IN one sense, and if looking at it through pessimistic eyes, it could be said that the super-bantamweight fight between Peter McGrail and Marc Leach, announced yesterday (April 4), is the last thing either man needs.
However, when taking into account the speed at which Leach jumped at this relatively short-notice opportunity on April 27, you will see that Leach, desperate for a win, disagrees. Similarly, McGrail, despite originally preparing to fight Ja’Rico O’Quinn, the only man to beat him as a pro, will no doubt view the opportunity to fight Leach, a former British champion, as a solid continuation of his progress and in many ways the ideal replacement fight.
“I heard about it last week,” Leach, 18-3-1 (4), told Boxing News. “I was potentially going to fight on May 11 on a Steve Wood show and then this fight came along. I put the pedal to the metal and focused on this one instead.
“I’ve been training for a fight on…
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