Peter McGrail
Peter McGrail (born 31 May 1996)[1] is a British former amateur boxer and current professional boxer who is affiliated with the Everton Red Triangle Club.
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| Weight(s) | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1996 Liverpool, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boxing career
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]
Professional career
| 2 fights | 2 wins | 0 losses |
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| By knockout | 1 | 0 |
| By decision | 1 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 2 | Win | 2-0 |  Engel Gomez |
KO 2:18 | 2/6 | 11 Dec 2021 |
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| 1 | Win | 1-0 | Ed Harrison |
PTS | 6 | 9 Oct 2021 | M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, England |
References
- "Peter McGrail – England Boxing Team". Commonwealth Games England. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- https://www.eubcboxing.org/news/bulgarias-teenager-boyan-asenov-defeated-eubc-european-champion-peter-mcgrail-in-the-final-of-the-golden-belt-tournament/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - "European Boxing Championships 2017: Peter McGrail claims gold for England". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- "World Boxing Championships: GB's Peter McGrail secures World medal". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- "Team GB squad announcement for the European Games". Team GB. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- "Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia". boxing247.com. East Side Boxing. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- "Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia". GB Boxing. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- Dennen, John. "Peter McGrail waits, and hopes, for the Olympic Games - Boxing News". www.boxingnewsonline.net. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- "Tokyo 2020 Olympics boxing". Olympics.com.
External links
- Peter McGrail at Team GB
- Peter McGrail at Team England
- Peter McGrail at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Peter McGrail at Olympedia