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James "Buddy" McGirt (born January 17, 1964) is a boxing trainer and former boxer. He was born in Brentwood, New York
Brentwood, New York

Brentwood is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Hamlet and census-designated place in the Islip , New York in Suffolk County, New York, New York on Long Island....
.

988, McGirt defeated Frankie Warren, avenging his only defeat, to win the IBF
International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and WBO....
 world junior welterweight title. In his second defense, he lost the title to Meldrick Taylor
Meldrick Taylor

Meldrick Taylor is a former Olympic gold medalist and world boxing champion in two weight classes....
. Three years later, he upset Simon Brown
Simon Brown

Simon Brown, born in 1956 in Sydney, New South Wales, is an Australian Science Fiction writer.He originally trained as a journalist and worked for a range of Australian Government Departments, including the Australian Electoral Commission and the NSW Railways Department....
 to win the WBC world welterweight title.

McGirt lost the title to Pernell Whitaker
Pernell Whitaker

Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea," is a retired professional Boxing, who is considered among the greatest of all-time. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Whitaker was the lightweight silver medalist at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships, followed by the gold medal at the Boxing at the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1984 Summer...
 in 1993.






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James "Buddy" McGirt (born January 17, 1964) is a boxing trainer and former boxer. He was born in Brentwood, New York
Brentwood, New York

Brentwood is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Hamlet and census-designated place in the Islip , New York in Suffolk County, New York, New York on Long Island....
.

Professional boxing career

In 1988, McGirt defeated Frankie Warren, avenging his only defeat, to win the IBF
International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and WBO....
 world junior welterweight title. In his second defense, he lost the title to Meldrick Taylor
Meldrick Taylor

Meldrick Taylor is a former Olympic gold medalist and world boxing champion in two weight classes....
. Three years later, he upset Simon Brown
Simon Brown

Simon Brown, born in 1956 in Sydney, New South Wales, is an Australian Science Fiction writer.He originally trained as a journalist and worked for a range of Australian Government Departments, including the Australian Electoral Commission and the NSW Railways Department....
 to win the WBC world welterweight title.

McGirt lost the title to Pernell Whitaker
Pernell Whitaker

Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea," is a retired professional Boxing, who is considered among the greatest of all-time. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Whitaker was the lightweight silver medalist at the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships, followed by the gold medal at the Boxing at the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1984 Summer...
 in 1993. The following year, he again lost to Whitaker in an attempt to regain the title. In 1997, McGirt retired with a record of 73-6-1 (48 KOs).

Career as a boxing trainer


After his career as a boxer ended, he became a trainer. McGirt trains many top ranked fighters, including Antonio Tarver
Antonio Tarver

Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional Boxing from Orlando, Florida, who is the former Ring light heavyweight champion and former IBF, WBC and IBO light heavyweight champion....
, Timo Hoffmann
Timo Hoffmann

Timo Hoffmann born in Eisleben, Germany is a professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division....
, Paulie Malignaggi, James McGirt Jr.
James McGirt Jr.

James Anthony McGirt , who fights as James McGirt Jr., is a professional boxer of the Super middleweight division. He is the son of former IBF Junior welterweight and WBC welterweight champion Buddy McGirt, who is also serves as his trainer....
, and A'Kaytai Lionking Jones
A'Kaytai Lionking Jones

A'kaytai Lionking Jones is a Boxing born in Washington, D.C. on September 26, 1987. He is one of the many up and coming boxers. His record stands today at 18-1 14 wins by knockouts....
. He has recently taken 3 English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
 fighters, Paul Smith
Paul Smith

Paul Smith may refer to:In music:*Paul Smith , British record label manager and art event producer*Paul Smith , prominent composer of American film music...
, Brian Mihtar, Matthew Macklin
Matthew Macklin

Matthew Macklin is a Birmingham born Irish peopleh professional boxer who fights at light middleweight or the divisions either side....
, and Audley Harrison
Audley Harrison

Audley Harrison is an England Heavyweight boxing. In 2000 in Sydney he became the first Briton to win an Olympic Games gold medal in the Superheavyweight division since the competition's inception in 1984....
. He won the Boxing Writers' Association of America Trainer of the Year Award for 2002.

Some of his high-profile fights have ended in defeats for his fighters, including Lamon Brewster
Lamon Brewster

"Relentless" Lamon Tajuan Brewster is an United States heavyweight professional boxing, who won the silver medal as an amateur at the Boxing at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata....
 who lost his WBO title in a rematch to Wladimir Klitschko
Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Vladimirovich Klitschko is a Ukraine heavyweight Boxing. Klitschko currently holds the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization world heavyweight titles and is ranked number one by the International_Boxing_Organization in the top 100 computerized rankings....
, (IBF
IBF

IBF may refer to:*International Boxing Federation is one of several boxing organisations*International Banking Facility is a legal entity of a US bank...
 Light Heavyweight champion), Antonio Tarver
Antonio Tarver

Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional Boxing from Orlando, Florida, who is the former Ring light heavyweight champion and former IBF, WBC and IBO light heavyweight champion....
 who lost to Bernard Hopkins
Bernard Hopkins

Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins is an United States Boxing. He is best known for his ten year reign as Middleweight World Champion in which he defended his title a record 20 times....
, Paulie Malignaggi who lost to Ricky Hatton
Ricky Hatton

Richard John Hatton Order of the British Empire, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a United Kingdom professional boxing is a two-time International Boxing Federation and International Boxing Organisation light welterweight champion, having relinquished the IBF belt, only to step back down to the weight class and bea...
, and Arturo Gatti
Arturo Gatti

Arturo "Thunder" Gatti is an Italian-Canadian former professional Boxing. Gatti was born in Italy to Italian parents, but his family moved to Canada when he was young and he was raised in Montreal ....
 who was KO'd by Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Carlos Baldomir.

However, McGirt has had some successes in title fights of some of his fighters. Those successes include Antonio Tarver's two victories over Roy Jones Jr, Vernon Forrest's victories over both Carlos Baldomir and Sergio Mora, and Arturo Gatti's victories over Gianluco Branco, Leonard Dorin, Jesse James Leija, and Thomas Damgaard.

His son, James McGirt Jr.
James McGirt Jr.

James Anthony McGirt , who fights as James McGirt Jr., is a professional boxer of the Super middleweight division. He is the son of former IBF Junior welterweight and WBC welterweight champion Buddy McGirt, who is also serves as his trainer....
, is also a professional boxer.

McGirt also trains Kurt Pellegrino
Kurt Pellegrino

Kurt Joseph Pellegrino is an United States mixed martial arts, currently competing in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship....
's boxing, his first venture into MMA.

See also


  • List of WBC world champions
    List of WBC world champions

    List of WBC world champions is a table showing the world champions certificated by World Boxing Council ....
  • Notable boxing families
    Notable boxing families

    This is a list of boxing families with two or more notable boxers. Many families have had multiple members become famous in the sport of boxing with some having had multiple world champions....


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