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George Chaney vs Phil McGovern — record, stats and common opponents compared

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George Chaney

Phil McGovern

George Chaney (136-36-6) and Phil McGovern (0-5-1 across 6 tracked bouts) 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.

Chaney

136

Wins

36

Losses

6

Draws178 tracked bouts

McGovern

Tracked record

0–5–1

counted from 6 bouts 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

Chaney leads 1–0

George Chaney and Phil McGovern have met 1 time; Chaney leads 1–0.

George Chaney and Phil McGovern have met 1 time; Chaney leads 1–0.
Met1912Mar 19Series
George ChaneyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Phil McGovernFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Chaney 3 · McGovern 1 of 4 measurable rows
ChaneyMcGovern
Record†
136-36-6 (edge)0-5-1
Win %0–100%
78.1% (edge)
8.3%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
57%—
Times stopped‡max 8
8
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12
12 (edge)
1.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 178
178
6

† 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
George Chaney: Died aged 66
Phil McGovern: No date of birth
Stance
George Chaney: Southpaw
Phil McGovern: Not recorded

George Chaney left, Phil 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
George Chaney136 wins · from 178 tracked bouts

George Chaney: 136 tracked wins — 78 by KO/TKO (57%), 21 on the cards (15%) and 37 by another method or unrecorded (27%). Counted from 178 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

78 by KO/TKO 57%21 on the cards 15%37 by another method or unrecorded 27%

Phil McGovern0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Phil McGovern: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts 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 — George Chaney 178, Phil McGovern 6 — 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

George Chaney has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Chaney last boxed on Aug 10, 1925.WWWLL

Rodgers Jun 1924Kramer Sep 1924Mitchell Nov 1924O'Brien Feb 1925Kramer Aug 192512 tracked bouts per year

Phil McGovern last boxed on Jun 10, 1913 — 41,404 days ago. McGovern had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Charles Ledoux.LLLLD

Attell Jan 1911Attell Feb 1911Coulon Apr 1911Chaney Mar 1912Ledoux Jun 19131.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have George Chaney and Phil McGovern ever fought each other?
Yes. George Chaney and Phil McGovern met once on March 19, 1912, and George Chaney won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

WMar 19, 1912 · Chaney · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Chaney or McGovern?
George Chaney is 136-36-6 and Phil McGovern is 0-5-1 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. George Chaney has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Chaney136–36–678.1%

McGovern0–5–18.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Chaney and McGovern have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both George Chaney and Phil McGovern have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Chaney and McGovern?
This comparison is drawn from 178 bouts tracked for George Chaney and 6 bouts tracked for Phil McGovern. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Chaney178bouts

McGovern6bouts

How They Win ↓

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