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Ellwood McCloskey vs Terry McGovern — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ellwood McCloskey

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Terry McGovern

Ellwood McCloskey (0-3 across 3 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 1 common opponent.

McCloskey

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Ellwood McCloskey and Terry McGovern have met 1 time; McGovern leads 1–0.

Ellwood McCloskey and Terry McGovern have met 1 time; McGovern leads 1–0.
Met1900May 21Series
Ellwood McCloskeyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Terry McGovernFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

McCloskey 1 · McGovern 4 of 5 measurable rows
McCloskeyMcGovern
Record†
0-365-6-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
87.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 44
0
44 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.69%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—68%
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.4
0.7
8.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 80
3
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
Ellwood McCloskey: No height on file
Terry McGovern: 5′3″
Reachnot held
Ellwood McCloskey: No reach on file
Terry McGovern: 65″
Agenot held
Ellwood McCloskey: No date of birth
Terry McGovern: Died aged 37
Stance
Ellwood McCloskey: Not recorded
Terry McGovern: Orthodox

Ellwood McCloskey 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
Ellwood McCloskey0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Ellwood McCloskey: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for McCloskey yet.

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 — Ellwood McCloskey 3, Terry McGovern 80 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · McGovern better on 1

McCloskey

Opponent

McGovern

  • Ellwood McCloskey

    Loss, PTS

    1896

    DixonMcGovern better

    Terry McGovern

    2–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1900

    Win, TKO 8

    1900

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

Ellwood McCloskey last boxed on May 21, 1900 — 46,178 days ago. McCloskey had lost three straight.LLL

Dixon May 1896Murphy Sep 1897McGovern May 19000.7 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 Ellwood McCloskey and Terry McGovern ever fought each other?
Yes. Ellwood McCloskey and Terry McGovern met once on May 21, 1900, and Terry McGovern won by NWS.
The meeting

LMay 21, 1900 · McGovern · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McCloskey or McGovern?
Ellwood McCloskey is 0-3 across the 3 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 %

McCloskey0–30%

McGovern65–6–887.3%

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

McCloskey0

McGovern4467.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do McCloskey and McGovern have any common opponents?
Ellwood McCloskey and Terry McGovern share 1 common opponent: George Dixon. Terry McGovern fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

George DixonLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCloskey and McGovern?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Ellwood McCloskey and 80 bouts tracked for Terry McGovern. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McCloskey3bouts

McGovern80bouts

How They Win ↓

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