Peter McGrail explained

Peter McGrail
Weight:Super-bantamweight
Height:5 ft 7 in
Reach:65 in
Birth Date:31 May 1996
Birth Place:Liverpool, England
Style:Southpaw
Total:10
Wins:9
Ko:5
Losses:1

Peter McGrail (born 31 May 1996)[1] is a British professional boxer who as an amateur won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Amateur career

In 2014, he won bronze medals in the Youth Olympic Games and World Youth Championships. He won the 2016 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight title.[2]

In 2015, he won silver in the EUBC European Confederation U22 Boxing Championships.[3]

In 2017, he became European champion[4] and went on to claim bronze in the World Championships.[5] and the following year in 2018, he won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games held in the Gold Coast.

In 2019, McGrail was selected to compete at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[6] He also competed at the World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia,[7] where he won the bronze medal after losing by split decision (4:1) to Lázaro Álvarez in the semifinals.[8]

He represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the preliminary round of 32.[9] [10]

2024

On April 27, 2024 in Liverpool, England, McGrail was scheduled to face JaRico O'Quinn in a rematch.[11] [12] On April 4, 2024 it was announced that O'Quinn withdrew for personal reasons, and was replaced by Marc Leach.[13] McGrail defeated Leach by unanimous decision to become mandatory challenger to Dennis McCann for the British super bantamweight title.[14]

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
10Win9-1Mark LeachUD1027 Apr 2024
9Loss8–1Ja'Rico O'QuinnKO5 (10) 16 Dec 2023
8Win8–0Fran MendozaUD1021 Oct 2023
7Win7–0Nicolas Nahuel BotelliUD1011 Mar 2023
6Win6–0Hironori Miyake2 (8), 13 Dec 2022
5Win5–0Alexander Espinoza5 (10), 15 Oct 2022
4Win4–0Uriel Lopez JuarezTKO4 (8), 22 Apr 2022
3Win3–0Alexandru IonitaTKO2 (6)19 Mar 2022
2Win2–0Engel Gomez2 (6), 11 Dec 2021
1Win1–0Ed Harrison69 Oct 2021

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peter McGrail – England Boxing Team . Commonwealth Games England . 1 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Roll of Honour. England Boxing. 14 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Bulgaria's teenager Boyan Asenov defeated EUBC European Champion Peter McGrail in the final of the Golden Belt Tournament . 30 September 2018 .
  4. News: European Boxing Championships 2017: Peter McGrail claims gold for England . 1 April 2018 . BBC Sport . BBC . 24 June 2017.
  5. News: World Boxing Championships: GB's Peter McGrail secures World medal . 1 April 2018 . BBC Sport . BBC . 29 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Team GB squad announcement for the European Games . . 29 May 2019 . 21 May 2019.
  7. News: Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia . 9 October 2019 . boxing247.com . East Side Boxing . 15 August 2019.
  8. Web site: Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia . 17 September 2019 . GB Boxing . 9 October 2019.
  9. Web site: Dennen . John . Peter McGrail waits, and hopes, for the Olympic Games - Boxing News . 2021-04-11 . www.boxingnewsonline.net . 2 March 2021 . en-GB.
  10. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Olympics boxing . Olympics.com . 9 October 2021 . 9 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211009201113/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/boxing/results-men-s-feather-52-57kg-r32-001100-.htm . dead .
  11. News: Iskenderov . Parviz . Ja'Rico O'Quinn vs Peter McGrail rematch set for April in Liverpool . FIGHTMAG . 24 January 2024.
  12. News: Hits . Random . Richardson Hitchins vs. Gustavo Lemos on April 6, Jordan Gill vs. Zelfa Barrett on April 13 . BoxingScene.com . 23 January 2024 . en-us.
  13. News: Iskenderov . Parviz . Marc Leach faces Peter McGrail in Liverpool in April, Ja'Rico O'Quinn out . FIGHTMAG . 5 April 2024.
  14. News: Iskenderov . Parviz . Peter McGrail on top with decision against Marc Leach in Liverpool . FIGHTMAG . 28 April 2024.