Was Terry McGovern real good

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  1. HeavyweightCP

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    Sadly not.

    That aside, he must be regarded as one of the most destructive pound for pound fighters of all time.

    He was wrecking guys who nobody had any business wrecking.
     
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    I hear he could satisfy Ilsa, the SW of the SS. And that's something only one other man has ever done.
     
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    I hadn't heard that. Even the combined sexual prowess of Danger 5 couldn't do it. And as always kill Hitler.
     
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    Even though the Gans fight was obviously phony you can probably make a compelling case that Terrible Terry was the best fighter pound for pound in the world briefly during his prime.


    His destructiveness during his prime is extremely impressive even a century later. What's more all those early knockouts came against great opposition.

    Sadly Terry fell apart from grief and alcohol dependency when his two daughters died as children. The strain of those loses took his soul and for a man who had shown a tendancy toward mental instability it was too much. A very tragic story.
     
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