And in Sam Edney's case, it's how you fight.

The Warrnambool kickboxer went to Shepparton on the weekend to duel Queensland's Lance Rafferty, who is a member of Warrnambool trainer Steve Andrew's former gym.

The pair had an entertaining battle and were judged fight of the night at the K05 Shepparton meet, where they practiced Muaythai style.

Edney won the fight on a unanimous decision but Rafferty and his trainers, who are Andrews' ex-trainers, are keen to have a re-match.

The details will be finalised this week but it's likely that Edney will travel to Queenlsand for it in December.

"Hopefully it happens," Edney said.

Saturday night marked the 23-year-old's ninth fight.

"I was expecting it to be hard and it was," he said. "I was going into it confident though because of all the training I've done.

"I run in the mornings then I train at night."

Edney was a smidge in front of Rafferty after the first round before he got on top in the remaining four rounds.

"I probably just came home a bit stronger than him," he said. "I think my determination was a big factor."

Andrews, who runs Whitetiger Gym, was impressed with Edney, who now has a win-loss record of 6-3.

"It was a fairly even first round and then Sam virtually dominated in the other four rounds," Andrews said. "He won pretty convincingly."

Andrews was also impressed with fight debutante Ben Barbetti, who went down to Andrew Mackey.

"He was a bit more of an experienced fighter, which I didn't let Ben know because he was nervous enough already," Andrews said. "He took it right up to him though."

"The last minute was when (Mackey) won it.

"Ben tired a bit and his opponent, having that bit more experience, his fitness showed and he scored the points to just win.

"I know Ben's probably disappointed to get the loss but I'm really proud of the way he fought, especially coming up against an experienced fighter.

"We know now that his skills are OK, it's just his fitness we need to work on."