It was a huge night for Coalfields boxers with Cessnock’s Zack Fitzpatrick claiming a NSW amateur title in his first fight in his home state, finishing his fight against Grafton’s Jaiden Laming  with a flurry of punches.

O’Meley was a clear winner on points in a controlled exhibition that was as much about staking his claim for future title belts as beating the well-credentialled and tough Ingram.

“I’ll be chasing some big fights now, whether it’s an Australian or Commonwealth title,” O’Meley told Fairfax Media.

“The aim is to build towards a world title.”

O’Meley, whose pro record is now seven wins from seven fights, had a month-log training camp with the Thai National Boxing team in the lead-up to the title fight where the main focus was working on his jab and controlling the fight.

It was a return to his boxing roots, with the 25-year-old spending four years in Thailand learning his craft from 16.

“The plan was to work on my jab and be controlled that’s what wins world titles,” O’Meley said of the program they worked on in Thailand.

“A lot of hard training in Thailand with my dad and Bob Larden, it’s all worked.

“My jab is going to take me around the world. My whole life I’ve wanted to be a world champ.”

“The support from Cessnock has been unbelievable.

“We’re going all the way.”

Asked after the fight by the ring announcer who he would like to challenge, O’Meley singled out Australian light middleweight champion Tim Tszyu the son of former world champion Kosta Tszyu.

Earlier in the evening, Cessnock 14-year-old Zack Fitzpatrick claimed his first NSW amateur title beating Grafton’s Jaden Laming finishing the fight early with a flurry of punches in the third and final round.

It was Fitzpatrick’s first fight in NSW, where the law prohibits boxers from fighting until they are 14, and he received a huge ovation as he entered the ring and claimed the title to add to his Australian belt won earlier this year in another high quality contest against Laming.

“The cheers from the crowd were unreal. I’ve always fought outside NSW and hadn’t had the local support,” he said.

“It was unreal, I had a heap of mates come and my school principal as well.” 

Trained by Cessnock’s Ben Crampton and put through arduous fitness sessions by Cessnock Goannas forward and conditioning coach Brendan Hlad, Fitzpatrick increased the tempo as the fight wore on.

“He stared with one-two punches and was in control of the fight. In the third we asked him to try some combinations and he really stepped up and finished the fight early,” a proud Crampton said.

World Boxing Foundation super lightweight Blake Minto ended with a majority draw in his non-title fight against Queensland’s Luke Howlett, with the fight judged a draw by two judges and the third giving Minto the fight by one point.

Minto, who is also trained by Crampton and Hlad, was full of praise for Howelett, but described his own performance as disappointing after an excellent training regime heading into the bout.

The third fighter on the card from the Crampton camp, Joel Griffiths stopped his taller opponent Alex Brunette early in their 79kg bout which was scheduled for four rounds.

It was Griffiths second win from two professional fights.

Maitland’s William Clarke, a NSW title holder, showed he has a big future in an exhibition bout against the more experienced Santino Marlow-Catell.