When he was 14, Sean O'Grady sparred four rounds with "Schoolboy" Bobby Chacon at the Main Street Gym in LA. He turned pro in Oklahoma at 15, and went 26-0, with 22 knockouts, in his first year. A few days after his 17th birthday, he lost for the first time to future Hall of Famer Danny "Little Red" Lopez at the Fabulous Forum. He went to Scotland (where his life was threatened) and lost a WBC world title fight to Jim Watt, then beat Hilmer Kenty for the WBA crown five months later. He was Cosmopolitan Magazine's "Bachelor of the Month" and got love letters from 10,000 women.
If you think "The Bubblegum Bomber" has stories to tell, you'd be right.
Our interview with Sean O'Grady is preceded by a conversation with Chicago heavyweight Mike Mollo, on his way to Poland for a big fight, and our expert analysts Travis Hartman, Rizwaan Zahid and John J. Raspanti, who unpack Adrien Broner's narrow win over Adrian Granado, and the battering-ram contest between Lamont Peterson and David Avanesyan..
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Sean O'Grady turned pro at age 15, went 18-0, with 15 knockouts, and fought Hall of Famer Danny "Little Red" Lopez shortly after his 17th birthday. Along the road to an 81-5 record, O'Grady recorded an astounding 70 knockouts and won the WBA lightweight crown.
He supplemented that career with 13 years as the color analyst on the USA Network's "Tuesday Night Fights," working alongside Al Albert.
Enjoy this colorful, animated and very candid conversation with one of the legendary boxers of his era.
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