Re: Their Very Best Night
Originally Posted by
marbleheadmaui
Originally Posted by
Spicoli
Meldrick Taylor vs James buddy Mcgirt...materpiece.
Here's what's funny about that one. I was training at Gleason's in the runup to that fight and Buddy was training there. He was so sharp, so agile, so smart in his sparring I called my Dad and said "He's going to kill Meldrick. I've never seen someone look better in my life!"
Oops!
That experience really taught me just how big the gaps can be between good, very good, great, HOF and ATG kinds of categories. Buddy was always a very good fighter. That night? Meldrick was transcendant.
I have always admired the boxing skills of Buddy McGirt, but you are right Whitaker and Taylor were great fighters and better than him.
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