Donegal’s Jason Quigley lights up Las Vegas

Such is the nature of Las Vegas undercards, early fights can be fought in front of a basically empty arena. So, but for a vociferous band of travelling Irish, Jason Quigley’s masterclass performance against James De La Rosa was seen, in person, by very few.

But, after completely outclassing his experienced opponent - and winning every round on all three judges’ scorecards, the Donegal native has vowed to become a star attraction so bright he fills arenas like this T-Mobile Arena on his own.

This 10-round fight against De La Rosa, four years older and a veteran of 16 more fights than him, was a significant step up but Quigley made it look like anything but. In fact, the 24-year-old was disappointed not to stop the Mexico-born middleweight on a night he described as ‘the real start’ to his professional career.