# Peter McGrail

Peter McGrail (born 31 May 1996) 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.
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

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 Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of the undercard for the heavyweight world title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.

## Professional boxing record

| 12 fights | 11 wins | 1 loss |
| By knockout | 6 | 1 |
| By decision | 5 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location |
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Rhys Edwards | UD | 10 | 21 Dec 2024 | Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Brad Foster | KO | 2 (10) 1:08 | 28 Sep 2024 | Canon Medical Arena, Sheffield, England |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | Mark Leach | UD | 10 | 27 Apr 2024 | Exhibition Centre, Liverpool, England |
| 9 | Loss | 8–1 | Ja'Rico O'Quinn | KO | 5 (10) 2:19 | 16 Dec 2023 | Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, Arizona, U.S. |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Fran Mendoza | UD | 10 | 21 Oct 2023 | M&S Bank 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 | M&S Bank 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 | M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, England |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Ed Harrison | UD | 6 | 9 Oct 2021 | M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, England |