Jason Quigley

At 32 years old, Jason Quigley has this physical status:

Jason Quigley (born 19 May 1991) is an Irish professional boxer from Ballybofey, County Donegal.

From March 2017 to July 2019, he held the NABF middleweight title.

He is currently signed to Golden Boy Promotions.

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Amateur career

Quigley had a fruitful amateur career, with him gaining to the top of both the AIBA European and World amateur rankings. His spot in the Ireland team had appeared to have been guaranteed for the 2016 Summer Olympics, but he turned professional instead.

Quigley was a participant in the European Youth Championships in Szezecin in 2009. He fought Joni Polishsuk of Finland, Catalin Paraschiveanu of Romania, Muratcan Buzara Oner of Turkey, and Jaba Khocitashvili of Georgia before losing 6-1 to Azerbaijan 6-1 for gold in the 69 kg final.

Quigley earned gold at the 2011 'Gee Bee' Multi-Nations tournament in Helsinki, Finland, defeating English fighter Anthony Ogogo 14-5 with an athical appearance in the final.

In the WSB's 2011-2012 season, Quigley boxed up. The AIBA had arranged the competition to encourage professional boxing without players having to forfeit their amateur status. With twelve clubs competing across the league, it was the LA Matadors who drafted Quigley. Quigley later lived and trained in Los Angeles, where he first met Russian fighter Vitali Bandarenka of Moscow Dynamo in his first match. After five rounds, Quigley won the competition by unanimous vote, with the judges scoring them 50-45, 48-47, and 48-47. Troy Trevor O'Meley of Bangkok Elephants was the subject of Quigley's second fight. He won via TKO after leading 10-8, 10-7, 10-8 at the start of the first round.

Quigley participated in the 'Algirdas Socikas' Multi-Nations tournament in Kaunas, Lithuania, in May 2012. He defeated Estonian fighter Artjom Fjodorov, 16-6, and Lithuanian fighter Mantas Balaciuskas, 11-3, before winning gold against Denmark's Matouk Belai with a dominant 18-5 victory in the final. Quigley earned his second gold at the 2012 European U23 Championships in Kaliningrad, Russia. In the final, he met Dennis Radovan of Germany, winning by 17-11 at Kaliningrad's Sports Palace. In the previous rounds, Quigley defeated Russian southpaw Maksim Timofeev and Moldova's Victor Carapchevschii.

Quigley was crowned gold at the St. nad Labem Grand Prix in the Czech Republic in March 2013. In his first fight, he defeated Czech native Vit Kral by a score of 20-6 before defeating Chinese fighter Zhou Yunfei 14-7. In the final, he defeated Serbia's Aleksandar Drenovak by 14-6 margins.

He took gold in the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk in June. In the middleweight final, Quigley defeated world number one Evhen Khytrov before defeating Bogdan Juratoni. The Romanian had previously been a bronze medalist in the tournament.

Quigley's last amateur medal came in October, when he took home silver at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Almaty. Quigley won all three rounds in the semi-finals over Russian boxer Artem Chebotarev. After suffering a hand injury in the run-up to the fight, Englishman Anthony Fowler was compelled to give his opponent a walkover. Quigley's final was a result of the arrival of newer Zhanibek Alimkhanuly on the following day. In what was Quigley's first loss in an 18-month run of 33 fights, the local Kazakh fighter took gold with a narrow victory.

Professional career

Quigley's professional career was revealed in April 2014 and that he had signed a Los Angeles promotional deal with Golden Boy Promotions. "Jason Quigley is the next generation of European boxers who are about to make their mark on the international stage," Oscar De La Hoya said after signing Golden Boy founder and president Oscar De La Hoya. "It also doesn't hurt" that he has the support of Ireland, as he goes."

Quigley made his professional debut as a middleweight against Howard Reece at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on July 12, 2014. Canelo vs. Lara was a match on the undercard, and Quigley won the fight by TKO, just 82 seconds into the first round. Quigley wrote afterwards, "I'm completely buzzing." "I'm thrilled to be on a show like this, and winning is amazing."

Quigley's second straight victory over Fernando Najera came after the Najera's corner tied it down in the third round.

Quigley's unbeaten start to professional boxing continued on October 30th. Quigley defeated Greg McCoy in Plymouth, Massachusetts, a town brimming with Irish support. With a Quigley left hook, right straight combo, and McCoy's head bangs, the match was not out of the first round.

Quigley's first fight of 2015 was held at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, as part of Golden Boy's "LA Fight Club." In the final fight of the night, Quigley's opponent was Lanny Dardar, and the American scored two standing eight points before a certain drawdown just 93 seconds into the first round.

Quigley was back in the fight just two weeks later, this time against Tolutomi Agunbiade at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, this time against Tolutomi Agunbiade. The contest was another dominant performance from Quigley, with the referee stepping in 1 minute and 43 seconds into the second round when it became clear that Agunbiade was no longer able to defend himself.

Quigley returned to the Fantasy Springs Resort on Friday to face Joshua Snyder. Quigley was catches by a vicious left hook in round 2 and then turned it into a big right to announce the KO over Snyder, who was still spiraling toward the canvas.

Tom Howard, who is based in Mississippi, was his next combatant. Quigley took on Quigley at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena on July 11, 2015. In his 11 professional fights, the American had won 8 of his 11 fights, but had never been knocked out of his career. Despite this, Quigley picked up where he had left off against Joshua Snyder, outclassing his opponent from the start of the game. During the fight, Howard had to pick himself off the ground twice before the referee stepped in and put an end to it in the second round.

Quigley beat Michael Faulk, his first southpaw challenge in pro boxing, as he returned to the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino for the third time. Quigley's undefeated second-round defeat in a night when The Ring TV commentators dubbed him "El Animal." Faulk was sent to the canvas three times in the second after a less exciting first round in which Quigley used his jab and straight right to good effect. The towel was thrown in by Faulk's daughter.

When Quigley met Marchristopher Adkins at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, he was taken the distance for the first time in his pro career. The American, who had been unbeaten since his first fight in a professional career, was on a six-fight win streak in which he became the first fighter to face Shane Mosley Jr. Quigley won the four-rounder by Unanimous Decision.

Golden Boy V.P. vs. P. in February 2016. Quigley will be back to the ring in late March on another card at Fantasy Springs, according to Eric Perez. "He'll fight there and then we'll bring him back, perhaps on the Canelo card," Perez said. At the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Canelo is scheduled to defend his titles against England's Amir Khan. Quigley's Freddy Lopez, who stepped in as a late replacement for Dante Moore, was defeated by the team on March 26. Quigley's final was a quick finish, with him attacking the body from the bell and scoring a knockdown in the first minute. Lopez returned to his feet, but Quigley was the first to move the body in a violent manner. Lopez was not long before Lopez was down again, giving Quigley another first-round knockout. Quigley's record was lowered to 10-0, with nine knockouts.

Quigley took a big leap forward in class on the undercard of Sal vs. Amir Khan on May 7th, in his 11th pro fight. Quigley met James de la Rosa of Mexico, who arrived in with two camps of preparations, having previously scheduled a match against David Lemieux in March. With Lemieux's waning of weight, their match was called off and de la Rosa was then scheduled against Quigley in the Irishman's first 10-round clash. Despite Quigley's previous ineligible shootings, he passed his test with flying colors, precise power punching, and disciplined boxing to hurl and outbox De la Rosa for a dominant and one-sided unanimous decision victory. The three judges scored the contest 100-90.

Quigley fought on Bernard Hopkins' last fight against Joe Smith Jr. on December 17, 2016, a tenacious Puerto Rican who had fought for the Puerto Rican Jorge Melendez (30-7, 28 KO's). Melendez came out quickly, but Quigley was able to stop him and Melendez was kicked three times in the first round before his corner threw in the towel.

Following the network's multi-year contract with the network, Golden Boy's first television broadcasting card on ESPN appeared on March 23, 2017. In what was Quigley's first time ever headlining a nationally televised boxing card, the main event featured Quigley taking on Glen Tapia. Quigley's right hand to the chest in the first round and then with a right hand to the body in the second round, but Quigley's right hand to the head caused in a torniton. Quigley's right hand punches were not as effective as they were expected, and it became a war of attrition from this point forward. Quigley returned to boxing on the back foot, and his exceptional organizational abilities earned him another wide unanimous decision (98-92, 99-90).

In a 10 round match, Quigley defeated Shane Mosley Jr by a majority decision on May 29, 2021. Quigley's favor was 95-95, 93-93, 96-94.

In his first career title match, Jason Quigley defeated Demetrius Andrade for the WBO middleweight championship in 2021. In the second round, Andrade defeated him by a technical knockout.

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