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Benny Bass vs Joe McGovern — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Bass

Joe McGovern

Benny Bass (190-41-10) and Joe McGovern (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Bass

190

Wins72 KO · 38%

41

Losses

10

Draws243 tracked bouts

McGovern

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Bass leads 1–0

Benny Bass and Joe McGovern have met 1 time; Bass leads 1–0.

Benny Bass and Joe McGovern have met 1 time; Bass leads 1–0.
Met1922Aug 23Series
Benny BassFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe McGovernFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Bass 4 · McGovern 1 of 5 measurable rows
BassMcGovern
Record†
190-41-10 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
80.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 72
72 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
37.89%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
38%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
11.9—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 243
243
1

† 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

Agenot held
Benny Bass: Died aged 70
Joe McGovern: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Bass: Orthodox
Joe McGovern: Not recorded

Benny Bass left, Joe McGovern right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Benny Bass190 wins · from 243 tracked bouts

Benny Bass: 190 tracked wins — 72 by KO/TKO (38%), 83 on the cards (44%) and 35 by another method or unrecorded (18%). Counted from 243 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

72 by KO/TKO 38%83 on the cards 44%35 by another method or unrecorded 18%

Joe McGovern0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Joe McGovern: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for McGovern yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Bass 243, Joe McGovern 1 — 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

Benny Bass has lost two straight. Bass last boxed on May 7, 1940.WWDLL

Sarullo Jan 1940Rahn Feb 1940Tygh Mar 1940Tygh Apr 1940Speigal May 194011.9 tracked bouts per year

Joe McGovern last boxed on Aug 23, 1922 — 38,057 days ago. McGovern had lost the most recent, to Benny Bass.L

Bass Aug 1922

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Bass and Joe McGovern ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Bass and Joe McGovern met once on August 23, 1922, and Benny Bass won by NWS.
The meeting

WAug 23, 1922 · Bass · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bass or McGovern?
Benny Bass is 190-41-10 and Joe McGovern is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Benny Bass has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Bass190–41–1080.9%

McGovern0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bass or McGovern?
Benny Bass has 72 knockout wins and Joe McGovern has 0. Benny Bass has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bass7237.9%

McGovern0

The Numbers ↓
Do Bass and McGovern have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Bass and Joe McGovern have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bass and McGovern?
This comparison is drawn from 243 bouts tracked for Benny Bass and 1 bout tracked for Joe McGovern. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bass243bouts

McGovern1bout

How They Win ↓

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