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James McGirt

2016 KOs

31 KOs

1Draws

Last six: W-L-W-W-L-W

Career

division

Welterweight

status

inactive

bouts

24

rounds

140

KO %

80%

KO wins

16

KO losses

1

career

1982–1996

debut

1982-03-02

last fight

1996-05-10

Profile

birth name

James Walter McGirt

alias

Buddy

trainer

sex

M

stance

orthodox

height

5′ 7″ / 170cm

reach

70″ / 178cm

nationality

USA

origin

Brentwood New York USA

city / state / zip

Brentwood, New York

dob

1964-01-17

age

62

Latest news

James McGirt struggles with emotions at Boxing HOF induction

2019-06-09 · Washington Post

James "Buddy" McGirt to be inducted into Boxing Hall of Fame

2019-06-08 · New York Post

Florida Boxing Hall of Fame 2014 Inductees

2014-01-17 · fightnews.com

Living inductees include former world champion Mike McCallum and top contenders Francisco Arreola and Jose Ribalta, trainer James ?Buddy? McGirt, promoters Walter Alvarez, Luis De Cubas and Felix ?Tutico? Zabala, historian Don Cogswell, boxing writer …

Results from Syracuse

2009-09-03 · 411mania.com

Jason Estrada, Christy Martin and James McGirt. Jr. in action in Syracuse, NY. On Sept. 2nd Jason 'Big Six' Estrada (16-2, 4 KO's) showed the world that he could come back from adversity. After losing a difficult fight to top-rated Alexander Povetkin in…

Decision spoils McGirt's night

2009-01-17 · SuperSport

James McGirt © Gallo Images A debatable decision spoiled highly rated James McGirt?s night when he lost on points to Angel Hernandez in Key West, Florida, on Friday. The scores in the super middleweight bout were 96-94, 96-94 and 96-95 but McGirt Jr…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

Israel Figueroa

6 15 4

W-TKO

Suffolk Downs, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

3 of 8 · 164 / 158 lbs

Pernell Whitaker

33 1 0

L-UD

Scope Arena, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

WBC World welterweight title

12 of 12 · 146 / 147 lbs

Judges: Steve Weisfeld 117-110 | Chuck Giampa 117-113 | Rudy Ortega 118-112

Referee: Larry O'Connell

18 2 0

W-SD

Villa Roma Resort, Callicoon, New York, USA

10 of 10 · 150 / 147 lbs

Judges: George Colon 94-96 | Barbara Perez 93-97 | George DeGabriel 96-94

Referee: Arthur Mercante Jr.

Livingstone Bramble

36 11 2

W-UD

Scope Arena, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

12 of 12 · 146 / 145 lbs

Judges: Steve Rial 109-119 | Wayne Peters 108-120 | Oscar Bryan 108-120

Referee: Chris Wollesen

Pernell Whitaker

31 1 0

L-UD

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

WBC World welterweight title

12 of 12 · 147 / 146 lbs

Judges: Dalby Shirley 117-111 | Chuck Giampa 115-113 | Rudy Ortega 115-114

Referee: Larry Hazzard

13 11 0

W-TKO

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

7 of 10 · 149 / 151 lbs

Frank Montgomery

14 5 1

W-TKO

Callicoon, New York, USA

9 of 10 · 148 / 149 lbs

22 6 1

W-TKO

Resorts International, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

2 of 10 · 146 / 146 lbs

Judges: Frank Brunette | Tom Kaczmarek | Vincent Rainone

Referee: Tony Perez

25 1 0

W-UD

Felt Forum, New York, New York, USA

10 of 10 · 148 / 146 lbs

Judges: Barbara Perez 2-8 | George Colon 3-7 | Billy Costello 2-8

Referee: Arthur Mercante Jr.

Meldrick Taylor

19 0 1

L-TKO

Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

IBF World light welterweight title

12 of 12 · 138 / 140 lbs · 2:00

Judges: Vincent Rainone 108-101 | John Stewart 107-103 | Richard F. Murry 106-103

Referee: Randy Neumann

11 6 1

W-KO

Felt Forum, New York, New York, USA

3 of 10 · 141 / 141 lbs

Judges: Barbara Perez | Danny Whelan | Victor Suarez

Referee: Al LoBianco

4 10 0

W-KO

Felt Forum, New York, New York, USA

2 of 10 · 140 / 140 lbs · 2:28

21 7 3

W-UD

Felt Forum, New York, New York, USA

10 of 10 · 141 / 141 lbs

Judges: Tony Castellano 0-10 | Harold Lederman 1-9 | Barbara Perez 1-9

Referee: Johnny Colan

13 3 1

W-TKO

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

8 of 10 · 142 / 145 lbs · 2:19

Referee: Paul Venti

Willie Rodriguez

30 12 0

W-TKO

Felt Forum, New York, New York, USA

7 of 10 · 145 / 144 lbs · 1:35

Referee: Carl Schroeder

6 6 0

W-TKO

Felt Forum, New York, New York, USA

3 of 10 · 145 lbs · 2:26

3 3 0

W-TKO

Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

1 of 10 · 141 / 139 lbs

1 13 0

W-TKO

Newark, New Jersey, USA

1 · 147 lbs

7 20 0

W-KO

Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey, USA

5 · 145 lbs

0 0 0

W-KO

Ice World, Totowa, New Jersey, United States

1 · 148 lbs

0 0 0

W-KO

Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey, United States

1 · 144 lbs

0 1 0

W-KO

Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

2 · 145 lbs

0 0 0

W-TKO

Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

3 of 4 · 146 lbs

Lamont Haithcoach

1 0 0

D-PTS

Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey, United States

4 of 4 · 147 / 146 lbs