McGRAIL Peter

Great Britain

Boxing

Date of Birth: 31 May 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Youth Olympian

Height (m/ft): 1.69/5'6''

Place of birth: LIVERPOOL

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : LIVERPOOL

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boxing	Men's Feather (52-57kg)	17

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Feather (52-57kg) - Preliminaries - Round of 32 #18 THA BUTDEE CDBUTDEE Chatchai-Decha 5 WP GBR McGRAIL PMcGRAIL Peter 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Youth Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Bantam	2014	Nanjing, CHN

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Feather	2019	Yekaterinburg, RUS
3	Bantam	2017	Hamburg, GER

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Bantam	2017	Kharkiv, UKR
3	Bantam	2019	Minsk, BLR

Golden Belt

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Bantam	2018	Iasi, ROU

Feliks Stamm

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Bantam	2016	Warsaw, POL

Nickname:

The Scouse Lomachenko. (boxingscene.com, 21 Apr 2020)

Hobbies:

Playing football, table tennis, running, yoga, quad biking, supporting English football club Everton. (eubcboxing.org, 10 Sep 2018; gbboxing.org.uk, 15 Jul 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Partner Beth Doyle.

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Everton Red Triangle Boxing Club [Liverpool, GBR]

Coach:

Paul Stevenson [club]; Rob McCracken [national]

Hand:

Southpaw (GB Boxing Facebook page, 14 Apr 2021)

Sporting relatives:

His father and grandfather both boxed. (scottiepress.org, 15 Mar 2020)

Start:

He took up boxing at age 10 at Everton Red Triangle Boxing Club in Liverpool, England. He had his first fight at age 11. (Instagram post, 21 Mar 2020; SecondsOut's YouTube channel, 17 Aug 2019; scottiepress.org, 15 Mar 2020; gbboxing.org.uk, 15 Jul 2016)

Reason:

"One of my friends Aaron, he was going to [Everton] Red Triangle, and he asked a few of our best mates to go down. I went down and I was enjoying it. I ended up good. And Paul [Stevenson] and Mick Stevenson said to my dad after a few weeks that I would be a national champion." (SecondsOut's YouTube channel, 17 Aug 2019)

Ambition:

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (SecondsOut's YouTube channel, 17 Aug 2019)

Training:

He trains at Everton Red Triangle Boxing Club in Liverpool, and at Great Britain's national boxing training base at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. He spars two to three times a week, runs four times a week, and does two strength and conditioning sessions each week. He has one full rest day each week. (Instagram profile, 07 May 2021; scottiepress.org, 15 Mar 2020)

Hero:

Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao. (GB Boxing Facebook page, 14 Apr 2021)

Philosophy:

"I just like to focus on myself and don't worry about anyone else. I make sure I'm ready and at 100%." (scottiepress.org, 15 Mar 2020)

General Interest

Olympic qualifying results
He secured a spot for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo through his performances at the 2020 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in London, England. (espn.com, 09 Mar 2020; independent.co.uk, 20 Mar 2020)

General
GOING PRO AFTER TOKYO
He is planning to become a professional boxer after the rescheduled Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I've wanted to go to the Olympics since I was a kid but it will be worth the wait and I will be waiting [rather than turning pro]. It's a bit of a nightmare that it's an extra year but it will be worth it. I want to go to Tokyo, win the gold then turn professional. Everything I'm doing now, all these medals and all the experience I'm getting by going around the world, all this is invaluable experience. It's going to help me when I eventually turn pro after the 2020 Olympics. The better I do in the Olympics, the better start I will get in my professional career. I'll be turning professional straight away [after the Games], with Everton Red Triangle being my gym. I'm looking forward to turning pro and boxing in big pro shows." (SecondsOut's YouTube channel, 17 Aug 2019; scottiepress.org, 15 Mar 2020; boxing-social.com, 03 Jul 2020)

LAST QUALIFYING BOUT IN 2020
He secured a spot for the Olympic Games in Tokyo at the 2020 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in London, England, by beating Kevin Godla of the Czech Republic by unanimous decision. His fight was the final fight before the tournament was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. "The Premier League [football] had been called off on the Friday, loads of other things were being cancelled. We were all worrying. We'd been training for 10 weeks, in Kazakhstan and then Sheffield, my family had already travelled down from Liverpool. We were just hoping it could go on. We rarely ever get to be in front of our home fans and everyone's families had already come down [only to be turned away]. After the meeting, everyone was gutted. But the support the team and coaches gave me was amazing. They told me I had to keep my head on and focus and take my chance. The whole squad was there to watch my fight, screaming behind me and chanting my name. It was an amazing feeling to finally qualify. I was one of the lucky ones." (independent.co.uk, 20 Mar 2020; boxing-social.com, 03 Jul 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
WP:: Win on Points

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