

Since then the Ballybofey boxer has been rebuilding his career to set up a world championship shot.
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Quigley’s only professional loss came against Tureano Johnson in 2019 when trainer Dominic Ingle retired him after nine rounds. This will be Andrade’s sixth defence of his belt, having done so successfully five times before to take his record to 30-0 with 18KOs to Quigley’s 19-1 with 14KOs. His defeat in the amateur final was the first in a breathless winning run of 33 fights over 18 months.īreaking hearts in the amateur game, Quigley turned professional at 22-years-old with a goal to be involved in world championship fights with tonight’s against the 2007 amateur world champion and professional WBO champion, Demetrius Andrade, the culmination of eight years work. Quigley was the amateur who burst onto the stage in 2013, winning a gold medal at the European Championships in Minsk and taking silver at the World Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

“I’m looking to get in there, fight the fight of my career and become a world champion,” said the 30-year-old Donegal middleweight.

Sparing the audience trash talk, Irish middleweight Jason Quigley’s final words, before he takes to the ring on Friday night in Manchester, New Hampshire, were respectful but firmly rooted in what he believes will be the outcome.
