Tommy McGovern boxer

Tommy McGovern boxer
bouts
67
won
46
lost
17
draw
4
Status
inactive
Division
lightweight
Debut
1947-04-29
Height
-
Reach
-
Age
64
Born
1924-02-05
Death
1989-02-01
Nationality
United Kingdom

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Thomas Henry McGovern (5 February 1924 – 1 February 1989) was a British boxer who was British lightweight champion between 1951 and 1952 and fought for the European title.Born in Lambeth, London, and based in Bermondsey where he worked selling fish, McGovern was a successful amateur, competing internationally, was British Army lightweight champion, and in 1944 was described by Joe Louis as the finest British prospect he had seen after seeing him fight in services competitions in Italy.He won the 1943 Amateur Boxing Association British lightweight title, when boxing out of the Fitzroy Lodge & Lynn ABC.After consideration of his application for a professional licence was deferred from December 1946 until three months later, causing the cancellation of his planned debut fight, he started his pro career in the United States in April 1947 with a points win over Ben Melendez. He won 11 of 15 fights in North America before returning to the UK.In August 1948 he beat George Daly on points at Selhurst Park and again in July 1949 at the same venue, this time stopping him in the sixth round, to take the British South Eastern Area Lightweight Title. In January 1950 he beat Finnish champion Elis Ask. In April 1950 he beat Peter Fallon at the Royal Albert Hall in a British title eliminator, setting up a challenge for Billy Thompson's title in July. Thompson won on points to retain the title. McGovern closed the year with a points win over Tommy Barnham to take the vacant BBBofC Southern Area lightweight title.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1953-09-29 Joe Lucy LWWWWW Earls Court Empress Hall, Kensington LOST
Points
1953-05-18 Solly Cantor WLWLWW Embassy Rink, Birmingham DRAW
Points
1953-04-21 Jacques Prigent WWWDWW Royal Albert Hall, Kensington LOST
Points
1953-02-09 Johannes Congo Kid Mahlangu LLLLWL Leyton Baths, Leyton WIN
Points
1953-01-20 Joe Lucy WWLLWW Royal Albert Hall, Kensington LOST
Points
1952-12-15 Tommy Bailey LWLLWL Free Trade Hall, Manchester WIN
Points
1952-12-02 Ricky McCulloch LWLLWL Empress Rink, Ipswich WIN
Points
1952-11-24 Frank Parkes LWDLWW Grand Pier Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare WIN
Points
1952-11-13 Claude Dennington LWLLLW Hastings Pier, Hastings WIN
Points
1952-10-13 Emmett Kenny LLWWLW National Sporting Club, Piccadilly WIN
Points
1952-07-25 Frank Johnson WWWWWW King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester LOST
Points
1952-06-11 Cliff Anderson LLWWWW Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl WIN
Points
1952-04-22 Hoacine Khalfi WWWLLW Harringay Arena, Harringay LOST
Points
1952-03-20 Jorgen Johansen LWWWWW K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen DRAW
Points
1951-12-11 Allan Tanner WWWWWW Royal Albert Hall, Kensington WIN
Points
1951-11-06 Roy Ankrah WWWWW Earls Court Empress Hall, Kensington LOST
Points
1951-08-28 Billy Thompson WWLLWW Wandsworth Stadium, Wandsworth WIN
KO
1951-07-23 Emmett Kenny WWLWWL Gravesend FC Ground, Gravesend WIN
Points
1951-04-23 Maurice Mancini LLWWWD Town Hall, Wimbledon WIN
Technical knockout
1951-03-20 Frank Parkes WWWLLW Earls Court Empress Hall, Kensington WIN
Points
1951-03-01 Des Garrod WLDWDL West Ham Baths, West Ham WIN
Technical knockout
1951-01-16 Allan Tanner LLLDWW Caesars Nightclub, Streatham LOST
Points
1950-12-05 Tommy Barnham WWWWWW Earls Court Empress Hall, Kensington WIN
Points
1950-10-07 Mickey O'Neill WLLLW Kings Hall, Belfast WIN
Points
1950-09-13 Morty Kelleher WLDLWL The Arena, Mile End WIN
Technical knockout
1950-07-11 Billy Thompson LWWLLW The Stadium, Hanley LOST
Points
1950-05-01 Chris Jenkins LLWWLL Winter Gardens, Malvern WIN
Corner retirement
1950-04-19 Alberto Diori DWDD Manor Place Baths, Walworth WIN
Points
1950-04-04 Peter Fallon LLLWWL Royal Albert Hall, Kensington WIN
Points
1950-02-27 Frank Parkes WWLWWW Manor Place Baths, Walworth WIN
Points
1950-01-31 Elis Ask WWLWWW Earls Court Empress Hall, Kensington WIN
Points
1950-01-09 Chris Jenkins LLWWWL Manor Place Baths, Walworth WIN
Points
1950-01-02 Chris Jenkins WLLWWW Manor Place Baths, Walworth WIN
Points
1949-11-28 Al Wilburn LWWDDL Manor Place Baths, Walworth WIN
Points
1949-11-14 Ben Duffy LLLLDL Manor Place Baths, Walworth WIN
Corner retirement
1949-10-18 Arthur King WWWWWW Royal Albert Hall, Kensington LOST
Points
1949-09-06 Jim Keery WWWWWL Harringay Arena, Harringay WIN
Points
1949-07-12 George Daly WWWWWW Selhurst Park Football Ground, Crystal Palace WIN
Technical knockout
1949-05-30 Jimmy Toweel WWWWWW Earls Court Empress Hall, Kensington DRAW
Points
1949-05-02 Freddie Smith WLWLWW Town Hall, Leeds WIN
Points
1949-04-05 Vernon Ball WWLLWL Leyton Baths, Leyton DRAW
Points
1949-02-21 Harry Hughes WLWWWW Royal Albert Hall, Kensington LOST
Points
1949-01-24 Solly Cantor DWWLLW Royal Albert Hall, Kensington LOST
Points
1949-01-10 Bert Hornby WWWWWW Town Hall, Leeds WIN
Points
1948-11-30 Tommy Barton LLWWWW Manor Place Baths, Walworth WIN
KO
1948-11-08 Freddie Smith WWLWWW Harringay Arena, Harringay WIN
Points
1948-09-02 Morry Jones LWWWLW The Stadium, Liverpool WIN
KO
1948-08-10 George Daly WDWWWW Selhurst Park Football Ground, Crystal Palace WIN
Points
1948-05-17 Claude Dennington WLWWDW Connaught Drill Hall, Portsmouth LOST
Points
1948-04-16 Ben Duffy LWLWLW King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester LOST
Points
1948-04-12 Johnny Fitzpatrick LWLLLW Manor Place Baths, Walworth WIN
Technical knockout
1948-03-25 Billy Barton LLLLWL St Michael's Hall, Poplar WIN
Points
1947-12-19 Ritchie Shinn LLLDWW Madison Square Garden, New York LOST
Points
1947-12-01 Arthur King WWWWLW Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto LOST
Split-decision
1947-11-18 Tony LaBua WLWWWW Sunnyside Garden, Sunnyside, Queens WIN
Unanimous decision
1947-11-04 Pete Manchio LLLLLL Sunnyside Garden, Sunnyside, Queens WIN
Unanimous decision
1947-10-14 Jimmy Warren WWWLLW Sunnyside Garden, Sunnyside, Queens WIN
Majority decision
1947-09-22 Jimmy Warren WWWWLL Sunnyside Garden, Sunnyside, Queens LOST
Split-decision
1947-08-25 Phil Terranova WWLWWL Coney Island Velodrome, Brooklyn LOST
Unanimous decision
1947-08-13 Joe Murray WDWWWW Jamaica Arena, Jamaica, Queens WIN
Points
1947-07-23 Clyde English WLDLLD Jamaica Arena, Jamaica, Queens WIN
Points
1947-07-11 Donald Murray WWWLWD Madison Square Garden, New York WIN
Points
1947-06-25 Eldred Williams LWLLLL Jamaica Arena, Jamaica, Queens WIN
Technical knockout
1947-06-17 Zack Taylor LLLLLL MacArthur Stadium, Brooklyn WIN
Points
1947-05-20 Joe Poccia WLLLLL Sunnyside Garden, Sunnyside, Queens WIN
Points
1947-05-08 Charley Harris WLLLW Forum Arena, Bronx WIN
Points
1947-04-29 Ben Melendez DDLLLL Sunnyside Garden, Sunnyside, Queens WIN
Points

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