Sean O'Grady (born February 10, 1959) is the former WBA Lightweight Champion of the World, and currently an American commercial realtor. O'Grady had a record of 81 wins and five losses as a professional boxer, with 70 wins by knockout.
O'Grady is also a college graduate, boxing analyst, television personality, actor and former teen idol across the United States Midwest.
Early life O'Grady was born in Austin, Texas. The son of boxing trainer Pat O'Grady and boxing promoter Jean O'Grady, he moved around a lot when he was a younger kid, but his family settled in Oklahoma City, when he was 11 years old.
Boxing career O'Grady started boxing professionally in 1975. 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. 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. The O'Grady's 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. They met on April 12, 1981. O'Grady again suffered a cut early in the bout, but he dropped Kenty in rounds two and eight and won a unanimous decision. 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. O'Grady promptly lost this "championship" to Andy Ganigan of Hawaii.
He regularly chewed bubble gum upon entering the ring prior to fights, and because of this, he earned the nickname "Bubble Gum Bomber."
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateAgeLocationNotes86Loss81–5John VerderosaTKO4 (10), Mar 20, 198385Win81–4Jose Luis GonzalezTKO5 (10)Feb 10, 198384Loss80–4Pete RanzanySD10Oct 30, 198283Win80–3Orin ButlerKO1 (10), May 29, 198282Win79–3Jose HernandezRTD3 (15), Apr 3, 198281Win78–3Lupe SanchezKO3 (10)Mar 18, 198280Win77–3Eugene BaldwinTKO4 (10), Feb 9, 198279Loss76–3Andrew GaniganKO2 (15), Oct 31, 198178Win76–2John MorganUD10Sep 26, 198177Win75–2Hilmer KentyUD15Apr 12, 198176Win74–2Jose CabreraTKO12 (15), Mar 17, 198175Loss73–2Jim WattTKO12 (15), Nov 1, 198074Win73–1Jose Luis GonzalezTKO3 (10), Sep 25, 198073Win72–1Carlos VillacanaTKO6 (10)Sep 9, 198072Win71–1Gonzalo MontellanoMD12Jul 27, 198071Win70–1Scotty ForemanTKO2 (10), Jun 10, 198070Win69–1Ramiro HernandezTKO5 (10)Dec 15, 197969Win68–1Arturo LeonUD15Oct 23, 197968Win67–1Jose Luis MartinezKO4 (10), Sep 20, 197967Win66–1Dieter SchantzKO2 (10), Jul 19, 197966Win65–1Roberto PerezTKO5 (10)Apr 28, 197965Win64–1Jose HernandezUD10Mar 17, 197964Win63–1Juan GarciaKO2 (10), Feb 16, 197863Win62–1Marion ThomasKO2 (10), Jan 25, 197862Win61–1Beau JaynesTKO2 (10), Dec 7, 197861Win60–1Paulino GarciaKO5 (10)Nov 29, 197860Win59–1Freddie HarrisTKO7 (10)Nov 16, 197859Win58–1Al FranklinTKO6 (10), Oct 11, 197858Win57–1Shig FukuyamaTKO5 (10), Jun 10, 197857Win56–1Harvey WilsonTKO2 (10), May 1, 197856Win55–1Romeo AnayaKO3 (10), Apr 15, 197855Win54–1Ramon CamposKO1 (10)Mar 23, 197854Win53–1Eddie FreemanTKO1 (10), Mar 17, 197853Win52–1Bill PearishKO2 (10)Dec 6, 197752Win51–1Jose OlivaresTKO5 (10)Oct 25, 197751Win50–1Gilberto LaraKO1 (10)Sep 6, 197750Win49–1Ricardo FloresKO2 (10)Jul 19, 197749Win48–1David VasquezMD10Jun 22, 197748Win47–1Jerome SmithRTD1 (10), Jun 7, 197747Win46–1Tony SanchezKO2 (10)May 17, 197746Win45–1Raul GuillenKO1 (10)Apr 5, 197745Win44–1Melvin JamesonKO1 (10)Mar 15, 197744Win43–1Earl LargeKO9 (15), Mar 1, 197743Win42–1Francisco RoblesKO2 (10)Dec 21, 197642Win41–1Raul CarreonRTD4 (15)Dec 7, 197641Win40–1Jose Angel CazaresKO2 (10)Nov 16, 197640Win39–1Esteban OlveraKO6 (10)Nov 2, 197639Win38–1William CurtisKO2 (10)Oct 19, 197638Win37–1Danny YoungKO1 (10), Oct 5, 197637Win36–1Richie PuentesKO2 (10)Sep 21, 197636Win35–1Joe MedranoKO3 (10)Sep 7, 197635Win34–1Blackie SandovalTKO1 (10), Jun 1, 197634Win33–1Eliseo EstradaTKO3 (10), May 18, 197633Win32–1Frankie AmanoKO1 (10), May 4, 197632Win31–1Manuel TarazonKO3 (10), Apr 20, 197631Win30–1Domingo LunaKO3 (10)Apr 6, 197630Loss29–1Danny LopezRTD4 (10), Feb 25, 197629Win29–0Luis MartinezKO1 (10)Feb 3, 197628Win28–0Ken ConnersKO1 (10)Jan 20, 197627Win27–0Shannon WilliamsKO2 (10)Jan 6, 197626Win26–0Al ThompsonKO3 (12)Dec 16, 197525Win25–0Luciano MedinaKO4 (10)Dec 2, 197524Win24–0Roberto RodriguezKO3 (10), Nov 20, 197523Win23–0Tony RamirezKO3 (10)Nov 18, 197522Win22–0Ramon ReynaKO2 (10)Nov 4, 197521Win21–0Raul CarrezKO1 (10)Oct 21, 197520Win20–0Harvey WilsonUD8Sep 4, 197519Win19–0Simmie BlackTKO3 (10)Sep 2, 197518Win18–0Harvey WilsonUD10Aug 19, 197517Win17–0Victor Seco LunaKO1 (10)Aug 5, 197516Win16–0Ramon CamposUD10Jul 15, 197515Win15–0Ramon ReyesTKO3 (6)Jul 9, 197514Win14–0Simmie BlackKO4 (10)Jul 1, 197513Win13–0Ezequiel CamposKO1 (10)Jun 17, 197512Win12–0Earl BoothKO1 (6)Jun 9, 197511Win11–0Ramon PerezKO3 (10)Jun 3, 197510Win10–0Ramon CamposPTS6May 20, 19759Win9–0David WilliamsKO1 (6)May 17, 19758Win8–0Earl BoothKO1 (6)May 6, 19757Win7–0Tyrone TaylorKO2 (6)Apr 15, 19756Win6–0Rocky MatthewsKO2 (4)Apr 1, 19755Win5–0Muhammad MufflehKO1 (6)Mar 18, 19754Win4–0James WordKO1 (6)Mar 4, 19753Win3–0Joe MatthewsKO1 (4), Feb 18, 19752Win2–0Willie JohnsonKO1 (4)Feb 4, 19751Win1–0David TymesKO1 (4), Jan 21, 1975
TV analyst O'Grady served as analyst for television boxing show USA Tuesday Night Fights which aired from October 1982 to August 1998 on the USA Network.
See also List of world lightweight boxing champions
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