After a heartbreaking stoppage loss to Fabio Wardley in June, the Australian stayed in the UK for a few days before embarking on the long journey home.

The North London stadium has played host to some of British boxing’s most memorable battles of recent years but fighting was the last thing on Huni’s mind as he took his seat.

“I went to the stadium where we're going to be fighting for a Beyonce concert and it's massive, “ Huni (12-1, 7 KOs) told The Ring.

“I was just in that stadium. I had no idea I'd be fighting in there.”

The Wardley experience showed Huni that a British boxing crowd generates a totally different ambience to a Beyonce concert. There will be less cowboy hats for a start, but the evening gave the 27-year-old a useful glimpse of the venue before he fights Frazer Clarke (9-2-1, 7 KOs) there on Saturday night.

The 10-round heavyweight fight takes place on the undercard of The Ring-promoted clash between Tyson Fury and Arslanbek Makhmudov. Netflix will stream the action.

The atmosphere that Huni walked into when he left his dressing room to fight Wardley at Portman Road was unlike anything he had experienced before.

Huni felt immediately at home amid the unfamiliar surroundings and built on a wide lead on the scorecards before being stopped by a single right hand in the tenth round.

There will be around three times as many people at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night and Huni can’t wait to experience those feelings again.

“It was next level. It's just a different level of loudness, cheering and chants,” he said.

“It's mad. When I was walking out, I was like, ‘I dreamed of moments like this’ and to finally be there doing it, it gave me goosebumps.

“I feel like this is different because the last time I was going into his backyard. It was definitely something I've never experienced before. I was grateful for that opportunity to just soak it all up.

"I'm looking forward to doing it again and this time it's on a massive card. It’s exciting stuff.”

Considering Huni and Clarke both made their names on the international amateur circuit, it is somewhat surprising that their first encounter will be as professionals.

Huni took bronze at the 2019 World Championships whilst Clarke boxed his way to a bronze at the 2020 Olympic Games.

Although the fight arrives relatively early in both men’s careers, it also has a genuine element of jeopardy and desperation. Both men know that defeat would push them towards the back of a long, lengthening queue.

“It'll be a good fight,” he said. “We were supposed to meet in the amateurs, myself and Frazer and, due to a cut I wasn't able to perform and go ahead with the fight so I feel like this fight was going to happen at some stage and now we have the opportunity.”

Both fighters will be having their first fight under new trainers.

Much has been said about Clarke linking up with The Ring’s 2015 Trainer of the Year, Joe Gallagher, but Huni will have Josh Arnold in his corner for the first time.

After the fight with Wardley, Huni decided to try something different and left his trainer, Mark Wilson.

He recruited the well respected Keri Fiu but the new relationship was cut tragically short when the 49-year-old collapsed during a training session last November and passed away shortly after.

Huni and Arnold have had a couple of months to get used to each other but their first live action will take place in front of a global audience.

Huni decided that the chance to box Clarke on such a major stage was too big an opportunity to turn down and is confident that he will re-establish himself amongst the world’s top heavyweights.

“I lost Keri and then had to find myself again and then find a new coach. Since working with Josh, it's been really good,” he said.

“I feel like we understand each other and we're working on good game plans going into this fight. It's not fully changing my style around but we’ve just made a few adjustments to it and I feel like we're working well together.

“It's just me. I'm not going to change myself and try and be like anyone else. I'm just going to fight like myself.

“It almost got me there in the last fight but by just working on those adjustments and not switching off, I feel like we'll be ready for this fight and bring a big bang. A big bang.”