The location is now secured. It has been announced that Townsville has secured the right to stage the super welterweight showdown between Australian boxers Jeff Horn and Tim Tsyzu.
The ten round bout will take place on April 22, with the promoters expecting a packed venue at the Queensland Country Bank Stadium.
The stadium is home to rugby league's North Queensland Cowboys and can hold 25,000 people. Several other venues and locations were bidding strong to secure the contest.
The contest will match the experience of Horn, a former WBO welterweight champion, against Tszyu, and undefeated, rising junior middleweight star - who is also the son of Hall of Famer and former world champion Kostya Tszyu.
Both fighters are entering the fight on the back of strong wins.
Horn (20-2-1) avenged his TKO defeat at the hands of Michael Zerafa with a hard-fought decision win in in December, and Tszyu (15-0) was in action two weeks earlier and beat down Jack Brubaker for a four round stoppage win.
Both boxers had to back away from some of their demands to make the fight happen. Horn agreed to drop his demand for a rematch clause, and Tsyzu backed away from his demand to have the contest take place over the twelve round distance.
Tszyu, 25-years-old, believes the fight is coming at the right time.
"I'm a warrior," Tszyu said. "We're boxers, we have to be ready for a war. You have got to give everything. You've got to be ready to die in the ring. I don't want to give predictions, but I'm coming to fight, I'm coming to win."
Horn, 32-years-old, admits his career could be riding on this fight.
"He'll be fighting out of his skin and so will I, so it's going to be a cracking fight," Horn said.
"I've got the experience in there to take away Tim's tools and to get this victory. I don't know how that's going to happen, whether it's going to be a stoppage or not. We're always looking for a knockout, but a points victory is a victory."