Edwin Rodriguez Dominates James McGirt Over Nine

By Mark Vester

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Friday | Oct 24, 2025

Super middleweight Edwin "La Bomba" Rodriguez (17-0, 13 KOs) stopped James "Buddy" McGirt Jr. (22-3-1, 11 KOs) after a pretty much one-sided fight. Nearly every round was a mirror image of each other. McGirt appeared too worried about the power of Rodriguez, took no chances and played the defensive role for the entire contest. The one-sided bout was finally stopped in the ninth round.