Buddy McGirt, the new head trainer of heavyweight veteran Derek Chisora, is backing his fighter to break the will of former WBO world champion Joseph Parker. The boxers will collide on May 1, with DAZN and Sky Sports Box Office carrying the event.
Heavyweight veteran Derek Chisora has made a change to his team by linking up with a new head trainer, former world champion and veteran coach Buddy McGirt. Chisora is scheduled to return on May 1, when he faces former WBO world champion Joseph Parke...
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You can add the recent Buddy McGirt-Shakur Stevenson hoo-ha to the long list of bizarre boxing feuds. The controversy apparently stems from an interview in which McGirt, a hall of fame fighter and widely regarded trainer, lambasted in no uncertain te...
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Veteran trainer Buddy McGirt feels confident that he properly prepare Deontay Wilder for a trilogy fight with Tyson Fury. Wilder and Fury fought to a controversial twelve round split draw in December 2018 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. But in last...
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Veteran trainer and former world champion Buddy McGirt is willing to help Deontay Wilder prepare for a trilogy fight with Tyson Fury. Last month at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Fury stopped Wilder in the seventh round to capture the WBC heavyweight ti...
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Adam Lopez, Buddy McGirt Video Interview - Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas - Former featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez (27-0, 21 KOs) made his debut at 130-pounds and was forced to get off the floor to stop very late replacement Adam Lopez (13-2, 6 KO...
LAS VEGAS – Buddy McGirt stopped short of predicting Sergey Kovalev will knock out Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night. Alvarez, despite jumping up two weight classes, has one of boxing’s best chins. The three-division champion has never been stopped in...
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By Keith Idec - LAS VEGAS – Buddy McGirt is completely confident Sergey Kovalev can out-box Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night. Kovalev’s veteran trainer isn’t as sure his fighter can win a decision over Alvarez in Las Vegas, even if Kovalev deserves o...
Hall of Fame fighter-turned-trainer Buddy McGirt is largely responsible for the revival of Sergey Kovalev’s career that has seen the Russian rebound after a crushing KO loss to Eleider Alvarez in 2018 to go on and score back-to-back wins this year th...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - Sunday morning, 9am. It’s six days before the big fight and James “Buddy” McGirt is making the media rounds with ace publicist Rachel Charles. It’s around this time that we start to wonder what’s going through a fighter’s mind as...
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WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (34-3-1, 29 KOs) is deep in training for his upcoming defense against Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez (51-1-2, 34 KOs). The event will take place Saturday, Nov. 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena...
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Even if Sergey Kovalev didn’t carry a reputation for being susceptible to body punches, his team would be shocked if Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez approached their Nov. 2 fight any other way. “That’s obviously going to be his game plan, since it’s one of his...
Buddy McGirt, the head trainer for WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, says his boxer wants to use his upcoming mega-fight to prove the critics wrong. Kovalev will defend his title against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, which takes place on Novemb...
