Name: James "Buddy" McGirt
IBF Light Welterweight Champion 1988 Feb 14 – 1988 Sep 3 & WBC Welterweight Champion 1991 Nov 29 – 1993 Mar 6
- Defeated Kevin Pompey (W 10).
- Defeated Livingston Bramble (W 12).
- Defeated Simon Brown (W 12).
- Defeated Tony Baltazar (W 10).
- Defeated Howard Davis Jr. (KO 1).
- Defeated Saoul Mamby (W 10).
- Defeated Joe Manley (TKO 9).
- After retiring, McGirt has become a highly regarded trainer. Among those he has trained are Antonio Tarver and Arturo Gatti.
- He won the Boxing Writers of America Trainer of the Year Award for 2002.
- won 73 (KO 48) + lost 6 (KO 2) + drawn 1 = 80
rounds boxed 537 : KO% 60
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvtvFTvoczI
Favorite Book: "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck
""The Grapes of Wrath" always stayed in my mind. Great book. What made it even more intriguing was my teacher in school. He'd assign pages to read and the next day we'd discuss it in class. It was about a struggling family whose goal was to make a better for themselves. Yeah, this book's always stayed in my mind. The grapes symbolize both plenty and renewal, and bitterness and wrath." |
