Your favourite Buddy McGirt fight?

scartissue · Dec 25, 2021

88Chris05 said: ↑

He was fantastic in the second Warren fight (and Warren showed he was one seriously hard and brave bas*ard while we're on the subject). Obviously the Brown performance speaks for itself. I think they're his best showings in terms of really looking the part, but honourable mention to his win over Gary Jacobs which was a good watch and fun fight in its own right.

As for where he rates, I can't in all good conscience put him in the ATG bracket - he just doesn't have the wins for that, nor the crunching dominance in either of the two divisions he won titles in (albeit he was legitimately the proper champion at 147 in between beating Brown and losing to Whitaker). Injuries and chaotic management with Al Certo hindered him and he / his team weren't too popular with the powers that be in his pomp. In this day and age it'd be unthinkable that he wouldn't get another title fight at some stage after that second loss to Pea.

But he's a fighter I've always appreciated and enjoyed watching. He's always worth listening to in interviews, as well.
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Chris, it was the second Warren fight that brought me here to this subject matter and I love it that you and @Titan1 brought this up. I was a huge fan of Warren's and watched him back in the day dominate Ronnie Shields, Mickey Ward, Roberto Elizondo and Buddy McGirt. I scored their first fight 99-94 for Warren and it didn't look like a rematch would be any different. How little I knew. McGirt came in with a definite strategy and stopped Warren in the 12th. I had it 109-100 for McGirt after 11 rounds. A brilliant performance.

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