Yesterday was Phumelela “The Truth” Cafu’s last hard training session at the DLX Boxing Gym in Las Vegas, US, said his trainer Colin Nathan, whose charge wrapped up his preparations for the boxing match of his life against Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez on Sunday morning.

They will all fly to Dallas, Texas, today, after spending a week in Las Vegas, where they were joined by US-based SA's former IBF Deejay Kriel and Cafu's gym mates in Johannesburg, Joshua Feldman and Doron Zinman.

“I've pushed Phumelela as hard as I can and honestly, I can't push him any harder,” said Nathan, who described their last session yesterday as “gruelling”.

He is known for his no-nonsense and intense approach in training camp.

“DLX owner Trudi Nevins welcomed the South Africans with open arms and we have to thank them for looking after us and we are grateful,” said Nathan.

Cafu and Rodriguez will meet at the Ford Centre at The Star in Frisco, Texas, in a unification bout on Sunday morning.

Cafu holds the WBO junior-bantamweight belt while Rodriguez is the reigning WBC and The Ring Magazine champion, which is a prestigious title in boxing.

Their fight will be organised by Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn. Win or lose, Cafu is guaranteed an eight-digit purse money.

Nathan said other members of his team, promoter Larry Wainstein, cut man Bernie Pailman and Nathan's media person Hayden Jones, could not travel due to visa issues.

“At worst, I'll do the cuts if need be and I'm honestly not concerned, as I've been doing cuts since I was 12 years old. Or we'll get a cut man for the contest,” he said.

Nathan said Shannon Strydom, a successful, young and talented up-and-coming trainer, will fly in and join them in Texas.

He was with Nathan when Cafu won his WBO world title in Japan last year.

Nathan said his long-time friend Mike Altamura from Australia will also be there, and said Kriel was in the corner with Nathan in Mexico when Hekkie Budler scored an upset victory over Elwin Soto.

Last week, Riyadh Season announced that Rodriguez will fight Fernando Martinez in November, which is a total disregard for Cafu.

Nathan said: “We've seen some major upsets of late; another one is brewing for July 19th in Dallas, Texas.”