Nicola-Ann Kay of Macalister Todd Phillips will be gloving up for the only women's fight of the evening and she is excited about getting in the ring in front of a crowd.
The novice fighter in only her first year has won the South Island Golden Gloves award along with the Southland title, beating her Invercargill opponent Pania Wehi.
Kay will line up against the tough southern rival, who is actually a level above her, as a heavyweight, again this weekend, but this does not bother her.
"I have beaten her before."
She did so at the Southland Championships on July 16.
Kay took up boxing in March and now trains six times a week with her coach, Stewart Mitchell, of Fight Science.
The 25-year-old has completed her honours degree in law and next year hopes to become registered as a lawyer, while still concentrating on her boxing goal of making the Commonwealth Games.
A support crew of over 20 from the firm will be coming along to watch the 75kg and 1.76m personal assistant take part in only her eighth fight.
The evening is gearing to be one of the biggest for Queenstown's boxing community, Mitchell said.
He said on one night he planned to show Queenstown the journey of the next three years for the sporting code.
"Shock and awe is what I am going for."
The former boxer turned trainer is hoping to raise the profile of boxing in the resort.
"The big dream is to bring world-class titles to Queenstown and the 12-year plan is to create a world champion."
Much of the money for trophies and competitors has come out of Mitchell's own wallet and he said any profit from the night would go straight to junior boxing in Queenstown.
The evening held at the Queenstown Memorial Hall will profile fighters from around New Zealand in the two showdowns, Queenstown v Rest of the New Zealand, and Rest is best v the best from around New Zealand.
The best is no exaggeration, as New Zealand welterweight champion Bowen Morgan will take on youngster Shay Walker-Brock.
"It is the young lion versus the master, basically," Mitchell said.
Another feature for the night is the match between three times national champion Carl Dickey and Wellington champion Harrison Scaife.
The fight will be treated as a revenge meet for Dickey, who some say has "the fastest hands in the country", as Scaife pipped Dickey only five weeks ago.
Many of the boxers will be treating the night as a warm-up to the national championships in Wellington at the end of October.
Queenstown will be represented by seven of its own on Saturday, while six of the 12 fights will be filled with regional champions.
General admission (standing only) will cost $40 while ringside seating with waitress service will be priced at $60 each, food extra.
The line-up
Queenstown v Rest of the South Island
• Light Heavyweight 80kg - Novice
Steve Dent v Jared Norton
• Welterweight 66kg - Novice
Hayden Jones v Devon Campbell
• Welterweight 67kg - Novice
Jeremy Thomas v William Marriott
• Middleweight 77kg - Novice
Callum Owen v Blade Fiu
• Middleweight 75kg - Novice
Nicola-Ann Kay v Pania Wehi
• Light Heavyweight 81kg - Open Class
Eddie Holtslag v Kimihia Wineera
The best of the rest vs the best from around New Zealand
• Welterweight 69kg - Open Class
Martin Mech v Leroy Hindley
• Lightweight 60kg - Open Class
Cam Young v Steve Farrant
• Welterweight 69kg- Open Class
Ben Fraser v Nathan O'Brien
• Light-welterweight 64kg - Open Class
Carl Dickey v Harrison Scaife
• Welterweight 69kg - Open Class
Shay-Walker Broc v Bowen Morgan
• Heavyweight - Open Class
Sunny Teki Clark v Tom Heads
