Joe Rea has renewed hostilities with Anthony Fitzgerald and sent volley of verbal blows the way of ‘The Pride’.

Rea wants to ‘knock out’ his old verbal sparring partner and has called for a clash on the November 7 card.

The OZ based Ballymena man has previously called out the former Irish champion and king of the call out, but despite the Dubliner offering to grant ‘Sugar Rea’ his wish the clash never materialised.

Fitzgerald secured some big fights with the likes of Andy Lee and Hassan N’Dam and had some high profile derbies with Eamonn O’Kane and Spike O’Sullivan, while Rea has gone into journey man mode in Australia.

However, the 32 year old is adamant he is a level above the MGM tough man and wants to prove it on the up coming MGM show.

“I’m due to return home on a holiday before the end off the year and a fight between myself and Fitzer would be great. I will knock that ugly Dub out in his home town in front off his fans. He is nothing but a mouthpiece,” Rea told Irish-boxing.com.

Previous Rea and Fitzgerald back and forts had more insults than a roasting session- and the Australian based 37 fight veteran stayed through to the nature of their call outs when talking to irish-boxing.com. He labeled the former World number 15 limited and suggested his day has come and gone.