Jeff Fenech is adamant his protege Brock Jarvis will "destroy" world title contender Liam Paro in their fork-in-the-road fight that marks Eddie Hearn's foray into Australian boxing.
The all-Australian super lightweight tussle will headline a stacked card at Brisbane's South Bank Piazza on Saturday, with just six losses combined across the records of the 14 talents to feature.
Paro (22-0) is already next in line to fight for the WBO world title belt, happy to risk it against the much-hyped Jarvis (20-0) knowing victory would boost his profile and set up a title shot on home soil.
It will be Jarvis's eighth different weight class since he debuted in 2005.
The Sydney talent weighed in about 12kg heavier on Friday than when he debuted seven years ago, both men sneaking under the 63.5kg with some room to spare.
Softly spoken, he lets Fenech - a world champion in three different divisions - do the talking before unleashing the beast in the ring.
"Liam's a great fighter and great guy, he's never been hit with what he's going to get hit with on Saturday," Fenech said.
"He's (Jarvis) such a different person; his strength is crazy, his power is crazy.
"I wouldn't have taken the fight if we had any doubt."
Paro is equally confident, this week taking aim at Jarvis's physique and appearance and criticising his most-recent win against Alejandro Frias Rodriguez, which came almost exactly a year ago in his US debut.
"In his last fight he got hurt, but the other bloke got knocked out," Fenech said in defence.
"He turned it around in 30 seconds.
"It (Paro's most recent fight) was the worst fight I've ever seen in the history of the sport and (from it he) got rated No.1 in the world (for WBO contention)."
Unbeaten Australian heavyweight Demsey McKean (21-0), rated 10th in the WBO rankings, will fight German Patrick Korte while Olympian Skye Nicolson faces Krystina Jacobs for the Commonwealth featherweight title.
The Matchroom Boxing event will be British promoter Hearn's Australian debut.
"On paper Liam Paro is favourite but when you spend five minutes with Jeff Fenech you're convinced Brock Jarvis wins," Hearn, who managed the likes of Anthony Joshua and Canelo Alvarez, said.
"I'm not here to waste my time. It's a long way (from England); I'm here because it has potential.
"If these guys are prepared to take undefeated records off the table, it's an incredible night of boxing.
"I'll sit there with my popcorn and enjoy it."
