"Terrible" Terry McGovern
McGovern was a dynamic, aggressive fighter and a very hard hitter; Nat Fleischer ranked him as the #1 All-Time Featherweight; Charley Rose ranked him as the #1 All-Time Bantamweight
BORN : March 9 1880; Johnstown, Pennsylvania DIED : February 26 1918; Brooklyn, New York HEIGHT : 5-4 WEIGHT : 112-127 lbs RACE : White; Irish-American MANAGER : Jimmy Dunn, Sam Harris, and Joe Humphreys
1897 Apr 3 Jack Shea Brooklyn, NY KO 1 Apr 24 Frank Barnes Brooklyn, NY W 10 May 3 Eddie Avery New York, NY W 4 May 22 Kid Dougherty Brooklyn, NY W 10 Jun 7 Tom McDermott Brooklyn, NY W 10 Jun 12 Tommy Sullivan Brooklyn, NY D 10 Aug 16 Eddie Goodbody Brooklyn, NY W 10 Aug 23 Billy Barrett Brooklyn, NY W 10 Sep 18 Jack Leon Brooklyn, NY KO 7 Oct 2 Jack Reagan Brooklyn, NY W 6 Oct 9 Jack Doyle Brooklyn, NY W 6 Oct 22 Eddie Goodbody Brooklyn, NY D 4 -Police intervened Nov 13 Harry Peterson New York, NY W 6 Dec 18 Charles Roden New York, NY W 6 Dec 31 Jack Kelly Brooklyn, NY KO 2 1898 Feb 25 Billy Maynard Yonkers, NY W 8 Mar 12 Pinkey Evans Yonkers, NY W 8 Apr 15 Fred Mayo Waterbury, Ct TK 6 May 5 George Munroe Yonkers, NY D 20 Jun 11 George Munroe Brooklyn, NY KO 24 Jul 23 Tim Callahan Brooklyn, NY LF 11 Aug 4 George Munroe Brooklyn, NY WF 7 Aug 20 Tim Callahan Brooklyn, NY D 20 Sep 15 Eugene Garcia Brooklyn, NY KO 5 Oct 1 Harry Forbes Brooklyn, NY KO 15 Nov 19 Tim Callahan Brooklyn, NY KO 10 Nov 26 Paddy Donovan Philadelphia, Pa KO 3 Dec 17 Jimmy Rose Brooklyn, NY KO 2 Dec 31 Austin Rice Brooklyn, NY KO 14 1899 Jan 30 Casper Leon Brooklyn, NY KO 12 Feb 18 Fred Snyder Philadelphia, Pa W 6 Mar 14 Patsy Haley New York, NY KO 18 Apr 28 Joe Bernstein New York, NY W 25 May 26 Sammy Kelly New York, NY KO 5 Jun 8 Billy Barrett New York, NY KO 10 Jul 1 Johnny Ritchie Tuckahoe, NY KO 3 Sep 12 Thomas "Pedlar" Palmer Tuckahoe, NY KO 1 -Bantamweight Championship of the World; Weights: 115 1/2 - 113 1/2 Sep 29 Fred Snyder Philadelphia, Pa KO 2 Oct 9 Billy Rotchford Chicago, Il KO 1 Nov 18 Patsy Haley Chicago, Il KO 1 Nov 18 Bill Smith Chicago, Il KO 3 Nov 30 Eddie Sprague Hartford, Ct KO 2 Dec 12 James J. Corbett Jr. Chicago, Il KO 2 Dec 18 Charlie Mason Cincinnati, Oh KO 2 Dec 18 Freckles O'Brien Cincinnati, Oh KO 1 Dec 22 Harry Forbes New York, NY KO 2 1900 Jan 9 George Dixon New York, NY TK 8 -Featherweight Championship of the World Jan 29 Jack Ward Baltimore, Md KO 1 Feb 1 Eddie Santry Chicago, Il KO 5 -Featherweight Championship of the World Feb 21 George Dixon New York, NY EX 3 Mar 9 Oscar Gardner New York, NY KO 3 -Featherweight Championship of the World; Weights: 123 - 123 1/2 Mar 15 Eddie Lenny Philadelphia, Pa KO 2 Apr 17 Tommy White Chicago, Il ND 6 Apr 20 Tommy Warren New York, NY KO 1 May 21 Elwood McCloskey Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Jun 12 Tommy White Brooklyn, NY KO 3 -Featherweight Championship of the World Jun 23 George Dixon Chicago, Il W 6 Jul 16 Frank Erne New York, NY TK 3 Nov 2 Joe Bernstein Louisville, Ky KO 7 -Featherweight Championship of the World Nov 13 Kid Broad Chicago, Il W 6 Dec 8 Tommy White Milwaukee, Wi EX 4 Dec 13 Joe Gans Chicago, Il KO 2 1901 Jan 18 Louden Campbell Pittsburgh, Pa EX 4 Apr 12 Danny Dougherty Denver, Co EX 4 Apr 12 Danny Dougherty Denver, Co EX 4 -The previous 2 bouts were held the same date Apr 30 Oscar Gardner San Francisco, Ca KO 4 -Featherweight Championship of the World May 29 Aurelio Herrera San Francisco, Ca KO 5 -Featherweight Championship of the World Sep 28 Joe Tipman Baltimore, Md EX 2 Nov 10 Kid Abel Chicago, Il EX 4 Nov 28 Young Corbett II Hartford, Ct LK 2 -Featherweight Championship of the World; Corbett weighed 126 lbs 1902 Feb 22 Dave Sullivan Louisville, Ky TK 15 -Some sources report this bout as a Lightweight Championship of the World contest 1903 Feb 6 Joe Bernstein Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Feb 25 Billy Maynard Philadelphia, Pa KO 4 Mar 31 Young Corbett II San Francisco, Ca LK 11 -Featherweight Championship of the World Sep 26 Lew Ryall Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Oct 3 Billy Willis Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Oct 20 Jimmy Briggs Boston, Ma W 15 Dec 19 Billy Willis Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 1904 Jan 1 Leo Henninger Allentown, Pa KO 2 Apr 10 George Barton St. Paul, Mn L 6 Oct 10 Eddie Hanlon Philadelphia, Pa TK 4 Dec 16 Johnny Burdick Pittsfield, Ma EX 4 1905 Oct 18 "Harlem" Tommy Murphy Philadelphia, Pa TK 1 Dec Johnny Burdick Boston, Ma EX 1906 Mar 14 Oscar "Battling" Nelson Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 May 28 Jimmy Britt New York, NY ND 10 Oct 17 Young Corbett II Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 1908 May 16 Young Loughrey Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 May 27 Frank "Spike" Robson New York, NY ND 6
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The CyberboxingZone Journal Article on McGovern (July 2001)
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