Peter McGrail

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Peter McGrail
Born (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 27)
Liverpool, England
Statistics
Weight(s) Super-bantamweight
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Reach65 in (165 cm)
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights8
Wins8
Wins by KO5
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Minsk Bantamweight
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Nanjing Bantamweight
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Hamburg Bantamweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Yekaterinburg Featherweight
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Kharkiv Bantamweight
EU Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Valladolid Bantamweight
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Bantamweight

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

Contents

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

8 fights8 wins0 losses
By knockout50
By decision30
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
7Win7–0Nicolas Nahuel BotelliUD1011 Mar 2023Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England
6Win6–0Hironori MiyakeKO2 (8), 2:00 13 Dec 2022 Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan
5Win5–0 Alexander Espinoza RTD5 (10), 3:0015 Oct 2022 Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England
4Win4–0Uriel Lopez JuarezTKO4 (8), 2:0322 Apr 2022

Liverpool Arena, Liverpool, England

3Win3–0Alexandru IonitaTKO2 (6)19 Mar 2022 Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2Win2–0Engel GomezTKO2 (6), 2:1811 Dec 2021

Liverpool Arena, Liverpool, England

1Win1–0Ed HarrisonUD69 Oct 2021

Liverpool Arena, Liverpool, England

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References

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  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.
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