DONEGAL Boxer and triple European champion Jason Quigley wooed Miriam O’Callaghan on her TV show tonight.
The Ballybofey man was a special guest of the RTE show alongside boxers John Joe Nevin, Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan.
All four returned from the European Championships with medals – with our Jason winning his first senior title after golds at underage level.
“It was unbelievable; words can’t describe how you feel after all the hard work and dedication you put in,” Jason told Miriam when she asked about his ‘gorgeous’ gold medal.
Miriam pointed out to the audience that the Donegal man had to beat the world number one, the world number two and the world number four – telling him: “You had to win it the hard way.”
Said Jason: “I got the hard end of the draw and I never looked past the first opponent that I had but when I look back now I beat the best to get it.”
The boxer spoke of his pride that more than 2,000 people had turned out to welcome him home.
“It was massive for such a small area,” he said.
“The whole town got a great buzz and they were all following my fights all the way to the final and it gave everybody a lift in the town.”
Jason was also involved in some banter with Paddy Barnes who admitted that he had described the Twin Towns man’s two junior gold as “kids’ medals.”
And Michael teased fellow Belfast man Paddy Barnes saying he was jealous because he had gone away on holiday with Jason!
