Either the Cook Islands or Niue will win a medal in boxing at the Commonwealth Games.
Heavyweights Duken Tutakitoa-Williams of Niue and Michael Schuster of the Cook Islands face each other overnight on Thursday after both received byes.
The winner is guaranteed at least a bronze medal.
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The Cooks has only ever won one medal, a bronze, in lawn bowls in the history of the Games, while Niue has never won a medal since making its debut in 2002.
The bout's winner could face Sam Plodzicki-Faoagli for a place in the final after the Samoan defeated India's Sanjeet Sanjeet 3-2 in his last 16 fight.
He now faces Andy Andall of Grenada in the quarter-finals.
Also in the heavywight division, Papua New Guinea's Arthur Lavalou, another recipient of a bye, faces one of the section's favourites, Lewis Williams of England.
Another four Pacific Island boxers are one bout away from winning at least a bronze medal in Birmingham.
Papua New Guinea welterweight Neville Warupi defeated Pemberton Lele of Solomon Islands 4-1, and now faces Scotland's Tyler Jolly.
Bantamweight Jamie Chang automatically earned his quarter-final spot after receiving a bye and now faces a Welsh fighter.
Samoan light middleweight Marion Ah Tong won his prelimenary bout with a unanimous decision over Sri Lanka's Niklas Vittalis, and is now set to face Tanzania's Kassim Mbundwike.
Niue's Xavier Mata'afa-Ikinofo qualified in the welterweight division after gaining a unanimous decision over Ghana's Jean Ngah.
All boxers need one win to be guranteed a bronze.