Is Buddy Mcgirt overrated as a trainer?

**ROSEWOOD** · 06-26-2006, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by Deeznuts

Recently many of his top fighters have been getting schooled: Gatti, Brewster, Tarver, and now Joel Julio. What is going on with Buddy and his training? Does he get to much credit for resurrecting Gatti's career or are his fighters overmatched?

i dont think any trainer is overrated....each have their own styles...thats what makes the position so unique

**Smokin'** · 06-26-2006, 01:18 PM

He gets credit for resurecting Gatti's career when the only thing that happened was Gatti was being protected and he was fighting blown up featherweights/lightweights. Gatti comes in at middleweight at 160 so I wasn't suprised he was 'outboxing' these feathers/lightweights.

**Torino** · 06-26-2006, 01:46 PM

I think he's a terrible trainer and I rarely agree with his corner advise.

He often tells his fighter one thing and then contradicts himself later in the fight, hanging his fighters out to dry.

**Jus** · 06-26-2006, 02:27 PM

i never really have cared for him as a trainer. nothing special besides the gatti ward fights IMO. as for joel julio, i blame his management for that loss. he should not have been fighting quintana, his record does not reflect his opposition most wins were in columbia

**Rane-Ex54** · 06-26-2006, 03:19 PM

I actually think the Gatti-Ward triology is over-rated, and I love Gatti. The first fight between them no doubt was classic, but I still think gatti won that. My fav Gatti fights were before that when he was a straight brawler. vs rodreqez & robinson

**SalvaDominicano** · 06-26-2006, 03:33 PM

Hell yea i think he's over-rated. He gives his fighters the wrong advice and his fighters can never adapt to changes in the fight. it seems they train for one style and if they r wrong they r fu**ed.

**-Antonio-** · 06-26-2006, 04:43 PM

Now that I think about it, his fighters havent been doing well at all recently...

Jimmy Lange
Antonio Tarver
Joel Julio
Lamon Brewster
Clifford Etiene

all have lost their last fight with him as their trainer, and I know for sure that Im missing more. What he did with Gatti is helping him, but like someone said before, the game plane he set up for Gatti against Mayweather was just awful. Hes most popular though because he develops friendships with his fighters, and he really cares about them.

**paulmmv** · 06-26-2006, 04:45 PM

without question i thought the same thing after seeing him training julio

**Doc_Strange45** · 06-26-2006, 05:29 PM

I've had a sneaking feeling for a while that McGirt was overrated. I'm curious to see how he handles his kid this weekend on ShoBox.

Is Buddy Mcgirt overrated as a trainer?