Jason Quigley
Jason Quigley 
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| Birth Name | Jason Robert Quigley |
| Fight name | El Animal |
| Weight class | Super middleweight |
| nationality |
 Irish
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| birthday | May 19, 1991 |
| place of birth | Donegal |
| style | Left delivery |
| size | 1.83 m |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 19th |
| Victories | 18th |
| Knockout victories | 14th |
| Defeats | 1 |
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| World championships | ||
| silver | 2013 | medium weight |
| European championships | ||
| gold | 2013 | medium weight |
Jason Robert Quigley (born May 19, 1991 in Donegal ) is an Irish professional boxer. Among the amateurs, he was European welterweight champion in 2009, European junior middleweight champion in 2012, middleweight European champion in 2013, and also middleweight runners-up in 2013.
Amateur career
He started boxing at the age of seven and trained at the Finn Valley Amateur Boxing Club in County Donegal . He was Irish youth welterweight champion in 2009 and Irish U-23 middleweight champion in 2012. 2010 and 2011 he was each Irish middleweight runner-up; he lost it in both finals against Darren O'Neill . In the 2010 semi-finals, he beat Eamon O'Kane .
In August 2009 he took part in the European Youth Championships in Szczecin , Poland , where he won the welterweight gold medal. He sat down against Joni Polishsuk from Finland (7: 0), Catalin Paraschiveanu from Romania (2: 0), Muratcan Buğra Öner from Turkey (4: 3), Dschaba Chositashvili from Georgia (4: 0) and Emil Achmadow Azerbaijan (6: 1) through.
In December 2012 he was also able to fight for the gold medal in the middleweight division at the U22 European Championships in Kaliningrad, Russia . He won in the preliminary round against Ádám Grabecz from Hungary (16: 3), in the round of 16 against Deniss Kormilin from Estonia (19: 7), in the quarter-finals against Victor Corobcevschii from Moldova (12: 9), in the semi-finals against Maxim Timofejew from Russia (15:13) and in the final against Denis Radovan from Germany (17:11).
He became the Irish Middleweight Champion in 2013 after beating Chris Blaney, Darren O'Neill , Conrad Cummings and Roy Sheahan. In June 2013 he also won the European Championships in Minsk, Belarus . He beat Arbi Chakaev from Austria (3: 0), Stefan Härtel from Germany (3: 0), Jewhen Chytrow from Ukraine (3: 0) and Bogdan Juratoni from Romania (2: 1).
As the reigning European champion, he then started in October 2013 at the World Championships in Almaty . He defeated Vijender Kumar from India (2-0), Aston Brown from Scotland (3-0), Zoltán Harcsa from Hungary (3-0) and Artyom Chebotaryov from Russia (3-0), becoming the first Irish boxer in history into a World Cup final. There he was defeated by the Kazakh local hero Schänibek Älimchanuly (0: 3) after a courageous fight and suffered the first defeat of the last 32 victories in a row.
Selection of international battles
- June 1, 2007: Victory against Andrius Palaima from Lithuania (24: 6)
- June 3, 2007: Victory against Maksim Kuzmenko from Lithuania ( walkover )
- 3rd July 2009: Victory against Anthony Fowler from England (6-4)
- 4th July 2009: Victory against Marco Grund from Germany (6-0)
- July 5, 2009: Victory against Mirko Geografo from Italy (4: 3)
- December 4, 2011: Victory against Vitalij Bondarenko from Belarus (points win)
- December 18, 2011: Victory against Troy O'Meley from Australia (knockout)
Selection of international tournament results
- March 2008: 2nd place in the light welterweight division at the 3rd Dan Pozniak Cup in Lithuania
- March 2009: 1st place welterweight at the 4th Dan Pozniak Cup in Lithuania
- October 2010: 1st place in the middleweight division at the 39th Ostrava Grand Prix in the Czech Republic
- April 2011: 1st place in the middleweight division at the 30th Gee-Bee tournament in Finland (final victory against Anthony Ogogo (13: 5))
- May 2012: 1st place in the middleweight division at the 16th Algirdas Šocikas tournament in Lithuania
- March 2013: 1st place in the middleweight division at the 44th Grand Prix of Ústí in the Czech Republic
- August 2013: 1st place in the middleweight division at the Three Nations tournament in France
Professional career
At the beginning of 2014 he switched to professional life and is under contract with Golden Boy Promotions. He won his first fight on July 12, 2014 by knockout in the first round. His first major win was on May 7, 2016 by unanimous decision against James De la Rosa (23-3). On March 23, 2017, he defeated Glen Tapia (23-3) in the fight for the NABF middleweight title.
In July 2019 he lost to Tureano Johnson by giving up after the ninth round .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Quigley, Jason |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Quigley, Jason Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Donegal |