Jason Robert Quigley (born 19 May 1991) is an Irish

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who challenged for the

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title in November 2021. At regional level he held the WBC- NABF middleweight title from 2017 to 2019 and the WBO- NABO middleweight title from May to November 2021.

Amateur career

Quigley had an extremely promising amateur career, which saw him rise to number one in both the

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European and World amateur rankings. His place in the Ireland team had seemed secured for the

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, however he decided to turn professional instead. In 2009, Quigley participated in the European Youth Championships in Szezecin. He fought Joni Polishsuk of Finland, Catalin Paraschiveanu of Romania, Muratcan Buğra Oner of Turkey and Jaba Khocitashvili of Georgia, before defeating Emil Ahmadov of Azerbaijan 6-1 in the 69 kg final, to take home gold. Quigley won gold at the 2011 'Gee Bee' Multi-Nations tournament in

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, defeating English fighter

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14-5 with an acclaimed performance in the final. Quigley boxed in the WSB for the 2011–2012 season. Organised by the

, the competition was designed to offer professional boxing without competitors having to forfeit their amateur status. With twelve teams fighting across the competition, it was the LA Matadors who drafted Quigley. Quigley then lived and trained in

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where he met Russian fighter Vitali Bandarenka of Moscow Dynamo in his first bout. Quigley won the fight by unanimous decision with the judges scoring them 50–45, 48–47 and 48–47 after five rounds. Quigley's second fight was against Australian, Troy Trevor O'Meley of Bangkok Elephants. He won via second-round TKO, having led 10–8, 10–7, 10–8 at the end of the first. In May 2012, Quigley competed at the 'Algirdas Socikas' Multi-Nations tournament in

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. He overcame Estonian fighter Artjom Fjodorov, 16–6, and Lithuanian fighter Mantas Balciauskas, 11–3, before taking gold against Denmark's Matouk Belai with another dominant 18–5 win in the final. Quigley won his next gold at the 2012 European U23 Championships, in

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. He met Germany's Dennis Radovan in the final, winning by a 17–11 decision at Kaliningrad’s Sports Palace. Quigley defeated Russian southpaw Maksim Timofeev and Moldova's Victor Carapchevschii in the previous rounds. In March 2013, Quigley took gold at the

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Grand Prix in the

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. He beat Czech native Vit Kral by a score of 20–6 in his first fight, before defeating Chinese fighter Zhou Yunfei 14–7. In the final, he met Serbia's

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for another 14–6 victory. In June, he won gold again in the

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. Quigley beat world number one

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, before defeating

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in the

final. The Romanian had previously been a bronze medalist in the tournament. Quigley's final amateur medal came in October, when he claimed silver at the

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