Jason Quigley - The Gloves are Off

It’s ten years since Jason Quigley became the first Irishman to reach the final of the World Championships In a breakout 2013, he won his first Irish Elite title, followed up with European senior gold and then reached the decider of the Worlds in Russia, going down to Zhanibek Alimkhanuly of Kazakhstan. It was to be his last amateur contest. Since then he’s operated as a professional boxer, graced some of the finest venues in the world, rubbed shoulders with legends and fought for the world title in 2021. Quigley has a few more strings to his bow as well, carving out a niche as a media commentator in the sport and recently, making moves into fighter management and promotion. It’s been 13 years since professional boxing was staged in Donegal but on November 18, Quigley and his partners at Elite Sheer are bringing it back. His old amateur team-mate Joe Ward will headline the event and here, Jason talks about sparring sessions with ‘Mighty Joe’, identifying with Oscar De La Hoya’s well-publicised troubles, separating the man from the boxer, his last outing against Edgar Berlanga and a future in the sport – inside and outside the ropes.

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