Buddy McGrit Profession, Family, Wife, Net Worth, Measurements

Buddy McGrit is a former American professional boxer and currently works as a trainer for young fighters. The retired boxer faced fights from 1983 to 1997. During his professional career, he won the IBF junior welterweight title in 1988 and the WBC and lineal welterweight titles from 1991 to 1993. Moreover, throughout his career as a professional fighter, he fought 80 fights in which he won 73 wins and 6 losses.

As a coach he trained with several world champions like Arturo Gatti, Antonio Tarver, Hasim Rahman and Sergey Kovalev. Additionally, he was awarded ‘Coach of the Year for 2002’ by the Boxing Writers Association of America. James is also the author of ‘Bring it to the Ring: A Boxing YearBook and Inspirational Message to Today’s Youths’. Scroll down for more from the retired professional boxer.

BUDDY MCGRIT: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, CAREER

He was born as James Walter McGrit born on January 17, 1964 which makes his 56th birthday in 2020. He was born as the son of caring and caring parents in Brentwood, New York, USA, whose identity is not available in the media. Additionally, he did not provide any information about his siblings or early life. However, after graduating from Brentwood High School, he became a professional boxer in the year 1983.

He beat Frankie Warren in 1988 and won the IBF light welterweight title. But then he lost the title to Meldrick Taylor. Following this, in 1991, he won the Lineal and WBC welterweight titles after defeating Simon Brown. The talented fighter was the highest ranked boxer in the world at 147 pounds at the start of 1993. However, he lost the title to Pernell Whitaker in 1993. In 1997 he retired from his fighting career with a record 73 -6-1.

After that, in 1988, he was inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Frame. Additionally, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Frame in 2019. He worked as a trainer of young fighters after his retirement. He first became Bryon Mitchell’s trainer and led the WBA super middleweight title win. Additionally, he trained fighters like Kurt Pellegrino, Taishan Dong, and Sergy Kovalev.

BUDDY MCGRIT: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

Coming to his personal life, he has kept a distance when it comes to sharing details about his private life. However, being in the limelight, how much he continues to avoid questions, moreover, he is a happily married man. He married a beautiful woman named Gina McGrit. As of now, there is no information regarding the rumors and controversies about his private life.

He appears to be devoted to his wife and her relationship, so there is no hint of his extramarital affairs. Additionally, the duo welcomed three children: son James McGirt Jr. and three daughters. And one of them is called Chynna McGrit who made an appearance with her dad at an event. His son James Jr. also worked in his father’s footsteps and made a career as a super middleweight professional boxer.

BUDDY MCGRIT: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

The retired professional boxer must have accumulated a considerable sum from his professional career. From now on he works as a trainer of boxer Maxim Dadashev. Hence, his net worth is estimated to be around $18 million from his career. He is also an author who published a book ‘Bring it to the Ring: A Boxing Yearbook and Inspirational Message to Today’s Youths’ in 2005.

It seems that he is quite active on different social media platforms. He has an unverified @buddymcgritboxing Instagram account with 13.8k followers. In addition, he is not active on social networking sites: Twitter and Facebook.

BUDDY MCGRIT: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The former boxer is a fitness enthusiast who has an athletic body. His body is 5 feet 6 ¹ ⁄ _two inches or 1.69 meters tall and weighs 69 kg. Other than that, there is no information about his body measurements of chest, waist, or biceps. He has a bald head with black eyes and a grey-black beard and mustache.