Actor William Dearest fought professional as Battling McGovern

[DavidEpstein]

https://www-upi-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ ... 1522000%2F

Battling McGovern record
https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/532010

[wouter]

There were dozens of McGoverns fighting at the time, variously reported as Young, Battling, Kid, Terry etc. depending on the reporter of the local paper. You really have to come up with more than claims in an obituary of some 60 years later to be able to pinpoint an exact fighter.