A war has broken out between the KwaZulu-Natal Boxing Commission and Boxing South Africa (BSA).
The first salvo - promoter P J de Lange's tournament at the YMCA in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday, starting at 1pm.
BSA wanted the KwaZulu-Natal commission to postpone the event because they did not receive the bill three weeks ago - it arrived only on monday.
And the women's boxing fight between Pietermaritzburg's 21-year-old aerobic instructor Xoliswa Nkosi and the Eastern Cape's Emelia Njaba, 18, was not an issue as the four round bout was kept off the bill sent to BSA.
Women's boxing is not legalised in South Africa.
Thabo Mseki, BSA's chief executive officer, cracked the whip earlier this week - he ordered local boxing supremo Maurice Owen to get the tournament postponed.
Mseki insisted there was not enough time to examine the bill and the contracts.
The CEO was also not impressed that some boxers were to receive only R300 for four rounds of boxing.
Mseki also questioned Owen's involvement and his motives. - Owen is an IBO vice-president.
My informant, yes the mole with gloves, told me the exchange ended rather abruptly with Mseki slamming the phone down on Owen.
However, the good news for lovers of the Sweet Science is that the local commission has ditched its protector and is showing balls in going ahead with the tourney.
Owen said: "I can't say too much, but all we are doing is putting our boxers and the sport first.
"Everything is in order for Sunday and we will take it from there.''
It will be interesting to see how BSA respond to having their authority challenged.
However, balancing this potential threat is that a recent boxing show in Gauteng took place without the permission of BSA.
The sky did not fall in on those responsible, including the likes of Gauteng chairman Peter Ngatane.
However, BSA are annoyed and Owen should not expect a present from them in his Christmas stocking.
BSA's actions are heavy-handed - there is no official rule in place to get a bill three weeks in advance of a tournament.
In pugilism, nothing is static, and bills tend to change.
Boxers may get ill or get injured in training and so on.
In the past, boxing commissions have always faxed their bill to the national commission.
This was more of a courtesy than anything else.
It was no big deal for the KZN commission to have sent the bill six days before the event.
One thing's for sure - BSA's house is not in order, as the story below clearly indicates.