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Old 04-18-2009, 12:28 AM   #33
Jersey-Jim
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Terry McGovern

I'm currently working on "Terrible" Terry McGovern who ratings look to be underrated since the game's card days back in the late 1970's. McGovern's defensive abilities seems to have been much, much better than it appears on the surface from some of the older articles I've read.

Nat Fleischer rates him as the best Featherweight of all time... above Willie Pep. Others rate him at 1 or 2 in the all-time Bantamweight ratings. He also took a shot at the Lightweight Champion and knocked him out in a handful of rounds in a non-title bout shortly after winning the Featherweight title. His reputation seems to run a parrallel with Sonny Liston's at the time. He was considered to be invincible with no visible weaknesses in offense, defense, stamina, etc.

After suffering his first defeat at Featherweight as a result of what some said to be overconfidence, he was never the same again. Very few fighters held two or more titles or captured them so quickly as he did in a era when there were only 7 titles.

More on Terry in the very near future!
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