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Team GB boxer and gold contender Peter McGrail OUT of Tokyo 2020 after losing tough opening bout against Thai southpaw Chatchai-Decha Butdee... dealing a huge blow to coach Rob McCracken's hopes of Olympic medal success
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Feathers flew and one of the brightest boxing talents in Team GB fell. In what amounts to an enormous setback for Rob McCracken’s gilded programme, Peter McGrail was beaten in Tokyo by a combination of bad luck and a good Thai on Saturday.
In regards to the poor fortune, it came from McGrail being unseeded, despite the Liverpool featherweight holding medals at world, European and Commonwealth level. In turn he was given a brutally tough opening-round pairing with Chatchai-Decha Butdee and lost
