Peter McGrail

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. In 2015, he won silver in the EUBC European Confederation U22 Boxing Championships. In 2017, he became European champion and went on to claim bronze in the World Championships. 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. He also competed at the World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia, where he won the bronze medal after losing by split decision (4:1) to Lázaro Álvarez in the semifinals. He represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the preliminary round of 32. == Professional career ==

McGrail turned professional in 2021. He won his first eight pro-fights before losing his unbeaten record when he was knocked out by JaRico O'Quinn in the fifth round of their contest at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, USA, on 16 December 2023. A rematch was scheduled to take place at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool on 27 April 2024. However, O'Quinn withdrew for personal reasons just over three weeks before the fight and was replaced by Marc Leach. McGrail defeated Leach by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBA International super-bantamweight title. In his next fight, McGrail stopped Brad Foster in the second round at Canon Medical Arena in Sheffield, England, on 28 September 2024. McGrail defeated the previously unbeaten Rhys Edwards, who had taken the fight as a late replacement, via unanimous decision on 21 December 2024, at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of the undercard for the heavyweight world title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. McGrail was scheduled to challenge IBO super-bantamweight champion Shabaz Masoud on 21 June 2025 at bp pulse LIVE Arena in Birmingham, but the fight was cancelled when Masoud withdrew after suffering an injury in training. McGrail defeated replacement opponent Ionut Baluta by majority decision over 10 rounds. He eventually faced Masoud at Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo on 6 December 2025. The vacant European super-bantamweight title was at stake. McGrail, who had a point deducted in the 10th round for hitting Masoud on the back of his head during a clinch, lost by unanimous decision. == Professional boxing record ==