James Walter "Buddy" McGirt (born January 17, 1964) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1997, and has since worked as a boxing trainer. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF junior welterweight title in 1988, and the WBC and lineal welterweight titles from 1991 to 1993.
As a trainer he has worked with multiple world champions, including Arturo Gatti, Antonio Tarver, Hasim Rahman, Paulie Malignaggi, and Sergey Kovalev. McGirt was named Trainer of the Year for 2002 by the Boxing Writers Association of America. He is currently coaching WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly.
^ abHBO Sports tale of the tape prior to the Pernell Whitaker rematch.
SUMMER OF SWEAT: BUDDYMCGIRT, BRENTWOOD'S DETHRONED WELTERWEIGHT, FIGHTS HIS WAY BACK, Newsday, September 7, 1993 Cassidy, R. "BOXING / McGirt starts his training...
McGirt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: BuddyMcGirt (born 1964), American boxing trainer and retired boxer Daniel McGirt (c. 1750–1804)...
Colombian puncher Rafael Pineda on July 18. On March 6, 1993, he decisioned BuddyMcGirt to become the Lineal and WBC Welterweight Champion. Whitaker was gaining...
medalist at 64 kilograms (141 lb). Trained by former world champion BuddyMcGirt in Oxnard, California, Dadashev won his first 13 professional bouts,...
September 3, 1988, Taylor faced James (Buddy) McGirt for the IBF light welterweight title. He defeated McGirt by a technical knockout (TKO) in the 12th...
former world champions such as Freddie Pendleton, Charles Murray, James "Buddy" McGirt, Roger Mayweather, Rafael Ruelas and Kostya Tszyu, as well as world...
Alimkhanuly began training with Brian Viloria, having previously trained under BuddyMcGirt. In the fifth round, he dazed Gualtieri with a hard left uppercut that...
work with Muhammad Ali (1960–1981). Lou Duva Eddie Futch Robert Garcia BuddyMcGirt Eddie Mustafa Muhammad Freddie Roach Kevin Rooney Abel Sanchez Ronnie...
7, 2007, losing his rematch against Wladimir Klitschko after trainer BuddyMcGirt stopped the fight after the sixth round. The fight took place in Köln...
Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Kovalev worked with his new trainer BuddyMcGirt for the bout, ending his three-fight run with Tursunpulatov. Kovalev...
defeated Malignaggi by eleventh-round TKO when Malignaggi's trainer, BuddyMcGirt, threw in the towel 48 seconds into the round. Hatton fought Manny Pacquiao...
which proved to be a problem throughout the fight until his trainer BuddyMcGirt cut them off in his corner between rounds eight and nine. Malignaggi...
to Rico Hoye. He is currently being trained by the legendary trainer BuddyMcGirt. Ajamu is best known for fighting Roy Jones Jr. in a fight that took...
The Year by the WBA. Taylor followed Whitaker and Pazienza by beating BuddyMcGirt in 1988 for the world light welterweight title. In 1989, he was another...
Ring welterweight championship. He then broke off his relationship with BuddyMcGirt and had a new trainer in Micky Ward. Gatti attempted a comeback on July...
champions including Mike Tyson, Wladimir Klitschko, Meldrick Taylor, BuddyMcGirt, Chris Byrd, Evander Holyfield, John Ruiz, and many others. Neumann wrote...
in April ended in a stoppage defeat, Whyte linked up with new trainer BuddyMcGirt ahead of his comeback fight against unbeaten Jermaine Franklin. The fight...
WBC. He also lost to several former and future champions that included BuddyMcGirt, Mark Breland, Julio César Chávez and Antonio Margarito. It is also notable...
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