James McGirt Jr vs. Raymond Joval Headlines ESPN Card

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

VERO BEACH, Florida – Coming off of his first pro loss, James McGirt, Jr. (18-1, 9 KOs) very well could have settled on his next opponent being a confidence builder. However, instead of fighting somebody brought in to lose and make James look good, Team McGirt jumped at the opportunity to fight former IBO and WBU middleweight champion Raymond “Hallelujah” Joval (37-4, 16 KOs) in the 10-round main event on the July 25th ESPN Friday Night Fights show at Saratoga Springs, New York.
[details]

[slicksouthpaw16]

Its good to see a fighter that was knocked out as bad as Mgrirt was get back on track. When fighters takes a lot of time off after their first lost, then that could damage them mentally. Jeff Lacy is a perfect example of it as he is completely shot mentally. Good job by Mgirt's management.

[v.cassiusali@ya]

i just hope buddy jr will not do a john mugabe who lost his succeeding fights after absorbing his first loss to marvin hagler. mugabe was a KO artist until he encountered hagler.

he never recovered that devastating loss to hagler and banished into oblivion.

[Mr. Ryan]

Its good to see a fighter that was knocked out as bad as Mgrirt was get back on track. When fighters takes a lot of time off after their first lost, then that could damage them mentally. Jeff Lacy is a perfect example of it as he is completely shot mentally. Good job by Mgirt's management.

Lacy's problem was injury. He physically couldn't get back in the ring so soon.

[Guest]

Lacy's problem was injury. He physically couldn't get back in the ring so soon.

Yeah, he was injured but I had heard from some boxing insiders that he was never really that great to begin with.
He always seemed a step slow to me even when he was knocking people out in a come to jesus type fashion.