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Terry McGovern

6544 KOs
62 KOs
7Draws
No contest: 2
Last six: W-L-?-D-?-D
Career
division
Featherweight
status
inactive
bouts
80
rounds
541
KO %
67.7%
KO wins
44
KO losses
2
career
1897–1908
debut
1897-04-03
last fight
1908-05-26
Profile
birth name
Joseph Terrence McGovern
alias
Terrible
sex
M
stance
orthodox
height
5′ 3″ / 160cm
origin
Johnstown, PA
dob
1880-03-09
death
1918-02-22

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Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
May 26
Spike Robson
15 8 3
D-NWS
National A.C., New York, New York, United States
6 of 6
Event →
May 16
Young Loughrey
48 22 22
?-ND
National A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Oct 17
Young II
61 14 12
D-NWS
National A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6 of 6
Event →
May 28
Jimmy Britt
11 3 1
?-ND
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10
Referee: Tim Hurst
Event →
Mar 14
Battling Nelson
41 11 13
L-NWS
National A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
World Lightweight Title
6 of 6 · 133 / 133 lbs
Referee: Jack McGuigan
Event →
Oct 18
Harlem Murphy
16 6 5
W-TKO
National A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1 of 6 · 2:08
Referee: Jack McGuigan
Event →
Oct 10
Eddie Hanlon
15 5 6
W-TKO
Industrial Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
4 of 6
Event →
Apr 10
George Barton
0 0 1
L-PTS
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
6 of 6 · 122 lbs
Event →
Jan 1
Leo Henninger
0 0 0
W-KO
Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
2
Event →
Dec 19
Billy Willis
42 7 18
W-NWS
National A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Oct 20
Jimmy Briggs
46 10 20
W-PTS
Criterion A.C., Boston, Massachusetts, United States
15 of 15
Event →
Oct 3
Billy Willis
36 6 18
W-NWS
National A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Sep 26
Lew Ryall
10 22 20
W-NWS
National A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Mar 31
Young II
43 5 8
L-KO
Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco, California, United States
World Featherweight Title
11
Referee: Eddie Graney
Event →
Feb 25
Billy Maynard
9 11 8
W-KO
Pennsylvania A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
4 of 6
Event →
Feb 6
Joe Bernstein
22 20 28
W-NWS
Industrial Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Feb 22
Dave Sullivan
23 8 16
W-TKO
Southern A.C., Louisville, Kentucky, United States
15 of 25 · 125 / 126 lbs
Referee: Bob Fitzsimmons
Event →
Nov 28
Young II
36 4 7
L-KO
Coliseum, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
World Featherweight Title
2 · 124 / 126 lbs · 1:44
Referee: Charlie White
Event →
May 29
Aurelio Herrera
28 0 3
W-KO
Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco, California, United States
World Featherweight Title
5 of 20
Referee: Phil Wand
Event →
Apr 30
Oscar Gardner
57 14 29
W-KO
Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco, California, United States
World Featherweight Title
4 · 123 / 124 lbs
Referee: Harry Corbett
Event →
Dec 13
Joe Gans
91 6 12
W-KO
Tattersall's, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2 of 6 · 124 / 133 lbs · 2:05
Referee: George Siler
Event →
Nov 13
Kid Broad
14 7 12
W-PTS
Tattersall's, Chicago, Illinois, United States
6 of 6 · 123 / 125 lbs
Referee: George Siler
Event →
Nov 2
Joe Bernstein
16 11 22
W-KO
Nonpareil A.C., Louisville, Kentucky, United States
World Featherweight Title
7 of 25 · 122 / 125 lbs · 2:05
Referee: George Siler
Event →
Jul 16
Frank Erne
28 2 12
W-TKO
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
3 of 10 · 123 / 128 lbs · 2:18
Referee: Charlie White
Event →
Jun 23
George Dixon
55 7 27
W-PTS
Tattersall's, Chicago, Illinois, United States
6 of 6
Referee: Malachy Hogan
Event →
Jun 12
Tommy White
35 5 32
W-KO
Seaside A.C., Brooklyn, New York, United States
World Featherweight Title
3 of 25 · 124 / 129 lbs
Referee: Johnny White
Event →
May 21
Elwood McCloskey
7 15 4
W-NWS
Pennsylvania A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Apr 20
Tommy Warren
18 4 3
W-TKO
Broadway A.C., New York, New York, United States
1 of 25
Event →
Apr 17
Tommy White
35 5 31
D-NWS
Tattersall's, Chicago, Illinois, United States
6 of 6
Referee: George Siler
Event →
Mar 15
Eddie Lenny
15 7 25
W-KO
Industrial Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
2 of 6
Event →
Mar 9
Oscar Gardner
39 8 22
W-KO
Broadway A.C., New York, New York, United States
World Featherweight Title
3 of 25 · 0:19
Referee: Johnny White
Event →
Feb 1
Eddie Santry
22 4 4
W-TKO
Tattersall's, Chicago, Illinois, United States
World Featherweight Title
5 of 6
Referee: George Siler
Event →
Jan 29
Jack Ward
16 7 13
W-KO
North Avenue Rink, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
1 of 20 · 2:05
Referee: Al Herford
Event →
Jan 9
George Dixon
55 5 26
W-TKO
Broadway A.C., New York, New York, United States
World Featherweight Title
8 of 25 · 117 / 117 lbs
Referee: Johnny White
Event →
Dec 22
Harry Forbes
36 3 12
W-TKO
Broadway A.C., New York, New York, United States
billed for the World title
2 of 25 · 117 / 117 lbs · 1:33
Event →
Dec 18
Charlie Mason
0 0 0
W-KO
People's A.C., Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
2 of 10
Event →
Dec 18
Freckles O'Brien
1 0 0
W-KO
People's A.C., Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
1 of 10 · 130 lbs
Event →
Dec 12
James J Jr
0 0 0
W-KO
Chicago, Illinois, United States
2
Event →
Nov 30
Eddie Sprague
1 4 2
W-KO
Coliseum, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
2 · 1:00
Referee: Charlie White
Event →
Nov 18
Patsy Haley
22 13 11
W-KO
Chicago, Illinois, United States
1 of 6 · 122 / 119 lbs · 1:40
Event →
Nov 18
Turkey Smith
3 8 6
W-KO
Chicago, Illinois, United States
3 of 6 · 122 / 129 lbs · 1:00
Event →
Oct 9
Billy Rotchford
9 3 3
W-KO
Tattersall's, Chicago, Illinois, United States
1 of 6
Event →
Sep 29
Fred Snyder
0 1 0
W-TKO
Industrial Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
2 of 6
Referee: Charlie White
Event →
Sep 12
Pedlar Palmer
23 0 1
W-KO
Westchester A.C., Tuckahoe, New York, United States
World Bantamweight Title
1 of 25 · 117 / 116 lbs · 2:32
Referee: George Siler
Event →
Jul 1
Johnny Ritchie
6 2 3
W-KO
Westchester A.C., Tuckahoe, New York, United States
3 of 25
Referee: Jimmy Carroll
Event →
Jun 8
Billy Barrett
13 3 11
W-KO
Broadway A.C., Brooklyn, New York, United States
10 of 25
Event →
May 26
Sammy Kelly
16 4 1
W-KO
Broadway A.C., Brooklyn, New York, United States
5 of 20 · 0:38
Referee: Johnny White
Event →
Apr 28
Joe Bernstein
11 5 18
W-PTS
Broadway A.C., Brooklyn, New York, United States
25 of 25
Event →
Mar 14
Patsy Haley
20 9 10
W-KO
Lenox A.C., New York, New York, United States
18 of 25
Event →
Feb 18
Fred Snyder
0 0 0
W-PTS
Nonpareil A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6 of 6
Event →