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Total Fights | 80 |
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Wins | 73 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 2 |
KO Wins | 48 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 14 years and 10 months, Buddy McGirt fought 80 times with 73 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw.
McGirt retired from professional boxing with a record of 73-6-1, which included two world-title wins and three successful title defense fights at two weight classes — super-lightweight and welterweight. He had a 60% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 48 of his total 80 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. McGirt suffered two knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Meldrick Taylor in a super-lightweight title fight.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision defeat to Darren Maciunski on January 21, 1997.
Some of McGirt's best fights and notable victories include wins over Simon Brown, Howard Davis Jr., Patrizio Oliva, Delfino Marin, Genaro Léon, Joe Gatti, and Frankie Warren.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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80 | Jan 21, 1997 | 33 | Darren Maciunski | Loss | UD |
79 | Dec 16, 1996 | 32 | Jerry Smith | Win | PTS |
78 | Oct 25, 1996 | 32 | Kevin Tillman | Win | UD |
77 | Sep 26, 1996 | 32 | Earl Jackson | Win | KO3 |
76 | Aug 12, 1996 | 32 | George Heckley | Win | UD |
75 | Jun 12, 1996 | 32 | Allen Watts | Win | SD |
74 | May 10, 1996 | 32 | Israel Figueroa | Win | TKO3 |
73 | Sep 30, 1995 | 31 | Andrew Council | Loss | TKO9 |
72 | Jul 18, 1995 | 31 | John Stewart | Win | TKO5 |
71 | May 7, 1995 | 31 | Joe Gatti | Win | TKO5 |
70 | Jan 10, 1995 | 30 | Buck Smith | Win | UD |
69 | Oct 1, 1994 | 30 | Pernell Whitaker | Loss * | UD |
68 | Aug 7, 1994 | 30 | Kevin Pompey | Win | SD |
67 | Jun 28, 1994 | 30 | Kevin Pompey | Win | UD |
66 | Apr 9, 1994 | 30 | Livingstone Bramble | Win | UD |
65 | Jan 4, 1994 | 29 | James Hughes | Win | UD |
64 | Nov 2, 1993 | 29 | Nick Rupa | Win | UD |
63 | Mar 6, 1993 | 29 | Pernell Whitaker | Loss * | UD |
62 | Jan 12, 1993 | 28 | Genaro Léon | Win * | UD |
61 | Aug 14, 1992 | 28 | Oscar Ponce | Win | UD |
60 | Jun 25, 1992 | 28 | Patrizio Oliva | Win * | UD |
59 | May 2, 1992 | 28 | Delfino Marin | Win | TKO7 |
58 | Nov 29, 1991 | 27 | Simon Brown | Win * | UD |
57 | Oct 4, 1991 | 27 | Alfredo Ramirez | Win | TKO5 |
56 | Jun 15, 1991 | 27 | Tyrone Moore | Win | TKO7 |
55 | Mar 22, 1991 | 27 | Frank Montgomery | Win | TKO9 |
54 | Jan 19, 1991 | 27 | Joseph Alexander | Win | TKO9 |
53 | Jul 22, 1990 | 26 | Jose Leonard Bermudez | Win | UD |
52 | May 25, 1990 | 26 | Charles Baez | Win | TKO2 |
51 | Mar 31, 1990 | 26 | Tommy Ayers | Win | TKO2 |
50 | Jan 26, 1990 | 26 | Miguel Santana | Win | TKO2 |
49 | Dec 7, 1989 | 25 | Rafael Williams | Win | UD |
48 | Nov 10, 1989 | 25 | Joe Manley | Win | TKO9 |
47 | Aug 27, 1989 | 25 | Gary Jacobs | Win | UD |
46 | Jul 9, 1989 | 25 | Tony Baltazar | Win | UD |
45 | May 25, 1989 | 25 | Orlando Orozco | Win | KO5 |
44 | Mar 16, 1989 | 25 | Edwin Curet | Win | UD |
43 | Feb 17, 1989 | 25 | Willie Taylor | Win | UD |
42 | Jan 12, 1989 | 24 | Manuel De Leon | Win | TKO6 |
41 | Sep 3, 1988 | 24 | Meldrick Taylor | Loss * | TKO12 |
40 | Jul 31, 1988 | 24 | Howard Davis Jr. | Win * | KO1 |
39 | Feb 14, 1988 | 24 | Frankie Warren | Win * | TKO12 |
38 | Dec 17, 1987 | 23 | John Sinegal | Win | TKO1 |
37 | Oct 1, 1987 | 23 | Eduardo Lugo | Win | KO3 |
36 | Aug 6, 1987 | 23 | Roger Brown | Win | KO5 |
35 | Jun 18, 1987 | 23 | Sergio Aguirre | Win | KO2 |
34 | Apr 24, 1987 | 23 | Vincent Releford | Win | TKO12 |
33 | Jan 29, 1987 | 23 | Eric Martin | Win | UD |
32 | Jan 6, 1987 | 22 | Joe Edens | Win | TKO8 |
31 | Sep 25, 1986 | 22 | Saoul Mamby | Win | UD |
30 | Jul 20, 1986 | 22 | Frankie Warren | Loss | UD |
29 | Jun 23, 1986 | 22 | Rudy Fuentes | Win | TKO8 |
28 | May 20, 1986 | 22 | Ricky Young | Win | TKO10 |
27 | Apr 11, 1986 | 22 | Kelly Koble | Win | TKO4 |
26 | Mar 10, 1986 | 22 | Dave Odem | Win | TKO1 |
25 | Feb 21, 1986 | 22 | Joey Ferrell | Win | UD |
24 | Dec 21, 1985 | 21 | Sugar Boy Nando | Win | TKO5 |
23 | Oct 4, 1985 | 21 | Jose Luis Alejandro | Win | TKO7 |
22 | Aug 29, 1985 | 21 | Willie Rodriguez | Win | TKO7 |
21 | Jul 11, 1985 | 21 | Ralph Twinning | Win | TKO1 |
20 | May 24, 1985 | 21 | Allen Braswell | Win | UD |
19 | Mar 8, 1985 | 21 | Mike Blunt | Win | KO1 |
18 | Dec 14, 1984 | 20 | Felix Nance | Win | TKO9 |
17 | Jul 12, 1984 | 20 | Manuel Toribio | Win | KO3 |
16 | May 25, 1984 | 20 | Pete Padilla | Win | TKO10 |
15 | Mar 30, 1984 | 20 | Jake Torrance | Win | TKO6 |
14 | Feb 17, 1984 | 20 | Felix Nance | Win | TKO2 |
13 | Dec 9, 1983 | 19 | Chi Chi Hernandez | Win | TKO2 |
12 | Sep 30, 1983 | 19 | Larry Fleming | Win | TKO3 |
11 | Sep 6, 1983 | 19 | Leslie Toney | Win | TKO1 |
10 | May 26, 1983 | 19 | Darnell Smith | Win | TKO1 |
9 | Apr 21, 1983 | 19 | Tom Dietz | Win | TKO3 |
8 | Feb 16, 1983 | 19 | Cesar Guzman | Win | PTS |
7 | Dec 30, 1982 | 18 | Dave Bolden | Win | KO5 |
6 | Nov 7, 1982 | 18 | Michael Clark | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Sep 30, 1982 | 18 | Ramon Rivera | Win | KO1 |
4 | Sep 21, 1982 | 18 | Michael Evans | Win | KO1 |
3 | Aug 7, 1982 | 18 | Michael Palms | Win | KO2 |
2 | Mar 22, 1982 | 18 | Michael Palms | Win | TKO3 |
1 | Mar 2, 1982 | 18 | Lamont Haithcoach | Draw | PTS |
* World-title fight
James McGirt (Buddy) is a 60-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Brentwood, New York, U.S. on January 17, 1964. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. McGirt was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2019. His professional boxing career spanned more than 14 years — from 1982 to 1997.
McGirt made his professional boxing debut against Lamont Haithcoach at the age of 18 on March 2, 1982. The fight ended in a draw. He went on to win 28 consecutive fights after this draw, which included 25 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on February 14, 1988 after 38 professional fights, against Frankie Warren for the super-lightweight IBF (vacant) title. He defeated Warren via 12th round TKO to become the super-lightweight champion of the world.
McGirt has won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about McGirt's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
McGirt had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Darren Maciunski on January 21, 1997. McGirt lost the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 27 years, 3 months, and 11 days since this fight.
McGirt had a total of eight world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and three successful title defenses. He won five of these fights and lost three.
Buddy McGirt fought for world titles in three fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won two belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Nov 29, 1991 | Simon Brown | Welterweight | WBC | UD |
Feb 14, 1988 | Frankie Warren | Super-lightweight | IBF* | TKO |
Buddy McGirt had five world-title defense fights across two weight classes — super-lightweight (x2) and welterweight (x3). He won three of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jan 12, 1993 | Genaro Léon | Welterweight | WBC | UD |
Jun 25, 1992 | Patrizio Oliva | Welterweight | WBC | UD |
Jul 31, 1988 | Howard Davis Jr. | Super-lightweight | IBF | KO |
Buddy McGirt lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Mar 6, 1993 | Pernell Whitaker | Welterweight | WBC | UD |
Sep 3, 1988 | Meldrick Taylor | Super-lightweight | IBF | TKO |
McGirt fought a total of 80 times during his professional career, which includes 8 world-title fights at two weight divisions. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
February 14, 1988: McGirt wins his first world title by defeating Frankie Warren via 12th round TKO. He is now the IBF super-lightweight world champion.
July 31, 1988: McGirt successfully defends the IBF super-lightweight title against Howard Davis Jr., winning the fight via 1st round KO.
November 29, 1991: McGirt wins the WBC welterweight title from Simon Brown, by beating Brown via 12 round unanimous decision.
McGirt knocked out 48 of his 80 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 60%. Of his total 73 wins, 48 of them were via KO (65.8%).
McGirt's first world-title win was the IBF (vacant) belt at super-lightweight. He defeated Frankie Warren via 12 round TKO to win the title.
McGirt won two world titles at two weight classes.
McGirt had a total of five title defense fights. He was successful three times and lost two times.