The 31-year-old 'Fleetwood Assassin' stepped in at just 10 days' notice to meet American up-and-comer Liz Mueller in a bout due to be broadcast on Sky and Home Box Office in the US.
The reward for Couch could be a contract to appear on future Hamed undercards and thus give her raw talent the exposure she feels the women's sport badly needs.
Couch said: "The trouble is now the promoters don't want real fighters. They want girls to look like models, they want them to have big boobs."
Ali and Frazier
Currently, the most famous and well-paid female exponents of the game are fighters with famous fathers.
Laila Ali and Jacqui Frazier have agreed to face each other to continue the rivalry started by their fathers in the 1960s, while the siblings of George Foreman and Roberto Duran are also beginning to carve out professional careers.
"They can't fight. It's embarrassing. For every bad fight in women's boxing you need five good ones to put it back," she said.
"They're all getting loads of money, I'm getting £2,000. It's my biggest payday to date and I'm a triple world champion.
"I don't do boxing for the money, I do it because I love doing it, but it makes me angry when I see that lot."
Underdog
Couch, in fact, has been brought in as the underdog to face Mueller, a rated prospect, and knows she cannot afford to miss one of her rare chances to stake her claim for a shot at the big guns.
"I don't know much about her, I don't really care. I just know I'm going to beat her."
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