Peter McGrail (born 31 May 1996) is a British professional boxer who as an

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won gold at the

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Amateur career

In 2014, he won bronze medals in the

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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

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. and the following year in 2018, he won the gold medal in the

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held in the Gold Coast. In 2019, McGrail was selected to compete at the

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. He also competed at the

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, where he won the bronze medal after losing by split decision (4:1) to

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in the semifinals. He represented Great Britain at the

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, but was eliminated in the preliminary round of 32.

Professional career

On 27 April 2024 in Liverpool, England, McGrail was scheduled to face JaRico O'Quinn in a rematch. On 4 April 2024 it was announced that O'Quinn withdrew for personal reasons, and was replaced by Marc Leach. McGrail defeated Leach by unanimous decision to become mandatory challenger to Dennis McCann for the British 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

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as part of the undercard for the heavyweight world title rematch between

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and

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. McGrail was scheduled to challenge

Shabaz Masoud Shabaz Masoud (born 4 March 1996) is a British professional boxer. He has held the IBO super-bantamweight title since November 2024. Early life Masoud was born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England on 4 March 1996. His family comes from Ka ...

for his IBO super bantamweight title on 21 June 2025 in Birmingham, but the fight was cancelled when Masoud withdrew after suffering an injury in training.

Professional boxing record

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