FEW professional boxers ever get to preside over a seven-year undefeated record. Most, though, also don’t have to wait five-and-a-half years between their sixth bout and their seventh.
It had initially unfolded promisingly for Grant Quigley after he turned over in 2015, the light-heavyweight winning his first half-dozen contests, three by way of stoppage. Then it started to unravel, with a raft of cancelled contests leading to a loss in motivation and ultimately the tough decision to step away from the sport. A spell working offshore also put paid to any prospect of an imminent comeback for the Port Glasgow fighter.
