Joe McGrail has signed a new-long term deal with Matchroom Boxing as the undefeated Liverpool Super Bantamweight prospect plots his path to winning major titles in the sport \u2013 starting on Saturday, September 5 in Dublin.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old Merseyside man, and brother of fellow Matchroom fighter Peter McGrail, is looking forward to facing undefeated Coleraine fighter Matthew Boreland for the WBA Continental Gold belt in front of 80,000 fans at the iconic Croke Park on the Katie Taylor undercard \u2013 live on DAZN.<\/p>\n
And the Everton Red Triangle Gym-trained 13-0 (6 KOs) charge, believes a statement win in September will propel him to many more big nights ahead.<\/p>\n
Joe McGrail said: \u201cI\u2019m made up to have signed a new long-term deal with Matchroom Boxing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a very testing time with injuries last year but Matchroom stood by me. I am very grateful to Frank Smith, Eddie Hearn and my manager Anto Fitzpatrick for their support. I\u2019m fighting fit again and feeling stronger than ever. And I am ready to repay their support in the ring.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat begins on September 5, live on DAZN. It will be a huge night on the Katie Taylor undercard, when I face an unbeaten Matthew Boreland for the WBA Continental Gold title in front of 80,000 fans at Croke Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cI fully expect that victory to be the first of many belts that come my way. And I am really excited for what the future holds.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matchroom Sport Chairman Eddie Hearn reckons McGrail is one to watch \u2013 and insists he is one of British boxing\u2019s brightest talents.<\/p>\n
Hearn said: \u201cJoe is an exciting talent and undoubtedly one of the finest domestic prospects in the UK today.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe endured a difficult time with injuries last year but he is back now and he is ready to show once more that he is a dangerous prospect who will flourish over time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is why we have made this long-term commitment to him. There are some big dates ahead for Joe \u2013 starting on September 5 at Dublin\u2019s iconic Croke Park, live on the Global Home of Boxing, DAZN\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe McGrail has signed a new-long term deal with Matchroom Boxing as the undefeated Liverpool Super Bantamweight prospect…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-801183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}