TONIGHT'S lightweight semi-final showdown between Joseph Fitzpatrick of Immaculata and Holy Trinity's Tyrone McCullagh could be the outstanding contest of another action-packed bill at the Dockers' club.
Fitzpatrick is chasing a three in-a-row in the competition while former World Series of Boxing star McCullagh brings bags of experience to the contest and will be viewed as the favourite in some quarters.
That won't bother Fitzpatrick though. Despite being the defending champion, the Immaculata fighter went into last year's final as the underdog against Sean McComb but boxed brilliantly to retain his title with a 24-20 win.
He will look for more of the same tonight against McCullagh who has warmed up for the contest with impressive wins in the USA, with his club, and in Poland with a County Antrim Board select.
Coach Gerry Storey spoke from the Holy Family gym yesterday while McCullagh went through his paces on the treadmill.
"He's been training hard and he's training very hard here at the minute," said veteran coach Storey.
"He had some great wins in the States and he won in Poland there with the Antrim team. It was great experience for him."
The pair have never met in the ring before, but Storey certainly rates the dangerous Fitzpatrick as a real threat tonight.
"He's a good kid and Tyrone's a good kid," he said. "It'll be a great contest."
Immaculata coach Gerard Nugent agreed that tonight's semi will be one to remember, but he sees Fitzpatrick - who won his first Ulster title just seven days after his 17th birthday in 2012 (making him the youngest-ever winner of the title) - as the likely winner.
"I'd put him down as favourite," he said. "I know McCullagh's good, we're not taking him lightly - he's Irish champion and he beat (Ryan) Lindberg twice, but Joseph's pretty rugged. He goes for it, he doesn't mess about and he won't hold back.
"I'm expecting a good fight. McCullagh is a good lad, he's very slippery and then he jumps in with threes and fours, but whether he can do that with Joseph is another thing - Joseph can bang too.
"He wants to fight, but he's very like Luke Campbell (GB Olympic gold medallist now turned pro) for about 30 seconds and then he gets tore in. We'd like to get that out of him but he's still a young kid, he's only 19."
Nugent is also expecting a win for middleweight JP Delaney who takes on Daniel Hagan from the Spartans club tonight.
Meanwhile, McCullagh's Holy Family club-mate Matt Neil is also in action tonight. Golden Gloves fighters Sarah Close and Michaela Walsh - who recently beat world number two-ranked Lisa Whiteside - have already made it to finals night on Friday.
TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE
The Dockworkers Club (7.45pm)
Semi-finals Light-flyweight 49kg: Blaine Dobbins (St Joseph's) v John Cassidy (Illies GG)
Flyweight 52kg: Colin McKay (St Paul's) v Sean Higginson (St John Bosco, Belfast) Bantamweight 56kg: Anthony O'Rawe (Braid) v GaryMcKenna (Old School), Daniel Fullerton (Sean Doran ABC, Keady) v Kurt Walker (Canal) Lightweight 60kg: Joseph Fitzpatrick (Immaculata) v Tyrone McCullagh (Holy Family GG), Marc McLaughlin (Dockers) v Gerard Matthews (St Paul's)
Light-welterweight 64kg: Sean Duffy (Holy Trinity) v Eamonn Magee (Spartans), Paul Hyland (Gleann) v Mark O'Hara (Holy Trinity)
Middleweight 75kg: Conor Coyle (St Joseph's) v Matthew Neill (Holy Family GG), Daniel Hagan (Spartans) v JP Delaney (Immaculata) Light-heavyweight 81kg: Paul Quinn (St Paul's) v Padraig McCrory (Gleann), Damien Ramsey (Ligoniel) v Sean McGlinchey (Oakleaf) Super-heavyweight 91 Kg: Chris Devenny (Dockers) v Colin McCabe (Ligoniel)