From How to Box: McGovern Explains his Knockout Blow. “Of course if I can finish him in one round I'll do it in a second. That's why I did with Palmer, and we were offered a chance to make $50,000 to let it go ten rounds for the pictures. I wasn't taking any chances, and let it go when I got him right. The same way with Ward. I got him in the corner and got a chance to let that right short-arm jolt go in, and ups he went." "Didn't move any more than eight inches," says Maywood. "That's right," confirms Terry, "very short." What do you do when you are close in that way come up on the toes to send the short jolt? "Yes," says Terry, "if you stand flat-footed there's no force in it, but coming up on the toes you can get all the body into the short punch, and that does the business. I always do that when I get the chance. "My hands are as perfect as when I started fighting, I never hurt them. I may bruise the thumb joints a little and get them sore on a fellow's head, but that's all. I always fought straight when I first started. IT comes natural to me."
Very interesting. thanks for sharing . It's hard to overstate the value of durable hands. Fragile hands don't just lose fights. They ruin careers.