Because Huni, Lonergan says, may one day become one of the "best professionals this country has ever produced". Only time will tell how good this 22-year-old heavyweight from Logan can be.

But should all go to plan, Huni leaves Tokyo in a few months' time as an Olympic Games gold medallist, already with a 5-0 professional record as he sets his sights on a world title.

Olympic gold would propel Huni into a realm capable of transforming champions into legends. Think Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Lennox Lewis, George Foreman, Wladimir Klitschko. More recently, Anthony Joshua.

But before Huni can get to Tokyo, and before he even steps in the ring with Gallen next month, comes a battle with Christian Tsoye [5-3-2] in Sydney on Wednesday in front of a handful of people.

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The pair weighed in at the ICC Sydney on Tuesday, but Tsoye's trainer insisted they move the face off to the side of the stage. Because behind them was a banner promoting Huni versus Gallen.

This was no shot at Tsoye from Lonergan, more so a reflection of just how quickly this two-fight card featuring Issac Hardman and Robert Berridge at super middleweight came together.

Two fights, no crowds, with only a select group of media and invited personnel - including Gallen - in attendance. This, Lonergan says, is designed to show the media on hand how good Huni is, and how mad Gallen is to want to get in the ring with him.

"I've got tremendous respect for Paul's ability in the media, he's very good, and he's also incredibly tough. There's no doubt about that. But he has never faced anything like he is about to face," Lonergan said.

"At the end of the day, all Paul Gallen is going to be is a footnote on the history of Justis Huni. He's just another bum I'm feeding to the beast to get his way to the top."

Huni's path to the top is paved with Olympic gold, surges up the rankings and title shots against the best heavyweights in the world.

The four major heavyweight championships are currently held by English rivals Joshua - a 2012 Olympic gold medal winner - and Tyson Fury, whose unification bout has been derailed for now.

"Justis has the goal firstly of winning an Olympic gold medal," Lonergan said.

"Everything we do now between now and July 23, when the Olympics team goes away to Tokyo, is designed to give us the best Justis we can have for the Olympics.

"This is a big, big deal. Justis wants to win gold and then he wants to win a world heavyweight championship."

How long that will take remains to be seen, though Lonergan, the man tasked with brokering Huni's path to the title, could sell ice to an eskimo.

First comes Tsoye, and then Gallen. The NRL great has been pushed to the front of the posters and will take an 85 per cent share of the purse, and he is coming off a first-round demolition of a former world champion in Lucas Browne.

Huni knows Gallen will be watching.

"I want to make a statement [in front of Gallen] but I'm not looking for any knockout or anything," Huni said.

"I want to make a statement with my boxing skills, with my speed and footwork, so he knows coming into our fight he is not going to be able to do some of the stuff he does. That's the kind of statement I want to make.

"I'm looking to make this fight as easy as I can for myself and staying injury-free. That means I'll be staying long and boxing, because I know he will want me to come in, fight him and close and rough him up. I'll stay long from the outside.

"I feel good about it, staying active."