Sean O'Grady
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Name: Sean O'Grady
Alias: Bubblegum Kid
Hometown: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 178cm
Reach: 178cm
Promoter: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
- Trainer: Pat O'Grady
- Manager: Jean O'Grady
- Sean O'Grady Gallery
- Started his amateur boxing career in "Pee Wee" bouts at age 6.
- Chewed bubblegum before he was introduced in the ring.
- Outpointed Hilmer Kenty to win the WBA Lightweight Championship.
- Stripped by the WBA for not fighting the #1 contender, Claude Noel.
- After O'Grady was stripped by the WBA, his father created the World Athletic Association. In the first WAA title fight, O'Grady fought Andrew Ganigan for the lightweight title and was stopped in the second round.
- His brother-in-law was Monte Masters, former WAA Heavyweight Champion.
- Retired at age 24 and resisted any temptation to make a comeback.
- Was the boxing analyst on "USA Tuesday Night Fights."
Sources
| Preceded by: Hilmer Kenty |
WBA Lightweight Champion 1981 Apr 12 – 1981 Aug Stripped |
Succeeded by: Claude Noel |