THE Irish welterweight title will be on the line at Girdwood Community Hub on October 14 when North Belfast's undefeated Owen O'Neill takes on Dublin's Declan Geraghty for the vacant strap.

O'Neill won his first professional title at the same venue last November when he knocked out Owen Duffy in dramatic fashion, dropping the Cavan man in the final round when it appeared the fight was slipping away from him in a BUI Celtic light-middleweight battle.

'The Operator' drops down in weight to face 'Pretty Boy' who has a record of 24-5 and at 33 years of age, the southpaw will be desperate to get his hands on a title belt.

This is the second title fight announced for the MHD Promotions card at Girdwood with West Belfast's Conor Quinn already confirmed to challenge for the 'Silver' Commonwealth flyweight strap against Scotland's Chris Liddell, while on Thursday, it was confirmed the vacant BBBoC Celtic title will also be on the line.

Quinn extended his record to 7-0-1 with a points win over Bryan Castro at the Falls Park last Friday and will take a big step forward in his career should he get the better of the Scot.

Already, the former Clonard amateur has served notice of his ability with an impressive victory over former European champion Juan Hinostroza at the SSE Arena in May and will be keen to use this opportunity to take another step.

Liddell holds a record of 5-1 and his last opponent was also Castro whom he defeated on points, so an intriguing battle lies in store.

South Belfast's Colm Murphy has also been added following his Irish super-featherweight title win over Liam Gaynor at the Europa Hotel last month.

'Posh Boy' sustained a nasty gash over his left eye from a head clash in that fight, but despite the bout ended prematurely on the advice of the doctor, was on top and deservedly took the belt.

Belfast's Connor Kerr will be in four round action at featherweight in what will be his second professional outing, following his debut win over Karl Sampson in July, while John Cooney is set for eight rounds in the super-featherweight division with his opposition to be revealed.

Meanwhile, Ormeau's James McGivern is set to make his ring return at the National Stadium in Dublin on September 23 on the 'Back to Business' card toped by Paddy Donovan.

McGivern won at the Dublin venue last time out when he stoped Denis Bartos in the first round back in April and will be keen to make another statement to build on his 6-0 record.