Terry McGovern
65″ reach · +3.19% reach advantage · 57th percentile
Terry McGovern has a reach of 65″ against a height of 63″ — a reach advantage of +3.19%, above average for lightweight boxing and the 57th percentile of the 120 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+3.19%
65″ reach on a 63″ frame
Compared against 120 lightweight boxing fighters. Median 3.02%.
| Reach | 65″ (165.1 cm) | 6th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 63″ (160 cm) | 1st pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Lightweight Boxing competed at 3: bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1900s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
65–6
80 bouts on record
Finish rate
68%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight boxing median 51%, 75th percentile
The career, bout by bout
70 recorded bouts from 1897 to 1906. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
10y
1897–1906
Longest unbeaten run
38
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1899
16 bouts
Recorded bouts
70
70 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | D | Spike Robson | Draw | 6 |
| 1906 | D | Young Loughrey | Draw | 6 |
| 1906 | D | Young Corbett II | Draw | 6 |
| 1906 | D | Jimmy Britt | Draw | 10 |
| 1906 | L | Battling Nelson | — | 6 |
| 1905 | W | Harlem Tommy Murphy | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1904 | W | Eddie Hanlon | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1904 | W | Yock Henniger | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1903 | W | Billy Willis | — | 6 |
| 1903 | W | Jimmy Briggs | Decision | 15 |
| 1903 | W | Lew Ryall | — | 6 |
| 1903 | L | Young Corbett II | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1902 | W | Billy Maynard | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1902 | W | Joe Bernstein | — | 6 |
| 1902 | W | Dave Sullivan | KO/TKO | 15 |
| 1901 | L | Young Corbett II | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1901 | W | Aurelio Herrera | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1901 | W | Oscar Gardner | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1900 | W | Joe Gans | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1900 | W | Kid Broad | Decision | 6 |
| 1900 | W | Joe Bernstein | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1900 | W | Frank Erne | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1900 | W | George Dixon | Decision | 6 |
| 1900 | W | Tommy White | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1900 | W | Ellwood McCloskey | — | 6 |
| 1900 | W | Tommy Warren | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1900 | W | Eddie Lenny | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1900 | W | Oscar Gardner | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1900 | W | Eddie Santry | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1900 | W | Jack Ward | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1899 | W | Harry Forbes | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1899 | W | Charlie Mason | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1899 | W | Freckles O'Brien | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1899 | W | Kid Black | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1899 | W | James J Corbett Jr. | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1899 | W | Eddie Sprague | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1899 | W | Patsy Haley | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1899 | W | Turkey Point Billy Smith | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1899 | W | Billy Rotchford | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1899 | W | Fred Snyder | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1899 | W | Pedlar Palmer | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1899 | W | Johnny Ritchie | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1899 | W | Billy Barnett | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1899 | W | Sammy Kelly | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1899 | W | Joe Bernstein | Decision | 25 |
| 1899 | W | Casper Leon | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1898 | W | Austin Rice | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1898 | W | Jimmy Rose | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1898 | W | Patsy Donovan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1898 | W | Tim Callahan | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1898 | W | Harry Forbes | KO/TKO | 15 |
| 1898 | W | Eugene Garcia | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1898 | W | George Monroe | DQ | 7 |
| 1898 | W | Fred Mayo | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1898 | W | Pinky Evans | Decision | 8 |
| 1898 | W | Billy Maynard | Decision | 8 |
| 1897 | W | Jack Kelly | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1897 | W | Charles Roden | Decision | 6 |
| 1897 | W | Harry Peterson | Decision | 6 |
| 1897 | ? | Eddie Goodbody | — | 1 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 70 recorded bouts.
17 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Orlando Romero+3.22% 68.1″ reach · 58th pct
- Miguel Román+3.09% 67″ reach · 57th pct
- Daniel Estrada+3.3% 74″ reach · 59th pct
- Rose Volante+3.06% 67.5″ reach · 56th pct
- Bobby Pacquiao+3.04% 68″ reach · 50th pct
- Sharif Bogere+3.04% 68″ reach · 50th pct
- Teddy Davis+3.04% 68″ reach · 50th pct
- Charley White+3.04% 68″ reach · 50th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 120 lightweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Terry McGovern (boxer) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-25. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.