Has there ever been a more destructive puncher than Terry McGovern at his weight?

Any stories about how hard Terry was capable of punching?

 

This ko is what gives some possibility that Terry really did hurt Gans badly with the first right hand he landed. On tape you just can't tell and Joe would have had to have been almost out to have then fallen from the follow up punches that barely landed or missed. Nat Fleisher was a big fan of Terry and wrote a book about him but about the Gan's ko he said, "Terry was good, but he wasn't that good."

 

At Feather possibly,
Hamed
Saddler
Arguello
Lopez

 

Tim Austin at bantam

 

You think that highly on him?

Explain. :think

 

When you knock out the reigning batamweight, featherweight and lightweight world champions all within a space of 16 months then you're pretty destructive. McGovern accomplished this feat.

Though many who were around back then consider Aurelio Herrera to be the harder punching featherweight. He was a miniature Earnie Shavers. Battling Nelson called him the hardest hitter he ever faced. He stopped people even McGovern couldn't knock out.

 

Ruben Olivares

 

You dont see too many of these little guys knocking guys out, regardless of the opposition, and Austin's was pretty good. Austin had a very nice boxer puncher style and he always went for the kill.. Hes one of my favorites at the lower weights, as Im not a big fan of the lower weight classes.