How good was Sean O'Grady?

Glassjaw · Post by **Glassjaw** » 15 Apr 2007, 17:51

Only saw O'Grady fight a couple of times, at the end of his career. I would be interested in hearing people's take on him.

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 15 Apr 2007, 21:56

Pretty good....as a commentator.

ringsider · Post by **ringsider** » 15 Apr 2007, 23:33

He was alright. He could box some, and he could bang pretty good. He gave Hilmer Kenty an ass whoop'n to many peoples surprise. He lost to the head butting southpaw sloth Watt in a fight he was winning, stopped on cuts with Watts using the only skill/weapon he had, his head, to get the fight stopped. O'Grady was big bleeder/cutter.......and usually looked pretty bad even in victory.

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 16 Apr 2007, 01:15

was good fighter, but i never personally thought old 'Bubblegum' was that great.

Chuck1052 · Post by **Chuck1052** » 16 Apr 2007, 13:20

Sean O'Grady was far from being a great fighter, but he
was a capable one who had some talent. It is true that
he fought a lot of stiffs, but also had his share of wins
against top fighters.

- Chuck Johnston

ringsider · Post by **ringsider** » 16 Apr 2007, 15:02

Sean O'Grady was far from being a great fighter

Well depends on what great is? ATG, HOF,P4P, no.....but the guy won and fought for world titles, and never was embarassed. I would think that makes him a low end great.

He may have fought some stiffs....but don't they all on the way up? Difference is when the competition was better, he was still able to compete and win some.

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 16 Apr 2007, 16:05

I didn't mean to write him off, I just like to start easy and work up.
First of all I like the guy, he's the kind of guy if he was your neighbor he would likely lend you his miter saw if you needed it. So he gets my vote as being generaly humble and personable. I think he's probabaly a bit underated perhaps for that very reason. He was pretty effective in his career and I think he exceeded expectations. Smart fighter too IMHO. Usually went in with a plan and worked it. And often had a back up plan if things went awry. As someone else said, his losses were not devastating.

Oh and perhaps the most important aspect that shows he was a smart fighter....he knew when it was time to hang up the gloves.

RazorKO · Post by **RazorKO** » 16 Apr 2007, 17:03

Ive only seen two fights of him, and that when he decisioned Kenty for the title and blown away by Andy Ganigan at the end of his career.

Glassjaw · Post by **Glassjaw** » 16 Apr 2007, 17:29

I saw the the Kenty and Ganigan fights. Blood baths. However, in looking at his record it is astounding, the guy won 39 fights against opponents who had never won a fight! He won another 8 against guys who won only one bout. Looks like his Dad, who turned him pro at 16 did a good job protecting him, earning him some cash and getting him out of the ring with his faculties in place. Enjoy him as a commentator.

Chuck1052 · Post by **Chuck1052** » 16 Apr 2007, 20:41

I saw Sean O'Grady fight Danny "Little Red" Lopez at
the Forum in Inglewood, California during the 1970s.
O'Grady took the fight to the hard-punching Lopez
and put up a crediable showing despite taking quite
a bit of punishment. The bout ended when O'Grady
failed to come out for the fifth or sixth round.

As noted in a previous post on this thread, O'Grady
fought a lot of stiffs, but also faced some good
fighters, notably Lopez, Hilmer Kenty, Andy Ganigan,
and Gonzalo Montellano. The O'Grady-Montellano
was a terrific fight shown on one of the "Big Three"
networks.

- Chuck Johnston

turn2stone · Post by **turn2stone** » 16 Apr 2007, 23:17

despite the gaudy record built on home-cooking, o'grady was not without talent.
going from memory, he was schooling jim watt when the fight was wrongly ruled as a tko. i thought the butt was non-accidental. the ref didn't even acknowledge the butt, treating it as a cut caused by a punch. it was so obviously a butt. (i looked at the scorecards here on boxrec, but wasn't able to determine who was who, but perhaps watt was ahead). it would be interesting to watch this fight again.
anyway, he was able to hang with watt, who was respected.
then he gave hilmer kenty his 1st defeat to become wba titlist.
the ogradys (or the old man, pat) was stubborn and the title was stripped for not defending against number 1 contender claude noel, who really wasn't someone to be feared. shortly thereafter came the ganigan defeat and it was pretty much down hill from there. peaked at age 21, out of the sport by 24. the way his career went there is no shortage of "what if's". but a much better boxer, than the bad-pun announcer he has become.

Ambling Alp · Post by **Ambling Alp** » 17 Apr 2007, 08:42

BoxBuzz wrote:I didn't mean to write him off, I just like to start easy and work up.
First of all I like the guy, he's the kind of guy if he was your neighbor he would likely lend you his miter saw if you needed it. So he gets my vote as being generaly humble and personable. I think he's probabaly a bit underated perhaps for that very reason. He was pretty effective in his career and I think he exceeded expectations. Smart fighter too IMHO. Usually went in with a plan and worked it. And often had a back up plan if things went awry. As someone else said, his losses were not devastating.

Oh and perhaps the most important aspect that shows he was a smart fighter....he knew when it was time to hang up the gloves.

boxbuzz, that reminds me, you never returned my mitre saw that you borroowed. If you can't find it, you can just send me a check for it's value instead if you like.

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