Singh will fight in the Open elite 75kg category bout against Zane Hoole, of Patutahi, in 3 x 3-minute rounds in The Fruit Shop-sponsored Hastings Boxing Academy amateur promotion at the Hastings Intermediate School today.
Twenty-three bouts on the card beckon pugilists from Hastings, Napier, Flaxmere, CHB, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Upper Hutt, Wainuiomata, Gisborne, Porirua, Kapiti, Feilding and Otago clubs.
The Hastings gym's intention is to stage as many promotions as it can to return Hawke's Bay boxing to an elite status in the hope of hosting the 2018 National Championship.
However, Singh will not be part of it as the manager of a Napier liquor outlet intends to turn professional after his outing as an amateur at his maiden nationals in July in Rotorua.
"I'm a heavy puncher so Rod Langdon reckons pro fights will suit me better."
Langdon's son-in-law, Ryan Whittaker, trains Singh as an amateur but on turning pro he will go back to the former who only trains pros nowadays since retiring from amateurs and handing the reins over to Whittaker.
"A good lad", Langdon recalls him turning up with a group of peers in his early teens before sparring with Napier professional boxer Beau O'Brien who went on to win the NZ light middleweight belt.
"Amrit's delaying turning pro because he's never been to a New Zealand amateur champs before," he says.
A former Napier Intermediate and Napier Boys' High School pupil, Singh has 19 wins from 36 fights.
His first amateur fight was in 2009 when he fought an Aucklander in Taupo, losing by an agonising point in 3 x 2min rounds but he came out wiser for it.
"I needed to improve my fitness a bit more and learn to keep my hands up because once you get tired your guard drops and you move a little slower," says the bloke who frequents the gym up to six times a week.
In his second amateur career fight, Singh took on a Hamiltonian in New Plymouth in another 3 x 2min bout.
"I jumped on him straight away because I was faster and fitter so I came away with a points decision."
The fighter, who packs in 20 hours of training a week before and after work, went on to win the Golden Gloves in Rotorua in the 69kg novice division.
"I believe in myself and I'm a hard working person.
"I'm a short guy so I work a lot on my body punching," says Singh whose other highlight was beating a two-time middleweight national champion in the Central North island meeting in Rotorua in 2014.
His opponent gives him a kilogramme today in the 75kg bout.
His father is proud of his achievements although he has never watched him fight.
"I don't tell him because it'll only put extra pressure on him," he says but suspects his father will one day see him display his ringcraft.
His mother, Gurbaksh, doesn't like boxing because of the cuts and bruises he's picked up over the years.
THE CARD
Red corner before blue one (all 3 x 2min rds novice/open unless stated):
1. 48kg, novice 14 yrs: 1 Jack Nicol (Palmerston Nth) v Kaiya Hape (Gisborne).
2. Open 46kg: Sam Nicol (Hastings) v Callum Shanks (CHB).
3. Novice elite 75kg: Mike Wood (Heretaunga) v Carl Johnson (Kapiti).
4. Open 15yrs, 56kg: Quinn Fogerty (CHB) v Darrius Tregoweth (Feilding).
5. Novice youth, 75kg: Gianni Caton (Hastings) v Luke McKensie (Heretaunga).
6. Open elite, 69kg: Latu Talu (Naenae) v Josiah Meehan (Meehans) 3x3.
7. Novice 14yrs, 55kg: Manua Lambert (Wainuiomata) v Toby Jensen (Kapiti) 3x1.5.
8. Novice elite 69kg: Marcus Peterson (Napier) v Vance Jensen (Meehans).
9. Novice elite 91kg: TJ Neo (Napier) v Jonny Tewhau (Rotorua).
10. Open elite 69kg: Dominic Roe (Heretaunga) v David Tuara (Porirua).
11. Novice 15yrs 57kg: Mathew Lindsay (Hastings) v Kasib Murdoch (Hammerhead).
15-minute interval
12. Novice 12yrs 46kg: Maea Hay (Rotorua) v Mya Kahukoti (Gisborne) 3x1.5.
13. Novice 15yrs 54kg: Ali Ishmatullah (Naenae) v Ashley Grant (Gisborne).
14. Open 15yrs 60kg: Raymond Seumanu (Wainuiomata) v Raukawa Kahukoti (Gisborne).
15. Novice elite 75kg: Poasa Naoia (Flaxmere) v Alastair Young (Hastings).
16. Open elite 60kg: Keegan O'Kane-Jones (Naenae) v Matt Crawford (Hammerhead) 3x3.
17. Novice elite 75kg: Andrew-Dean Kupa-Caudwell (Hastings) v Tom Hunter (Heretaunga).
18. Open elite 81kg: Derek Tuakeu (Napier) v Aisea Lea (Wainuiomata).
19. Open youth 64kg: Michael Reynolds (Kapiti) v Peter O'Reilly (Heretaunga).
20. Novice elite 91kg+: Clinton Vaiusu (Hastings) v Chris Siotalivaa (Flaxmere).
21. Open elite 75kg: Amrit Singh (Napier) v Zane Hoole (Patutahi) 3x3.
22. Novice elite 75kg: Saili Fiso (Hastings) v Jordan McConnachie (Porirua).
23. Novice youth 64kg: Jack McClean (Porirua) v Cesar Su'a (Meehans).
