125 years ago, Terry McGovern stopped Joe Gans with a shocking 2nd-round knockout in their scheduled six-round bout — a result that sent shockwaves through the boxing world. The finish was so unexpected that suspicions of a dive immediately followed, and the fallout was severe. Illinois officials reacted by outlawing professional boxing in the state for decades, a ban that wouldn’t be lifted until the mid-1920s. Gans, widely regarded as one of the greatest lightweights who ever lived, saw his re