Ja'Rico O'Quinn: record, next fight and profile →
Peter McGrail, who knows about drawing a bad hand in the ring, believes Brad Foster was simply unlucky in his last outing, and he is expecting a determined challenge from the former champion.
Liverpool’s Peter McGrail (9-1, 5 KOs) got his career back on track with a wide decision win against Marc Leach (18-4-1, 4 KOs) in the main event of Matchroom’s NXTGEN bill tonight in Liverpool, England.
Paul Stevenson’s fighters are rarely involved in pre-fight shenanigans and – publicly at least – they never appear too excited by their success or too down about the disappointments. It is a trait which will have served Peter McGrail well over the past few months.
Former British Super-Bantamweight Champion Marc Leach will face Peter McGrail at the top of Matchroom Boxing's latest NXTGEN show at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool on Saturday April 27, live worldwide on DAZN, after McGrail's original opponent Ja'Rico O'Quinn withdrew due to personal family matters.
Peter McGrail discusses why he wants an immediate rematch with Ja'Rico O'Quinn having suffered one of the shock losses in 2023
At the Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Saturday April 6. New York Super-Lightweight ace Richardson Hitchins (17-0, 7 KOs) looks to build on his shutout points win over Jose Zepeda at the Caribe Royal Orlando last September when he takes on Argentina’s Gustavo Daniel Lemos (29-0, 19 KOs) in a Final Eliminator for the IBF World Title.
Ja'Rico O’Quinn needed just one punch to erase a massive scorecard deficit. A counter right hand after taking a straight left hand was enough for Detroit’s O’Quinn to ruin the U..S. debut of Liverpool’s Peter McGrail, who was knocked out in the fifth round. O’Quinn was down twice and lost every round before he sent McGrail down and through the ropes to produce the end of the fight at 2:19 of the fifth round.
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez kept everyone waiting for Friday’s weigh-in, though already after he made weight. The two-division and reigning WBO flyweight titleholder ran late for what was later revealed as the ceremonial weigh-in ahead of his unification bout versus IBF champ Sunny Edwards. Rodriguez tipped the scales at a fit 111.6 pounds, while Edwards was 111.6 pounds.
Ja’Rico O’Quinn shook off ring rust and a relentless opponent to prevail in his hometown. The 28-year-old Detroit native claimed a ten-round, unanimous decision victory over Carlos Mujica in a spirited junior featherweight battle. Judge Katealia Chambers (100-90) scored in laughable shutout for O’Quinn, who was rewarded a much closer and well-earned verdict on the cards of David DeJonge (97-93) and Gerard White (96-94) in their DAZN opener Saturday evening from Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan.
Alycia Baumgardner had a simple message for her lone conqueror after she easily made weight. Linardatou is responsible for the lone defeat on Baumgardner's record, when she claimed an eight-round split decision in their July 2018 meeting.