ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – The exposure Dwyke Flemmings Jr. will receive Saturday night couldn’t come at a more opportune time.

The 19-year-old junior middleweight prospect has had three fights canceled since Flemmings (3-0, 3 KOs) last fought September 9, the night he stopped Assuan Chatman in the second round at Bally’s Grand Ballroom in Atlantic City. Though he remained in shape and put in countless hours in the gym, those cancellations slowed Flemmings’ development because the Paterson, New Jersey native was unable to gain experience in actual fights.

That’ll change when Flemmings faces Las Vegas’ Henry Rivera (2-0, 2 KOs) in a four-rounder on the Jaron Ennis-Roiman Villa undercard at Boardwalk Hall’s Adrian Phillips Theater.

Showtime will stream Flemmings-Rivera as the first of three undercard bouts on its YouTube channel at 7:30 p.m. EDT (4:30 p.m. PDT). The action will shift to Showtime’s linear channel at 9:30 p.m. EDT (6:30 p.m. PDT) for a three-bout broadcast that’ll feature Philadelphia’s Ennis (30-0, 27 KOs, 1 NC) and Venezuela’s Villa (26-1, 24 KOs) in the 12-round, 147-pound main event.

“It wasn’t like I was inactive when I wasn’t fighting,” Flemmings told krikya360.com. “I was still in camp. It’s just the actual fights were being canceled. It wasn’t like I wasn’t in shape or anything like that. It’s just you didn’t get the performance, getting off the rust and being in front of a big crowd and being able to perform. So, that’s really the only things I missed. You definitely wanna get the ball rolling and have people see my face more.”

Once fans see what he can do Saturday night, Flemmings feels they’ll want to watch plenty more of him.

“I’ve anticipated everything like this all my life,” Flemmings said. “So, really all I gotta do is go out there and just be me, and show the people that I’m that guy. I’ve been that guy, but nobody knows it because I’ve been in the shadows. I’ve been expecting this. I knew it was gonna happen. It was just a matter of time. I’m just excited and ready to perform, and to show everybody I’m the real deal.”

Flemmings estimated that he went 58-12 during an amateur career that lasted about nine years. He hasn’t benefited from the promotional push Olympians and other decorated amateurs get, but Flemmings is working with Vito Mielnicki’s GH3 Promotions, which led to this chance to showcase his skills on a “Premier Boxing Champions” card.

“My goal is to not look average,” Flemmings said, “and to look better than everybody else that was in the Olympics or fighting for Top Rank or whatever – Jahi Tucker and all of those guys I came up with. My performance is gonna speak for me. I feel like I can perform professionally way better than all of these guys.”

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for krikya360.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.