Jimmy Britt Vs Terry McGovern

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    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Maybe I just happen to have found an unrepresentative sample, but it seems a clear NWS win for McGovern from the reports I've seen, the only one I found for Britt was The Cohoes Republican. Boxrec claims the New York Times called it a draw, but it seemed to only in the sense there was no decision rendered.

    I'd be very interested if anyone has found differing perspectives.

    For Terry McGovern

    The Brooklyn Citizen
    The New York Tribune
    The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    The New York Times
    The Standard Union
    Tim Hurst (the referee of the contest, mentioned in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
    The Associated Press

    For Jimmy Britt

    The Cohoes Republican

    For draw
    The Brooklyn Daily Times (somewhat ambiguous, says opinions differ, but impartial observers had it a draw)
    The World (Robert Edgren) (said McGovern outslugged Britt, but it was a draw on points)
     
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    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    While I'm at the the ND between Britt and Nelson

    For Jimmy Britt
    San Francisco Examiner (W. W. Naughton)
    San Francisco Chronicle (Harry B. Smith)
    The Fresno Morning Republican

    For Battling Nelson
    Los Angeles Times
    The San Francisco Cali (R. A. Symth)
    The Long Beach Press

    For Draw
    Los Angeles Herald (J.G Griffin)
    Oakland Tribune (Eddie Smith)

    Will have another look, but it seems to have been a draw. Britt's better science, being countered with Nelson's aggression.
     
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