World-rated featherweight Brock Jarvis will return to Canberra to face Kiwi Nort Beauchamp for the IBF Pan Pacific title at EPIC's Coorong Pavilion broadcast live on Fox Sports on April 23.

It will be the second show held at the venue after promoters Nick Boutzos and Dean Lonergan were left to seek alternative options when the AIS Arena's doors were slammed shut.

The federal government has not responded to the ACT government's queries regarding the arena, with all bookings to be cancelled for the remainder of 2021.

The Canberra Capitals are unsure if they will be able to return to the AIS Arena, which has been shut since the WNBL club won a grand final in front of 4481 on March 4 last year.

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Now boxing promoters, who originally planned to host televised shows at the AIS Arena, have scheduled their second show at a new home.

"We're confident it will sell out," Capital Fight Show assistant promoter Stephen Peios said.

"We're still in a pandemic phase at the moment, obviously things are looking very bright but we note that outdoors has gone back to a normal level of patronage.

"We hope that will be reciprocated indoors so we can get big shows in and go full steam ahead into 2022. This is another perfect example for us to test the ability to put on a good show during the pandemic.

"Unfortunately we're not out of the woods yet although signs are very, very encouraging moving forward.

"Most importantly for us is to set the stage to put on another fantastic show and get ready for what will hopefully be a massive few years for boxing in Canberra.

"The NBS so far has proved a great success and we look forward to continuing with another very positive event in Canberra which showcased its ability to host big boxing back in December with NBS volume six."

Jarvis' return to Canberra against Nort Beauchamp comes after he put on a brutal body punching clinic in December, while Issac Hardman will face Mark Lucas. In Jarvis and Hardman, the card brings two of the most exciting fighters in Australia to Canberra.

"There was something Jeff Fenech said that stood out to me, and that's that Brock Jarvis is without a doubt the fittest fighter in the world right now," Lonergan said.

"That's a hell of a statement, because firstly, Fenech was not renowned for his technical ability but he was known because he would just fight. Jeff would have been the fittest fighter in the world.

"Once upon a time there was this massive story about Jeff Fenech literally having diarrhea and training through, not giivng a f--k."

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