Arsene Fosso wakes up at the sound of his alarm clock.
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It's 5.30am and the icy Canberra winter is no place for the Cameroonian heavyweight boxer. Yet up he gets for his next shift in a steelworks factory.
But this is not his hardest battle. Nor is a blockbuster bout with Glenn Rushton's heavyweight protege Joseph Goodall (6-0-1) that Fosso's (1-0) camp is targeting for next year.
Fosso's toughest fight is the one to secure a visa to stay in Australia after fleeing the Commonwealth Games last year.
As he awaits a verdict from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Fosso sets his sights on a bout with Fijian Petero Qica (6-1) at Capital Fight Show 17 at the Hellenic Club of Canberra on Friday.
"He's going well. We're going to have to fast track him a bit," Fosso's coach Garry Hamilton said.
"We're looking at getting Joseph Goodall next year for him, who just had a draw on the Jeff Horn-Michael Zerafa undercard.
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"I thought Goodall was a little bit hard done by to be honest with you, I thought he did enough to edge it.
"But still, Arsene is a much better boxer than the guy he fought. We're hoping we should we get him and get one over him."
Whether Rushton wants to put his heavyweight in the ring with the powerful Cameroonian product remains to be seen.
But the pressure could mount from the powers above as they yearn to see just what Goodall and Fosso are capable of as professionals after they shared the podium at the 2017 AIBA world championships.
A bout with Fosso would likely be the toughest of Goodall's seven-fight career. Yet the 36-year-old is already locked in a much more difficult fight of his own.
Fosso has taken his case to the appeal after the Department of Home Affairs denied him a protection visa in September last year.
Even the most compelling cases are often denied protection as the Australian government takes a harsh stance on refugees.
Yet Fosso continues to pursue his dream of stepping into the ring with the Australian flag draped over his shoulders.
He has cheered for the Canberra Raiders. He has done the Cancer Council's Relay for Life. He has played social soccer with locals.
And what he lacks in pure skill as a boxer, Fosso makes up for via the right hand he has dubbed the "hammer", which "hits like a house".
"We keep getting his balance right, his footwork and coordination are improving," Hamilton said.
"For his ability technically, and for what he has done already, it is amazing."