There cannot have been too many British heavyweight title fights with Celebrity Antiques Roadshow as an undercard.
Viewers on BBC Two on Saturday will have a very gentle introduction to a landmark night, with the return of professional boxing to BBC primetime television for the first time in 20 years.
By the time a Top of the Pops Christmas special follows on the schedule, Frazer Clarke hopes to be back in his changing room celebrating a statement win over Jeamie 'TKV' Tshikeva.
The fight was originally scheduled for just over a month ago, only for TKV to pull out with what Clarke has labelled a "fake injury".
"Very frustrating for a few days," Clarke tells Standard Sport. "Took me a minute to get around it, but you have to be a professional and carry on, don't you?"
Boxxer initially searched for a new opponent and a couple of options were put to the board. It was eventually decided to wait for TKV's rib injury to heal and find a new date.
Clarke took a week off completely from the gym. That allowed some unexpected time with his three children, including a baby daughter born in the summer.
The 34-year-old goes into this fight as the firm favourite but insists that is not how he is viewing it. Clarke points to TKV's defeat to David Adeleye earlier this year, when he fought for the British title and lost in controversial circumstances.
TKV was knocked to the canvas after pulling his hands down following the referee's instructions to 'break' and he never recovered.
"Jeamie boxed for the British title last and he was boxing well," Clarke says.
"He was actually winning the fight, he was controversially beaten. In my head, he would've have become British champion, so I actually treat it like I'm challenging him for the British title because by rights, he probably should be.
"He got illegally taken out and he was going to go on to win that fight. I'm going in this with a challenger mindset."
TKV used the final press conference between the pair to claim Clarke is fighting for his career, a notion that was pushed back on.
Clarke did not turn professional until he was 30 and so time is not something that has ever been on his side. The 2020 Olympic bronze medallist dismisses retirement talk, though, insisting his motivation is higher than ever.
"I've got a lot to prove to myself, to be honest," Clarke admits.
"My pro career has been OK so far. I've enjoyed it. I've had some good times. But I think there's a lot more to come. I think the best version of myself is starting to come into fruition now. I think people have wrote me off since the Wardley loss."
That brings us to Fabio Wardley, two British title fights, and a turning point in two careers. After a 12-round war ended in a draw in March 2024, the rematch was over inside a round.
Wardley stopped Clarke in brutal fashion and, after beating Joseph Parker last month, is now WBO world champion following Oleksandr Usyk's decision to vacate the title.
"Listen I know where I'm at," Clarke says.
"I've been unlucky. Because of the knockout by Fabio Wardley in the second fight - it was a bad knockout, visually and physically it wasn't great. But it sort of made everyone just forget.
“Up until that point I drew with him, the only person to get any sort of result against him, which I'm not bragging about that because I didn't win. But if Fabio's world level and I drew with him - and arguably beat him - where does that leave me?"
Wardley's rise since their rematch barely 12 months ago must be a motivating reminder of how quickly things can change in boxing.
Clarke nods. "It's crazy how your opponents become your inspiration because if he can do it, there's no reason I can't."
Does he believe he can still follow in Wardley's path and become world champion himself?
"I do believe I have that that ability," Clarke says. "I do believe I will get to that level.
"100 per cent. It's not going to be easy. There's going to be obstacles along the way. I'm ready to smash them down and get to where I need to be."
This will only be Clarke's 12th professional fight but there has already been plenty of toll on his body.
For all the attention on the rematch with Wardley, which left Clarke requiring surgery on his jaw and cheekbone, the brutal first fight is the kind that shortens a career.
If Fabio Wardley’s world level and I drew with him - and arguably beat him - where does that leave me?
"Yeah you don't want too many of them," Clarke agrees.
"But listen, we're fighters. We all go to YouTube, we all like to look at the barnstormers. To be involved in one is a bit of a guilty pleasure I'd say.
"But too many of them is not good for you, especially when you have young kids."
Clarke admits it is "awful" for his family to see, particularly as his children grow up and understand more. His four-year-old son is not allowed to watch him fight but conversations have been had with his eight-year-old daughter.
"She's at an age where even if I don't let her watch she's going to find it somewhere," he says.
"I prefer her not to. I tell her: 'Daddy is not in a violent sport but it can seem like it's very violent. There can be a lot of blood and accidents can happen. So I prefer you not to watch'."
Clarke was afraid to go to sleep after the first Wardley fight, scared he would not open his eyes again. That memory still burns bright but he insists it will not lead to a backwards step on Saturday night.
"If the fight gets dragged there and I have to go there and dig deep then I'm more than ready to do that," Clarke says.
"But ideally I want to go home to my family with all my faculties and healthy and fit."
Clarke is an engaging and honest speaker. He has a young family and is openly aware of boxing's risks.
After two unsuccessful bids for the British title, particularly considering the manner of that knockout against Wardley, many in his position would have considered retirement. Instead, Clarke has dragged himself off the canvas for another push.
"I'd say it's probably that I'm not not wired up too right in the head," he offers as an explanation.
"I have a lot of desire inside me, a burning desire to be great. Once I chose my sport that was it. Once you start something you finish it. That's something that's been instilled in me by my father.
"And the honest answer is I didn't get many qualifications from school. I don't like too much else. This is my passion, it's my hobby, it's my absolute world. Why would I not want to excel at it?"
Frazer Clarke and Jeamie TKV will headline the debut event in the landmark new partnership between BBC Sport and BOXXER on Saturday November 29th, with all the action available to watch live and free-to-air on BBC Two 8-10pm and BBC iPlayer.
