Busselton boxer Donna Sadler is headed East to fight for an Australian super-welterweight title when she takes on Malakay Moukayber in Sydney on March 30.
It will be her competitors first professional fight, with Sadler saying despite feeling a little nervous she was really excited to step inside the ring after training up to four hours a day.
This will be the third time Sadler has boxed professionally, she took up the sport a year ago, after training in mixed martial arts.
"My competitor is only new to pro-boxing so it should be a good match up for me, I am looking forward to competing against her," she said.
"We will be fighting at 68 to 69 kilograms for this one."
The women will be competing for an Australian National Boxing Federation - Australian Championship belt - which Sadler hopes to bring home to Busselton.
"Unfortunately I did not win my first two, but I put up a good fight, they were really difficult challenges and I am pretty happy with my achievements it was a good learning curve."
At 40 years of age, Sadler said boxing had become her inspiration and she hoped to inspire other women by showing them it was still possible to do anything.
"I only started my pro-boxing career at 39 years of age, for me boxing has been an inspiration, I have learned to love it," she said.
Sadler admitted her first fight was nerve-wracking, but the nerves did disappear once she stepped in the ring and the bell sounded for the first round.
"While it was daunting to compete at first, it was a dream of mine to accomplish and achieve, I was more focused on that, so it was a thrill at the same time."
Sadler first got into the sport for fitness and fell in love with the challenge that training provided and the challenge of stepping into the ring. .
"It drives me to be better, especially at my age," she said.
Her fellow CNS MMA team mate Kye Bicknell is about to embark on his first competitive fight in Northam where he will take part in a K1 kickboxing event on March 23.
At 17 years of age, Bicknell said he had been training in mixed martial arts for the last year and said he was feeling good about stepping into the ring.
Bicknell will be competing against a more experienced kick-boxer who has already won five of his six fights, but was feeling confident after training hard.
"It does not change a thing to be honest, I feel great, I like pushing myself really hard and love the training," he said.
CNS MMA coach Darryl Chin said he was really proud of his team members and was confident they would do well after the hard training they had put in.
