Masoud takes on Peter McGrail in the principality on Saturday, December 6, in a bout which will also see the EBU European crown up for grabs.<\/p>\n
The pair were due to meet in Birmingham earlier this year, only for Masoud to suffer an injury in training forcing his withdrawal.<\/p>\n
Instead they will now top the bill of Matchroom\u2019s annual Christmas show on the French Riviera.<\/p>\n
Masoud said: \u201cI was gutted when the fight got postponed the first time around.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut for it to now be headlining in Monte-Carlo, one of the most luxurious destinations in the world?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited, I think it\u2019s going to be a fan-friendly fight and one that will leave a mark on the fans who attend and those who tune in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Masoud, who is based in Stoke but learned his craft under the guidance of uncle Mo Fiaz at Wellington Boxing Academy, won the IBO crown last November with a split-decision win over another Shropshire fighter, Liam Davies.<\/p>\n
McGrail, the 2018 Commonwealth Games champion who also represented GB at Tokyo 2020, has won 12 out of 13 professional contests.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s time to shine baby,\u201d he said. \u201cI have never been so excited for a fight since my debut. I\u2019m No.1.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Masoud takes on Peter McGrail in the principality on Saturday, December 6, in a bout which will also…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,588,85,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-213362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sport","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}