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Lew Tendler vs Young Terry McGovern — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Lew Tendler

Young Terry McGovern

Lew Tendler (145-16-8) and Young Terry McGovern (2-2 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Tendler

145

Wins38 KO · 26%

16

Losses

8

Draws170 tracked bouts

McGovern

Tracked record

2–2

counted from 4 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

McGovern leads 2–0

Lew Tendler and Young Terry McGovern have met 2 times; McGovern leads 2–0.

Lew Tendler and Young Terry McGovern have met 2 times; McGovern leads 2–0.
Met1914Aug 311914Sep 12Series
Lew TendlerFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Young Terry McGovernFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultNWSNWS2Meetings

The Numbers

Tendler 5 · McGovern 1 of 6 measurable rows
TendlerMcGovern
Record†
145-16-8 (edge)2-2
Win %0–100%
88.2% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 38
38 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
26.21%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
27% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 11.6
11.6 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 170
170
4

† 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
Lew Tendler: Died aged 72
Young Terry McGovern: No date of birth
Stance
Lew Tendler: Southpaw
Young Terry McGovern: Not recorded

Lew Tendler left, Young 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
Lew Tendler145 wins · from 170 tracked bouts

Lew Tendler: 145 tracked wins — 39 by KO/TKO (27%), 20 on the cards (14%) and 86 by another method or unrecorded (59%). Counted from 170 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

39 by KO/TKO 27%20 on the cards 14%86 by another method or unrecorded 59%

Young Terry McGovern2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Young Terry McGovern: 2 tracked wins — 2 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Lew Tendler 170, Young Terry McGovern 4 — 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

Lew Tendler has won once since losing a decision to Ace Hudkins. Tendler last boxed on Jun 18, 1928.WWWLW

Forgione Nov 1927Martínez Dec 1927McFarland Jan 1928Hudkins Jan 1928Goldman Jun 192811.6 tracked bouts per year

Young Terry McGovern last boxed on Dec 6, 1918 — 39,411 days ago. McGovern had lost two straight, after two straight wins.WWLL

Tendler Aug 1914Tendler Sep 1914Burman Nov 1918Sharkey Dec 19180.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Lew Tendler and Young Terry McGovern ever fought each other?
Yes. Lew Tendler and Young Terry McGovern have met 2 times and Young Terry McGovern leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LSep 12, 1914 · McGovern · NWS

LAug 31, 1914 · McGovern · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tendler or McGovern?
Lew Tendler is 145-16-8 and Young Terry McGovern is 2-2 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Lew Tendler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Tendler145–16–888.2%

McGovern2–250%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tendler or McGovern?
Lew Tendler has 38 knockout wins and Young Terry McGovern has 0. Lew Tendler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tendler3826.2%

McGovern0

The Numbers ↓
Do Tendler and McGovern have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Lew Tendler and Young Terry McGovern have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tendler and McGovern?
This comparison is drawn from 170 bouts tracked for Lew Tendler and 4 bouts tracked for Young Terry McGovern. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tendler170bouts

McGovern4bouts

How They Win ↓

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