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Jack Doyle vs Terry McGovern — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jack Doyle

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Terry McGovern

Jack Doyle (0-4-1 across 5 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Doyle

Tracked record

0–4–1

counted from 5 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

Jack Doyle and Terry McGovern have met 1 time; McGovern leads 1–0.

Jack Doyle and Terry McGovern have met 1 time; McGovern leads 1–0.
Met1897Oct 9Series
Jack DoyleFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Terry McGovernFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Doyle 1 · McGovern 4 of 5 measurable rows
DoyleMcGovern
Record†
0-4-165-6-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
10%
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
1 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.4
0.4
8.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 80
5
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
Jack Doyle: No height on file
Terry McGovern: 5′3″
Reachnot held
Jack Doyle: No reach on file
Terry McGovern: 65″
Agenot held
Jack Doyle: No date of birth
Terry McGovern: Died aged 37
Stance
Jack Doyle: Not recorded
Terry McGovern: Orthodox

Jack Doyle 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
Jack Doyle0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Jack Doyle: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Doyle 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 — Jack Doyle 5, Terry McGovern 80 — 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

Jack Doyle last boxed on Jan 24, 1911 — 42,275 days ago. Doyle had lost the most recent, to Battling Levinsky.LLLDL

McGovern Oct 1897Gibbons Nov 1909Levinsky Sep 1910Gibbons Sep 1910Levinsky Jan 19110.4 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 Jack Doyle and Terry McGovern ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Doyle and Terry McGovern met once on October 9, 1897, and Terry McGovern won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

LOct 9, 1897 · McGovern · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Doyle or McGovern?
Jack Doyle is 0-4-1 across the 5 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 %

Doyle0–4–110%

McGovern65–6–887.3%

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

Doyle0

McGovern4467.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Doyle and McGovern have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jack Doyle and Terry McGovern have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Doyle and McGovern?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Jack Doyle and 80 bouts tracked for Terry McGovern. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Doyle5bouts

McGovern80bouts

How They Win ↓

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