Uncle Sam wants Kali Meehan - now. "Can't wait till 13 November in the Garden - Come now," said promoter Don King. So the Australasian heavyweight flies out Friday with trainer Mark Janssen and manager Ted Allen bound for New York City.

King wants Kali big in the public eye. The "ANZap" could be King's superstar of 2005. Checkmate Kali will face the cameras as a figure in the Trinidad v Mayorga press conference (See our yesterday's Daily at Dawn).

Then Team Heehan heads off to training camp in Ohio to start serious training for the appointment with Hasim Rahman at Madison Square Garden on 13 November.

Rahman (prononced Rackman) has the biggest handspan in boxing. A powerful jab to match Kali's hefty left. And the historic single right that knocked out Lennox Lewis.

Hasim Rahman

After dropping a 12-round decision last December to John Ruiz for the WBA belt, Hasim kept active in 2004.

He decisioned Alfred Cole in March, and needed only two rounds each to account for Mario Cawley in April, Rob Calloway in June and Terrence Lewis in July.

The Meehan-Rahman encounter could be a landmark in Australian boxing history. Watch the winner go on to fight for the WBA title, and then combined titles.