Buddy McGirt

Buddy McGirt
Data
Birth Name	James Walter McGirt
Weight class	Welterweight
nationality	US-american
birthday	17th January 1964
place of birth	Brentwood
style	Left delivery
size	1.69 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	80
Victories	73
Knockout victories	48
Defeats	6th
draw	1

Buddy McGirt (born January 17, 1964 in Brentwood , New York as James Walter McGirt ) is a former boxer and current boxing coach.

amateur

He managed 54 wins out of 6 losses.

professional

Managed and trained by the Italian-American Al Certo, whom the US press and politicians said had mafia contacts, he turned professional in 1982. With classic stick and move counter-boxing he won his next 28 fights after a draw in his debut until he met another amateur star Frankie Warren, who was unbeaten as a professional, in 1986 and was punctuated.

Two years later, on February 14, 1988, he won the rematch against Warren for the vacant IBF light welterweight title by knockout. He defended the title with a first-round knockout against the '76 Olympic champion Howard Davis , who turned out to be a huge disappointment in professional boxing. His next title defense was again in September 1988 against an Olympic champion: Meldrick Taylor , featherweight gold medalist of the '84 Games. Taylor did what journalists later dubbed the greatest accomplishment of his career and knocked McGirt out in 1988.

With points victories against Tony Baltazar and the later European champion Gary Jacobs he got back in 1989. He switched to the welterweight division and won the WBC title in this weight class on November 29, 1991 against Simon Brown . He defended the belt in Italy against another Olympic champion (1980) and former world champion, Patrizio Oliva , who had previously lost only once in 58 fights, clearly on points. Oliva then ended his career.

On March 6, 1993 he lost his title to Pernell Whitaker , lightweight Olympic champion in 1984. He was plagued by major discomfort in his left shoulder at the time and could no longer use the left hook. The following year he lost to Whitaker a second time, but this time had him with a right straight on the ground.

However, McGirt was no longer symptom-free and eventually stopped in 1997.

Trainer

After finishing his playing days he became a coach. Shortly after his arrival in Las Vegas , he took over the training of Byron Mitchell , who just six days later WBA champion in the super middleweight was. In 2002 he was named World Coach of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America .

He founded a boxing school in Vero Beach , Florida and trained Nate Campell , Antonio Tarver , Arturo Gatti , Joel Casamayor , Mike Tyson , Mike Anchondo , Jameel McCline , Freddie Cadena , Sharmba Mitchell , Francisco Bojado and Lonnie Bradley , among others . In 2009 there was a break with boxer Paul Malignaggi , who made him and his training methods responsible for the fact that he could not defeat Paul Hatton . However, this only marginally damaged his reputation as a coach.

In 2013 he opened another school in New Jersey that is part of the Elite Heat Boxing Gym in Newark .

Others

His son James McGirt Jr. is also a professional boxer, albeit a southpaw in the super middleweight division.

Web links

• Match record

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Robert Cassidy: BOXING / McGirt Starts His Career Training on Top. April 28, 2001, Retrieved November 5, 2016 . 
2. ↑ David L. Hudson Jr .: Combat Sports: An Encyclopedia of Wrestling, Fighting, and Mixed Martial Arts . ABC-CLIO, 2009, ISBN 978-0-313-34384-1 , p. 213 .
3. ^ Robert Cassidy Jr .: Buddy McGirt Teaches Boxing the Old-Fashioned Way. The Sweet Science, February 27, 2005, accessed November 5, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Michael Woods: Buddy McGirt Says He Won't Be Malignaggi Fall Guy Much Longer. The Sweet Science, June 4, 2009, accessed November 5, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Buddy McGirt's gym opens in NJ. ProBoxing-Fans.com, April 8, 2013, accessed November 5, 2016 .