Liverpool amateur sensation turned 6-0 super-bantamweight prospect Peter McGrail has signed a long-term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and will make his debut under the promotional banner on the stacked Callum Smith vs. Pawel Stepien show at the M&S Bank Arena on Saturday March 11, shown live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and New Zealand).
One of Merseyside's most decorated amateur boxers, McGrail first broke through with bronze medals at the Youth Olympics and World Youth Championships back in 2014. The gifted southpaw then won gold at the European Championships in Kharkiv in 2017 before winning Commonwealth gold a year later in Australia.
The 26-year-old, who trains out of the renowned Everton Red Triangle Gym on Albion Street under Paul Stevenson, was hotly tipped for a featherweight medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games but succumbed to a premature defeat against Thai fighter Chatchai-decha Butdee in the opening round.
"I'm absolutely over the moon to have signed with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing," said McGrail.
"I'm looking forward to being a part of more huge nights with Matchroom in my hometown and up and down the country and around the world. I always stay ready and I'm ready to go again on March 11 and put on another good performance.
"I'm delighted to welcome another Team GB Olympian to the Matchroom Boxing team," said Matchroom Sport Chairman Eddie Hearn.
"Peter McGrail made his professional debut on one of our shows and I class him as one of the best prospects in world boxing.”