Peter McGrail
Born (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996
Liverpool, England
Statistics
Weight(s)Super-bantamweight
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Reach65 in (165 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights9
Wins8
Wins by KO5
Losses1
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 MinskBantamweight
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 NanjingBantamweight
Representing  England
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 HamburgBantamweight
Bronze medal – third place2019 YekaterinburgFeatherweight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 KharkivBantamweight
EU Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 ValladolidBantamweight
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold CoastBantamweight

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]

Professional boxing record

9 fights 8 wins 1 loss
By knockout 5 1
By decision 3 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
9 Loss 8–1 Ja'Rico O'Quinn KO 5 (10) 2:19 16 Dec 2023 Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, Arizona
8 Win 8–0 Fran Mendoza UD 10 21 Oct 2023 Liverpool Arena, Liverpool, England
7 Win 7–0 Nicolas Nahuel Botelli UD 10 11 Mar 2023 Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England
6 Win 6–0 Hironori Miyake KO 2 (8), 2:00 13 Dec 2022 Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan
5 Win 5–0 Alexander Espinoza RTD 5 (10), 3:00 15 Oct 2022 Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England
4 Win 4–0 Uriel Lopez Juarez TKO 4 (8), 2:03 22 Apr 2022

Liverpool Arena, Liverpool, England

3 Win 3–0 Alexandru Ionita TKO 2 (6) 19 Mar 2022 Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2 Win 2–0 Engel Gomez TKO 2 (6), 2:18 11 Dec 2021

Liverpool Arena, Liverpool, England

1 Win 1–0 Ed Harrison UD 6 9 Oct 2021

Liverpool Arena, Liverpool, England

References

  1. "Peter McGrail – England Boxing Team". Commonwealth Games England. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. "Bulgaria's teenager Boyan Asenov defeated EUBC European Champion Peter McGrail in the final of the Golden Belt Tournament". 30 September 2018.
  4. "European Boxing Championships 2017: Peter McGrail claims gold for England". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  5. "World Boxing Championships: GB's Peter McGrail secures World medal". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  6. "Team GB squad announcement for the European Games". Team GB. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  7. "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.
  8. "Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia". GB Boxing. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  9. Dennen, John. "Peter McGrail waits, and hopes, for the Olympic Games - Boxing News". www.boxingnewsonline.net. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  10. "Tokyo 2020 Olympics boxing". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.


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