Sean O'Grady (born February 10, 1959) is a successful Commercial Realtor in Oklahoma City, and a former Champion Boxer who was born in Austin, Texas. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The son of boxing trainer Pat O'Grady and boxing promoter Jean O' Grady, Sean moved around a lot when he was a younger kid, but his family settled in Oklahoma City, when he was 11 years old. Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. In addition to being a world champion, O'Grady is also a college graduate, boxing analyst, television personality, actor and former teen idol across the United States Midwest. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the middle of his boxing career, Sean was popular among teen girls around his area, and it wasn't uncommon to see teenaged females from Oklahoma and its adjacent states wearing Sean O'Grady T-shirts or anything else related to him. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. He regularly chewed bubble gum upon entering the ring prior to fights, and because of this, he earned the nickname "Bubble Gum Bomber. "
O' Grady started boxing professionally in 1975. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1980, he had his first world title try, when the World Boxing Council Lightweight champion Jim Watt gave him an opportunity to fight for the title. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, O' Grady travelled to Scotland to fight Watt, but sustained a cut over the forehead due to a head butt late in the bout and lost by a technical knockout in round 12. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The O' Gradys protested the fight's result 24 hours later while in Ireland, arguing that the cut had been caused by the headbutt, not a punch. Because of the controversy surrounding the fight, the World Boxing Association Lightweight champion, Hilmer Kenty, gave O'Grady another opportunity at the title. The World Boxing Association (WBA is a Boxing organization that sanctions official matches and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level James Kenty, also known as Hilmer Kenty (born July 20, 1955 in Austin Texas, was a professional boxer in the Lightweight They met on April 12 of 1981. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 O' Grady again suffered a cut early in the bout, but he dropped Kenty in round eight and won a unanimous decision. The fight was one of the ten best fights of 1981 according to Ring Magazine. The Ring (often called Ring Magazine) is an American Boxing Magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing
In part because of problems with his manager/father, he never defended the WBA title and was eventually stripped of it. Pat O' Grady then formed the little-regarded (and very short lived) World Athletic Association to recognize Sean as a champion. Pat O'Grady, a Maverick's boxing promoter formed the World Athletic Association in Oklahoma after the World Boxing Association withdrew recognition as world lightweight O' Grady promptly lost this "championship" to Andy Ganigan of Hawaii. Andrew (Andy "Hawaian Punch" Ganigan (born September 3, 1952) is an American former Lightweight boxer The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the
O' Grady had a record of 81 wins and 5 losses as a professional boxer, with 70 wins by knockout.
| Preceded by Hilmer Kenty |
WBA Lightweight Champion 12 Apr 1981– 1981 Vacates |
Succeeded by Claude Noel |
After boxing
After that fight with Ganigan, he retired from boxing and resisted any temptation to make a comeback. James Kenty, also known as Hilmer Kenty (born July 20, 1955 in Austin Texas, was a professional boxer in the Lightweight List of WBA world champions is a table showing the world champions certificated by World Boxing Association (WBA Claude Noel (born October 31, 1955 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario) is a former Canadian Ice hockey player who was the head coach However, O' Grady did not leave the public eye. In his most noticeable role, he provided color commentary for "USA's Tuesday Night Fights" until it went off the air in 1998. He then went on to broadcast fights with Fox Sports Network and he lent his voice for the video game, Knockout Kings. The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net (FSN are a collection of cable TV Regional sports networks owned and operated by News Knockout Kings is a series of Boxing games that were produced by EA Sports for the Playstation Nintendo 64 PlayStation 2 Xbox Game Boy and GameCube In 1999, he appeared as a color commentator on the "Toughman" TV show aired on the F/X channel. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Founded in 1979 in Bay City, Michigan by boxing promoter Art Dore, the Toughman Contest is a chance for the novice amateur fighters He also has an instructional video named "How to Box by Sean O' Grady. " In 1992, he was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame (not to be confused with the more wellknown International Boxing Hall of Fame). Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall
Other information
Father Pat O’Grady created the World Athletic Association (WAA). Pat O'Grady, a Maverick's boxing promoter formed the World Athletic Association in Oklahoma after the World Boxing Association withdrew recognition as world lightweight
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