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Billy Rotchford vs Terry McGovern — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Rotchford

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Terry McGovern

Billy Rotchford (1-5-2 across 8 tracked bouts) and Terry McGovern (65-6-8) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Rotchford

Tracked record

1–5–2

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

McGovern

65

Wins44 KO · 68%

6

Losses

8

Draws80 tracked bouts

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

McGovern leads 1–0

Billy Rotchford and Terry McGovern have met 1 time; McGovern leads 1–0.

Billy Rotchford and Terry McGovern have met 1 time; McGovern leads 1–0.
Met1899Oct 9Series
Billy RotchfordFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Terry McGovernFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Rotchford 0 · McGovern 5 of 5 measurable rows
RotchfordMcGovern
Record†
1-5-265-6-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
87.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 44
0
44 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.69%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
68% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.4
1.8
8.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 80
8
80

† 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

Heightnot held
Billy Rotchford: No height on file
Terry McGovern: 5′3″
Reachnot held
Billy Rotchford: No reach on file
Terry McGovern: 65″
Agenot held
Billy Rotchford: No date of birth
Terry McGovern: Died aged 37
Stance
Billy Rotchford: Not recorded
Terry McGovern: Orthodox

Billy Rotchford left, Terry 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
Billy Rotchford1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Billy Rotchford: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Terry McGovern66 wins · from 80 tracked bouts

Terry McGovern: 66 tracked wins — 45 by KO/TKO (68%), 14 on the cards (21%) and 7 by another method or unrecorded (11%). Counted from 80 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

45 by KO/TKO 68%14 on the cards 21%7 by another method or unrecorded 11%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Rotchford 8, Terry McGovern 80 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Rotchford better on 1 · McGovern better on 2

Rotchford

Opponent

McGovern

  • Billy Rotchford

    Win, PTS

    1899

    IIRotchford better

    Terry McGovern

    0–2–1 against

    Draw, NWS

    1906

    Loss, KO 11

    1903

    Loss, KO

    1901

  • Billy Rotchford

    0–3 against

    Loss, KO 1

    1901

    Loss, PTS

    1899

    Loss, DQ 1

    1899

    ForbesMcGovern better

    Terry McGovern

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 2

    1899

    Win, KO 15

    1898

  • Billy Rotchford

    Loss, DQ 3

    1899

    PalmerMcGovern better

    Terry McGovern

    Win, KO 1

    1899

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Billy Rotchford last boxed on Dec 19, 1901 — 45,597 days ago. Rotchford had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

II Jul 1899Forbes Jul 1899Forbes Aug 1899McGovern Oct 1899Forbes Dec 19011.8 tracked bouts per year

Terry McGovern drew the most recent tracked bout with Young Corbett II. McGovern last boxed on Oct 17, 1906.LDDDD

Nelson Mar 1906Loughrey May 1906Robson May 1906Britt May 1906II Oct 19068.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Rotchford and Terry McGovern ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Rotchford and Terry McGovern met once on October 9, 1899, and Terry McGovern won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LOct 9, 1899 · McGovern · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rotchford or McGovern?
Billy Rotchford is 1-5-2 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Terry McGovern is 65-6-8. Terry McGovern has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Rotchford1–5–225%

McGovern65–6–887.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rotchford or McGovern?
Billy Rotchford has 0 knockout wins and Terry McGovern has 44. Terry McGovern has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rotchford0

McGovern4467.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rotchford and McGovern have any common opponents?
Billy Rotchford and Terry McGovern share 3 common opponents: Young Corbett II, Harry Forbes and Pedlar Palmer. Terry McGovern fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Young Corbett IIW0–2–1

Harry ForbesLW

Pedlar PalmerLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rotchford and McGovern?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Billy Rotchford and 80 bouts tracked for Terry McGovern. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rotchford8bouts

McGovern80bouts

How They Win ↓

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