Willi Besmanoff

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Intro

German boxer

From

Germany

was

Athlete Boxer

Work field

Sports

Gender

Male

Birth

4 October 1932

Death

20 October 2010 (aged 78 years)

Age

78 years

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Biography

William David Besmanoff (October 4, 1932 – October 20, 2010) was a German boxer who was a heavyweight contender in the 1950s. He was born in Munich, Germany). His father was Jewish American. When Willi was 11, he was imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp for a short time. In the 1950s he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and became an American citizen.
Making his professional debut in 1952, Besmanoff mainly fought in Germany for the first half of his career, before subsequently relocating to the United States. Besmanoff fought many top contenders of the era, including Sonny Liston, Archie Moore, George Chuvalo, Zora Folley, Eddie Machen, Roy Harris, Willie Pastrano and Bob Foster. He was also an early opponent of Cassius Clay. He retired in 1967, with a final record of 51-34-8.

Professional boxing record

51 Wins (19 knockouts, 32 decisions), 34 Losses (11 knockouts, 23 decisions), 8 Draws
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	19-0	Dave Zyglewicz	TKO	3	01/08/1967	Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas	Referee stopped the bout at 2:47 of the third round.
Loss	45-13-2	George Chuvalo	RTD	2	27/05/1967	Cocoa Expo Sports Center, Cocoa, Florida
Loss	44-13-2	George Chuvalo	TKO	3	04/04/1967	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Win	10-5	Mike Lanum	KO	9	09/12/1966	Civic Auditorium, Melbourne, Florida
Loss	9-5	Mike Lanum	PTS	10	09/11/1966	Melbourne, Florida
Win	9-4	Mike Lanum	SD	10	01/11/1966	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Win	3-5-1	Gene Idelette	SD	10	22/09/1966	Melbourne, Florida
Win	11-18-1	Willie "The Invader" Johnson	UD	10	12/08/1966	Civic Auditorium, Melbourne, Florida
Win	10-11-4	Aaron Beasley	KO	1	22/07/1966	Civic Auditorium, Melbourne, Florida
Win	3-6-1	Joe Louis White	SD	10	01/07/1966	Civic Auditorium, Melbourne, Florida
Loss	9-2-1	Amos Johnson	TKO	6	17/12/1963	Akron Armory, Akron, Ohio
Loss	11-2	Bob Foster	KO	3	11/12/1963	Norfolk, Virginia
Draw	16-14-1	Duke Sabedong	PTS	10	14/11/1963	Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Win	16-7	Herb Siler	TKO	4	05/07/1963	Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Loss	9-0	Cassius Clay	TKO	7	29/11/1961	Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky	Referee stopped the bout at 1:55 of the seventh round.
Loss	15-1	Alejandro Lavorante	TKO	7	28/08/1961	San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California
Loss	19-5-1	George Chuvalo	TKO	4	27/06/1961	Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Loss	20-13-1	Young Jack Johnson	SD	10	18/02/1961	Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City, Utah	95-96, 95-96, 96-88.
Loss	9-3-1	Pete Rademacher	UD	10	13/12/1960	Cleveland Arena, Cleveland, Ohio	43-47, 42-48, 42-49.
Win	37-20-8	Howard "Honeyboy" King	SD	10	21/11/1960	Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada	43-49, 47-46, 47-46.
Win	7-2-1	Jimmy McCarter	UD	10	18/10/1960	Seattle Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington
Loss	51-4-2	Zora Folley	UD	10	16/09/1960	Southwest Washington Fairgrounds, Centralia, Washington	94-99, 96-98, 96-98.
Loss	13-2-1	George Logan	UD	10	08/08/1960	Boise, Idaho	96-98, 96-98, 96-97.
Loss	176-21-9	Archie Moore	TKO	10	25/05/1960	Indiana State Fair Coliseum, Indianapolis, Indiana	American Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:32 of the tenth round.
Loss	16-0	Tom McNeeley	PTS	10	14/03/1960	Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Loss	17-1-1	Bob Cleroux	UD	10	05/02/1960	Madison Square Garden, New York City	3-6, 3-7, 4-5.
Loss	25-1	Sonny Liston	TKO	7	09/12/1959	Cleveland Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Loss	29-1-1	Eddie Machen	UD	10	16/09/1959	Auditorium, Portland, Oregon	94-100, 94-99, 96-99.
Win	23-12-2	Marty Marshall	UD	10	01/08/1959	Harding Stadium, Steubenville, Ohio
Win	36-6-1	Mike DeJohn	UD	10	16/06/1959	Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	97-94, 99-92, 98-92.
Win	53-23-6	"Chief" Alvin Williams	UD	10	18/05/1959	Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	98-89, 100-86, 99-91.
Loss	44-3-2	Zora Folley	UD	10	07/04/1959	Denver, Colorado
Loss	25-3	Donnie Fleeman	UD	10	26/01/1959	Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	87-98, 90-98, 85-97.
Loss	35-5-1	Mike DeJohn	UD	10	28/11/1958	Madison Square Garden, New York City	3-6, 4-5, 4-5.
Win	16-1-1	Alex Miteff	RTD	1	23/09/1958	Seattle Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington
Loss	22-2-2	Hal Carter	UD	10	13/06/1958	Madison Square Garden, New York City	3-6, 2-6, 2-8.
Loss	169-21-8	Archie Moore	SD	10	02/05/1958	Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky
Win	26-1-1	Pat McMurtry	SD	10	04/02/1958	Seattle Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington	97-95, 98-96, 93-99.
Loss	42-5-5	Willie Pastrano	UD	10	27/11/1957	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida	95-99, 92-99, 93-99.
Loss	22-0	Roy Harris	UD	10	29/10/1957	Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas	91-97, 91-100, 91-100.
Loss	69-18-2	Yvon Durelle	UD	10	25/09/1957	Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan	44-47, 45-56, 37-38.
Loss	8-0	Alex Miteff	UD	10	10/06/1957	St. Nicholas Arena, New York City	2-7, 3-6, 1-9.
Loss	26-12	Archie McBride	UD	10	20/05/1957	St. Nicholas Arena, New York City	1-8, 2-8, 4-5.
Win	47-8-1	Bob Baker	UD	10	01/04/1957	St. Nicholas Arena, New York City	5-4, 5-4, 5-4.
Win	13-2-4	Calvin Wilson	UD	10	25/02/1957	St. Nicholas Arena, New York City	7-2, 7-3, 9-1.
Win	48-37-23	Don Ellis	PTS	8	20/10/1956	Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win	4-1	Albert Westphal	TKO	5	21/09/1956	Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg
Win	24-5-4	Artenio Calzavara	PTS	8	15/09/1956	Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan, Lombardy
Win	10-12-3	Maurice Mols	TKO	9	07/09/1956	Ostseehalle, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Win	8-6	Eugene D'Alessio	PTS	8	28/06/1956	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win	4-0	Erwin Hack	PTS	8	09/06/1956	Rheinlandhalle, Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win	11-1-1	Uwe Janssen	KO	8	11/05/1956	Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg
Win	10-11-2	Simon Ayankin	PTS	8	02/03/1956	Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg
Win	20-5-3	Jacques Bro	PTS	8	04/02/1956	Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
Win	73-23-1	Alex Buxton	PTS	8	22/01/1956	Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win	4-4-3	Maurice DeMulder	KO	4	13/01/1956	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Loss	17-4-3	Jacques Bro	PTS	6	05/12/1955	Luxembourg City
Loss	44-5-1	Willi Hoepner	PTS	10	25/11/1955	Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg	Germany BDB Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	28-14-11	Heinz Sachs	KO	6	14/10/1955	Ostseehalle, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Win	15-6-6	José González Sales	PTS	8	09/09/1955	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win	16-14-4	Ed "Polly" Smith	PTS	8	22/07/1955	Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg
Draw	28-14-8	Heinz Sachs	PTS	8	12/06/1955	Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia
Loss	31-9-11	Franz Szuzina	PTS	8	04/06/1955	Eisstadion, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win	10-8	Roland Guille	KO	3	20/05/1955	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Draw	16-13-3	Ed "Polly" Smith	PTS	8	27/03/1955	Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win	23-6-1	Wim Snoek	PTS	8	11/03/1955	Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg
Win	3-6	Clair Redmond	KO	2	11/02/1955	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win	30-16-20	Winfried Henne	TKO	4	21/01/1955	Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg
Win	10-2-3	Artenio Calzavara	PTS	8	10/12/1954	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win	7-3-5	Domingo Lopez	DQ	8	25/09/1954	Weser-Ems-Halle, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony
Win	30-5-11	Franz Szuzina	PTS	10	27/08/1954	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Draw	30-5-10	Franz Szuzina	PTS	8	11/07/1954	Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win	25-3-1	Marcel Limage	PTS	8	10/06/1954	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win	1-1-1	Austin Jones	PTS	8	09/04/1954	Ernst-Merck Halle, Hamburg
Draw	13-3-5	José González Sales	PTS	8	05/03/1954	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Loss	7-2-6	Hans Friedrich	PTS	8	22/01/1954	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win	0-11-2	Emile DeGreef	KO	3	15/01/1954	Ernst-Merck-Halle, Hamburg
Win	8-8-3	Jean Serres	TKO	5	27/12/1953	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win	13-8-3	Ray Schmit	PTS	6	04/12/1953	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win	43-23-20	Hans Baumann	PTS	6	13/11/1953	Seeback Saal, Bremerhaven, Bremen
Win	13-2-2	Karl Ameisbichler	TKO	8	07/10/1953	Ernst-Merck-Halle, Hamburg
Win	18-6-2	Willy Schagen	KO	2	28/08/1953	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win	20-8-10	Paul Schirrmann	PTS	4	05/07/1953	Waldbühne, Westend, Berlin
Draw	60-15-11	Hans Strelecki	PTS	6	16/05/1953	Sportpalast, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Draw	11-2	Karl Ameisbichler	PTS	6	17/04/1953	Funkturmhalle, Westend, Berlin
Draw	9-27-10	Otto Bastian	PTS	6	15/02/1953	Ausstellungshalle, Berlin
Win	15-11-6	Heinz Schreiber	KO	2	26/12/1952	Funkturmhalle, Westend, Berlin
Win	9-14-5	Bruno Junkuhn	KO	2	21/11/1952	Winterhalle, Munich, Bavaria
Win	10-20-6	Robert Sapion	PTS	6	09/11/1952	Funkturmhalle, Westend, Berlin
Win	16-6-10	Willy Schmauser	PTS	6	17/10/1952	Messehalle, Munich, Bavaria
Win	5-4-2	Franz Schoepgens	TKO	2	14/09/1952	Praelat Schoeneberg, Schoeneberg, Berlin
Win	8-7-2	Emil Dimmer	PTS	4	05/09/1952	Ausstellungshalle, Munich, Bavaria
Win	14-9-6	Heinz Schreiber	KO	4	15/08/1952	Funkturmhalle, Westend, Berlin