Feargal McCrory has promised to ‘shock the world’ after securing an enormous world title shot.
The Tyrone native will problem Lamont Roach Jr for the WBA tremendous featherweight title on the Leisure and Sports activities Area, Washington on June 28.
Hearsay ‘Fearless’ had earned a tilt started to do the rounds over the previous couple of weeks and the battle was formally confirmed as accomplished on Sunday night time.
Talking on-line after the information broke the 31-year-old declared he was going to Washington to grab Roach’s crown and add his identify to the record of Irish world champions.
“Write me off, doubt me, please!! However you will notice this Irish man go to the champion’s yard, with a military of my folks, and shock the world. In 7 weeks I’ll return to Eire as the brand new WBA King,” he stated.
Jono Carroll was confirmed as Roach’s obligatory earlier this yr however chatting with Irish-boxing.com the Dub revealed the titlist can be given an opportunity to get a voluntary defence in beforehand.
That defence comes towards McCrory, which means an Irish win would she McCrory inherit ‘King Kong’ as his obligatory and arrange the first-ever all-Irish world title battle. To not point out Anthony Cacace challenges for the IBF title on the identical weight on Could 18 in Saudi Arabia, a Belfast win would open doorways to an all-Irish unification bout.
Former Irish champion McCrory entered the WBA rankings courtesy of his victory over Carlos Carlson in March of this yr and as a high 15 ranked fighter is eligible to problem. The New York-trained Coalisland native has now been handed an enormous once-in-a-lifetime alternative.
Roach, who claimed the title by defeating Hector Luis Garcia in November, represents an enormous step up for McCrory but it surely’s one he’s adamant he can manoeuver.
