When is Shabaz Masoud vs. Peter McGrail?
Shabaz Masoud vs. Peter McGrail is on Saturday, December 6. The broadcast will begin at 2 p.m. Eastern Time (7 p.m. GMT).
What channel is Shabaz Masoud vs. Peter McGrail on?
Shabaz Masoud vs. Peter McGrail will stream on DAZN.
Where is Shabaz Masoud vs. Peter McGrail?
The fight is taking place at the Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Who is Shabaz Masoud?
Shabaz Masoud, 14-0 (4 KOs), is a 29-year-old junior featherweight prospect from Stoke-on-Trent, England, who is trained by Ben Davison.
Masoud has been in the paid ranks since 2018 but has dealt with multiple periods of inactivity. The first was due to the pandemic, nearly 16 months off between late 2019 and early 2021. And he’s fought only four times in the past three years.
There was a one-year gap between November 2022 – a 12th-round TKO of the 17-0 Jack Bateson – and a November 2023 split decision over the 34-7-1 Jose Sanmartin. And 13 months have passed since Masoud’s last outing, a 12-round split decision against the 16-0 Liam Davies. Masoud was initially slated to take on Peter McGrail in June but had to pull out with an injury.
Masoud has notched some good victories for his stage of development, though he is not currently ranked at 122lbs by any of the four major sanctioning bodies.
Who is Peter McGrail?
Peter McGrail, 12-1 (6 KOs), is a 29-year-old prospect from Liverpool, England. He competed in the Olympics in 2021, losing a decision in his sole featherweight tournament bout against Mirco Cuello.
McGrail won his first eight pro fights before suffering an upset loss to the 16-1-1 Ja’Rico O’Quinn in December 2023. McGrail was ahead after four rounds and had dropped O’Quinn twice, but he was dismissed in the fifth. O’Quinn pulled out of their rematch, leaving McGrail to pursue other routes for rebuilding.
That wasn’t the only canceled fight for McGrail. He was supposed to face fellow junior featherweight prospect Dennis McCann last year, but McCann tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug. Instead, McGrail moved up two weight classes and faced late replacement Rhys Edwards – a 16-0 junior lightweight – and took a narrow unanimous decision. And as noted above, McGrail was originally scheduled to take on Masoud in June. Instead, he triumphed via majority decision victory over Ionut Baluta, who is better than his 17-5-1 record at the time may otherwise indicate.
McGrail’s four-fight winning streak has him ranked seventh by the WBA, 12th by the WBO and 14th by the IBF.
What other fights are on the undercard of Kenshiro Teraji vs. Ricardo Sandoval?
The undercard includes a lightweight title fight between IBF beltholder Beatriz Ferreira, 8-0 (2 KOs), who won an Olympic silver medal in 2021 and bronze in 2024. She is defending against Elif Nur Turhan, 11-0 (7 KOs).
Also on this show: a heavyweight bout between Johnny Fisher, 13-1 (11 KOs), back for the first time since his rematch loss to David Allen, taking on Herbert Matovu, 9-1 (8 KOs). Welterweight Pat McCormack, 8-0 (6 KOs), who took home silver in the 2021 Olympics, is in against Conah Walker, 16-3-1 (7 KOs), who is coming three straight victories over Lewis Ritson, Harry Scarff and Liam Taylor. And junior welterweight Hugo Micallef, 11-0 (3 KOs), will perform in his home country against Sean McComb, 20-2 (5 KOs), who has won two straight since his controversial decision loss to Arnold Barboza.
The full list of undercard fights can be seen on BoxRec.
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