Cessnock boxer Troy O'Meley is one win from getting a guaranteed shot at the Australian Super Welterweight title in Cessnock in late February or March next year.
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But first the 26-year-old has to beat No.1 ranked Indian fighter Sagar Narwat in a huge night of boxing under the dome at the East Cessnock Bowling Club on October 12.
"Preparation has been really good, It's been extra long. Dad made me work extra hard we started before we even knew who our opponent was," Troy, who has won his nine professional fighters, said of the program set by his father and trainer Anthony.
"It's been awesome, I've been ready to fight for more than a month now and keeping at that level.
"I've have that change in thinking that I'm not training for the next fight, I'm training to be a world champion. I'm training to be the best from Australia ever."
If he gets through what will be his toughest fight to date against an opponent with 10-0 record, O'Meley will then get to challenge the winner of the vacant Australian title to be contested this Saturday between Adrian Rodriguez and Billy Limov after champion Tim Tszyu relinquished the title.
For the first time in several years the O'Meley family can plan their future without drug charges looming over father Anthony since 2013 finalised in June this year with an non-custodial sentence.
"We struggled through a lot of things as a family and now we're out of it," Anthony said before a training session at Brett Rohr's gym Total Fitness in Cessnock.
"The trial is now behind us and we want to leave that behind us. Life's about education, we've learnt a lot about life from what we've been through and I think that's going to make Troy, I believe, the greatest boxer Australia has ever produced."
Anthony and Rohr said Troy's commitment to training and fulfilling his goal to become world champion was incredible and never diverted by the problems the family faced.
"We've been through a lot as a family, in and out of court, we've had a lot of traumatic events but he has never missed a training session," Anthony said.
"He has the passion and attitude to go all the way. It's a champion attitude.
"We respect every fighter we get in the ring with, but at the end of the day we fight a certain style and our style will adapt to anyone who gets in the ring with us. We control the fight."
Tickets to the fight are on sale at East Cessnock Bowling Club on 4990 1444. General standing room are $40, reserved seating $60 and VIP catered table of 10 from $2000.