamburg, Germany	W 8
+ Sept. 9	Jose Gonzalez	Schoeneberg, Germany	W 8
+ Oct. 14	Heinz Sachs	Kiel, Germany	KO 6
- Nov. 25	Willi Hoepner	Hamburg, Germany	L 10
(For vacant Germany Light-Heavyweight Title)
- Dec. 5	Jacques Bro	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	L 6
1956
+ Jan. 13	Maurice DeMulder	Schoeneberg, Germany	KO 4
+ Jan. 22	Alex Buxton	Dortmund, Germany	W 8
+ Feb. 4	Jacques Bro	Frankfurt, Germany	W 8
+ Mar. 2	Simon Ayankin	Hamburg, Germany	W 8
+ May 11	Uwe Janssen	Hamburg, Germany	KO 8
+ June 9	Erwin Hack	Krefeld, Germany	W 8
+ June 28	Eugene D'Alessio	Schoeneberg, Germany	W 8
+ Sept. 7	Maurice Mols	Kiel, Germany	TKO 9
+ Sept. 15	Artemio Calzavara	Milano, Italy	W 8
+ Sept. 21	Albert Westphal	Hamburg, Germany	TKO 5
+ Oct. 20	Don Ellis	Dortmund, Germany	W 8
1957
+ Feb. 25	Calvin Wilson	New York, United States	W 10
+ Apr. 1	Bob Baker	New York, United States	W 10
- May 20	Archie McBride	New York, United States	L 10
- June 10	Alex Miteff	New York, United States	L 10
- Sept. 25	Yvon Durelle	Detroit, United States	L 10
- Oct. 29	Roy Harris	Houston, United States	L 10
- Nov. 27	Willie Pastrano	Miami Beach, United States	L 10
1958
+ Feb. 4	Pat McMurtry	Seattle, United States	W 10
- May 2	Archie Moore	Louisville, United States	L 10
- June 13	Harold Carter	New York, United States	L 10
+ Sept. 23	Alex Miteff	Seattle, United States	TKO 1
- Nov. 28	Mike DeJohn	New York, United States	L 10
1959
- Jan. 26	Donnie Fleeman	Milwaukee, United States	L 10
- Apr. 7	Zora Folley	Denver, United States	L 10
+ May 18	Alvin Williams	Milwaukee, United States	W 10
+ June 16	Mike DeJohn	Milwaukee, United States	W 10
+ Aug. 1	Marty Marshall	Steubenville, United States	W 10
- Sept. 16	Eddie Machen	Portland, United States	L 10
- Dec. 9	Sonny Liston	Cleveland, United States	TKO by 7
1960
- Feb. 5	Bob Cleroux	New York, United States	L 10
- Mar. 14	Tom McNeeley	Boston, United States	L 10
- May 25	Archie Moore	Indianapolis, United States	TKO by 10
- Aug. 8	George Logan	Boise, United States	L 10
- Sept. 16	Zora Folley	Centralia, United States	L 10
+ Oct. 18	Jimmy McCarter	Seattle, United States	W 10
+ Nov. 21	Howard King	Las Vegas, United States	W 10
- Dec. 13	Pete Rademacher	Cleveland, United States	L 10
1961
- Feb. 18	Young Jack Johnson	Salt Lake City, United States	L 10
- June 27	George Chuvalo	Toronto, Canada	TKO by 4
- Aug. 28	Alejandro Lavorante	San Francisco, United States	TKO by 7
- Nov. 29	Cassius Clay	Louisville, United States	TKO by 7
1962 Inactive
1963
+ July 5	Herb Siler	Jacksonville Beach, United States	TKO 4
= Nov. 14	Duke Sabedong	Worcester, United States	Draw 10
- Dec. 11	Bob Foster	Norfolk, United States	KO by 3
- Dec. 17	Amos Johnson	Akron, United States	TKO by 6
1964-1965 Inactive
1966
+ July 1	Joe Louis White	Melbourne, United States	W 10
+ July 22	Aaron Beasley	Melbourne, United States	KO 1
+ Aug. 12	Willie Johnson	Melbourne, United States	W 10
+ Sept. 22	Gene Idelette	Melbourne, United States	W 10
+ Nov. 2	Mike Lanum	Miami Beach, United States	W 10
- Nov. 9	Mike Lanum	Melbourne, United States	L 10
+ Dec. 9	Mike Lanum	Melbourne, United States	KO 9
1967
- Apr. 4	George Chuvalo	Miami Beach, United States	TKO by 3
- May 27	George Chuvalo	Cocoa, United States	TKO by 3
- Aug. 1	Dave Zyglewicz	Houston, United States	TKO by 3

Summary

Total bouts: 93, Won: 51 (19 inside the limit), Lost: 34 (11 inside the limit), Draw: 8, NC: 0