JASON QUIGLEY will look to spearhead a brand new period in Irish boxing when he fights right here for the primary time as a professional on April 1.
The Donegal middleweight will headline a card at Dublin’s Nationwide Stadium — in his first outing since November 2021.
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Jason Quigley is about for an April return after not having fought since 2021
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Demetrius Andrade and Jason Quigley throughout their WBO World Middleweight Title combat on the SNHU Enviornment in Manchester
Quigley is a veteran of 21 skilled contests — 20 of which happened within the USA, with the opposite in London again in 2019.
The truth is, he has not boxed at residence since profitable an beginner contest on the Nationwide Stadium ten years in the past.
World title challenger Quigley, crushed by Demetrius Andrade for the belt in his final outing, stated: “I’m prepared for the return.
“It’s nice to be again within the state of mind of getting a combat once more and having the main target and function of a combat developing.
“I’ve had a whole lot of day without work and accomplished a whole lot of considering. I’ve at all times stayed in form.
“I like preserving match and I believe I at all times knew it was solely a matter of time earlier than I’d be again. I needed to be sure that it was accomplished proper and I wasn’t simply going to return in there for the sake of it.”
His bout, in opposition to a yet-to-be-announced opponent, will headline the primary Elite Sheer Sports activities boxing present.
It sees his supervisor Ken Sheer mix with Elite Sports activities Promotions and they’re planning a sequence of combat playing cards in Eire.
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Quigley stated: “The link-up may be very thrilling.”
Promoters Elite ran a present on the Nationwide Stadium in November, headlined by Dubliner Craig O’Brien, and noticed sufficient viewers potential to go once more, this time with Sheer by their facet.
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Elite’s Barry Walsh stated: “Eire has been starved of high-profile skilled boxing. The extent of expertise we’re producing deserves a platform and that is the collective objective of the partnership.
“Jason is an incredible ambassador for Irish boxing. His return and title assault are an emblem of the Elite Sheer motion.”
