Within hours of defeating Brendan Saunders to successfully retain his New South Wales titlem Gearoid Clancy’s promoter confirmed he will get an Oceania title shot not long before St Patrick’s Day.

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Clancy, who recently picked up the Galway Bay FM Fighter of the Year Award, outpointed the Australian to retain the regional strap on November 20th and will do it all again with Saunders at the Homebush on March 12th.

An Oceania title win could secure the Galway man a a top 15 world ranking.

Dennis Hogan, who challenges for the WBA interim World title in Germany on December 5th, used the belt to progress his career, and Clancy’s promoters and supporters hope he can do something similar.