The timer sounds to mark the end of the 10th round of sparring.
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Nort Beauchamp rips off his gloves and glances around Auckland's City Kickboxing gym and sees combat sports royalty.
There's UFC champions Israel Adesanya and Alex Volkanovski. Rising contender Kai Kara-France. The World Boxing Organisation's fifth-ranked heavyweight Junior Fa.
"It's like a jungle in there," Beauchamp said.
"Israel Adesanya, Junior Fa is the top boxer, Kai Kara-France, and Alex Volkanovski, I do a lot of sparring with Volko when the borders are open.
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"They're top professionals and they breed champions down there."
Adesanya is the UFC middleweight title holder who went within touching distance of also being crowned light heavyweight champion just weeks ago.
Volkanovski is the mixed martial arts promotion's featherweight king, a former Warilla Gorillas prop who shed 30 kilograms and rose to the top of the fight game
The pair will headline volume seven of the National Boxing Series at EPIC's Coorong Pavilion on April 23.
A win over Beauchamp will likely propel Jarvis to No. 3 in the IBF featherweight rankings, positioning one of boxing's brightest stars for a world title shot in two to three fights.
But the Thailand-born 35-year-old challenger, coached by highly-regarded mentor Eugene Bareman, is determined to derail Jarvis' world title dream.
"The opportunity is massive. A lot of fighters have the confidence but not the capability," Beauchamp said.
"They talk the same and they sound the same as me, but I've proven myself over there. I've been over there and won three titles in Australia already.
"The last one I won was against Joel Brunker, who was the No. 12 super featherweight in the world. That was his first loss in Australia, the one I gave him.
"We're very confident and capable. We've erased the stigmas of travel and everything, we're ready and we have been there before. It's a slight step up but I've been fighting top Aussies for a while.
"I feel like the reason I'm here is because I have fought the hard fights and done the hard sparring. Without that I wouldn't have this opportunity."
Glance through Beauchamp's record and you'll see that win over Brunker in 2018, and a unanimous decision loss to Kye McKenzie.
What you don't see on his record is the fact he was brought in to spar former welterweight world champion Jeff Horn, the Australian star promoted by the same man paving Jarvis' road to glory in Dean Lonergan, or the time he fought world title contender George Kambosos as an amateur.
But this is his chance to make a name for himself in a fight broadcast live on Fox Sports, and Beauchamp will do whatever it takes to make it happen.
Even if he has to spend two weeks of his camp in hotel quarantine.
"That's up in the air at the moment," Beauchamp said.
"It will depend on what the levels are and how under control New Zealand has their COVID-19 situation.
"We're prepared for both. We're from Team City Kickboxing and they've been doing a lot of travelling over the past couple of years, and have really done well to adapt and learn how to run our camps even if quarantine was in place.
"We know what we're doing."
NATIONAL BOXING SERIES
Friday, April 23: National Boxing Series Volume Seven - Brock Jarvis v Nort Beauchamp at EPIC's Coorong Pavilion, 6pm.
Fight card:
IBF Pan Pacific and WBO Global featherweight titles: Brock Jarvis [18-0] v Nort Beauchamp [18-3]
WBO Oriental and IBF Australasian middleweight titles: Issac Hardman [8-0] v Mark Lucas [10-2]
ANBF Australian super featherweight title: Ben Dencio [8-3] v TC Priestley [3-4]
Heavyweight: Arsene Fosso [3-1] v Faiga Opelu [14-2-1]
Super welterweight: Abe Archibald [5-0-1] v Michael Hall [7-1]
Welterweight: Alex Cooper [4-0] v TBA
Welterweight: Jorge Kapeen [2-1] v Hassan Hamden [2-0]
Cruiserweight: Alexi Muhkin [debut] v Harjinder Singh [2-15]
Caden Helmers
Caden Helmers is a sports writer for The Canberra Times.
Caden Helmers is a sports writer for The Canberra Times.
