Carl Froch is set to be flown to Denmark by private jet today - to ensure Saturday's world title fight with Mikkel Kessler goes ahead.
That should beat the threat posed to commercial flights by volcanic ash.
And the result could be explosive as the Nottingham fighter bids to ram taunts down the throats of the Dane's followers.
Froch had earlier taken a strict "no flight, no fight" stance yesterday.
Before his emergency travel arrangements were confirmed last night, Kessler's promoter Kalle Sauerland said: "I do not care if he puts himself into a car, on a ferry, in a submarine or a helicopter.
"There are several ways to come into Denmark from England. Perhaps he wants a way to get out of the fight because he knows that he has no chances against Kessler and the 10,000 fans in Herning."
Wbc super-middleweight champion Froch hopes to arrive in north Germany or Denmark this afternoon, after admitting earlier yesterday the fight would be off if his scheduled flight tomorrow from London Stansted was cancelled.
Froch was refusing to travel by car and ferry if his Ryanair flight did not take off due to Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul eruption that has grounded flights in northern Europe.
Froch, 32, was due to arrive in the remote Danish town of Herning on Saturday, and then had a rearranged flight today also cancelled.
The Nottingham fighter insisted he would not be left fit to box if he was forced to make a marathon journey by road and sea to get to Scandinavia to face local hero Kessler in the third defence of his world title.
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