Buddy McGirt
American boxer
James Walter McGirt · バディ・マクガート
- Born
- 17 January 1964, Brentwood
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- welterweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
- Recorded fight record
- 73 wins, 6 losses
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 International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior welterweight title in 1988, and the World Boxing Council (WBC) 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.
Awards and honours
- Futch–Condon Award 2002
- International Boxing Hall of Fame 2019
- IBF World Junior Welterweight Champion
- WBC World Welterweight Champion
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.