Fight:20127

Terry McGovern beat Johnny Ritchie by KO in round 3 of 25

• Date: 1899-07-01
• Location: Westchester A.C., Tuckahoe, New York, USA
• Referee: Jimmy Carroll

The fight was to be fought at 118 pounds for a purse of $2000; $1500 to the winner and $500 to the loser. Scheduled for twenty-five rounds with clean breaking and no hitting in the clinches were the stipulations of the bout. The fight was to decide the Bantamweight Champion of America and the winner would face Pedlar Palmer for World recognition as Bantamweight Champion. ... A left hook to the point of the chin put Ritchie down and out in the third round. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)