On January 21, 1997, a 33-year-old Buddy McGirt (73-5-1, 48 KOs) and Darren Maciunski met in the ring.
McGirt came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 5 days.
Buddy McGirt lost to Darren Maciunski via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 73-6-1.
On September 30, 1995, a 31-year-old Buddy McGirt (67-4-1, 46 KOs) and Andrew Council met in the ring.
McGirt came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 12 days.
Buddy McGirt lost to Andrew Council via TKO in the 9th round, and adds a loss to his record at 67-5-1.
On October 1, 1994, Buddy McGirt and Pernell Whitaker met again in a rematch.
McGirt came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 24 days. Whitaker was on a 1-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 22 days.
Pernell Whitaker defeated Buddy McGirt via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBC welterweight title. Whitaker improves his record to 34-1-1, while McGirt adds a loss to his record at 64-4-1.
On March 6, 1993, the 29-year-old WBC welterweight world champion, Buddy McGirt (59-2-1, 44 KOs), faced a 29-year-old Pernell Whitaker (31-1, 15 KOs), in a title defense fight.
McGirt came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 22 days. Whitaker was on a 16-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 5 days.
Pernell Whitaker defeated Buddy McGirt via unanimous decision and wins the WBC title. Whitaker improves his record to 32-1, while McGirt adds a loss to his record at 59-3-1.
On September 3, 1988, the 24-year-old IBF super-lightweight world champion, Buddy McGirt (38-1-1, 33 KOs), faced a 21-year-old Meldrick Taylor (19-0-1, 10 KOs), in a title defense fight.
McGirt came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 3 days. Taylor was on a 7-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 22 days.
Meldrick Taylor stopped the champion via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new IBF super-lightweight champion. Taylor improves his record to 20-0-1 (11 KOs), while McGirt adds a loss to his record at 38-2-1.
On July 20, 1986, a 22-year-old Buddy McGirt (28-0-1, 25 KOs) and Frankie Warren met in the ring.
McGirt came in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 27 days.
Buddy McGirt lost to Frankie Warren via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 28-1-1.