Rafaeles flew out to the Phillipines island province of Cebu on Wednesday for the start of a month-long adventure he hopes will sharpen his skills and further his development in the sport.

Once there, he will train and spar with Filipino boxer Marlon Tapales, who is preparing for a tilt at the WBO bantamweight title, held by Thai boxer Pungluang Sor Singyu.

The world title fight is scheduled for July 27 in Bangkok.

Rafaeles, who only turned professional last month, will spend much of his time training at the internationally renowned boxing gym of top Asian promoter-manager Rex 'Wakee' Salud.

The Phillipines buisnessman is a close confidante of legendary Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, considered to be one of the greatest boxers of his time and the only boxer to win world titles in eight weight divisions.

Rafaeles will also get to train alongside Neil John Tabanao, the Filipino fighter he forged a friendship with during his visit to Australia for last month's Battle of Goldfields II event in Bendigo.

On that occasion Tabanao stopped promising two-time Australian champion Ibrahim Balla in the second round of their bout for the vacant WBO Oriental featherweight title.

Rafaeles will be joined in Bangkok by Hosking Promotions and Connolly's gym stablemate Morgan on July 23.

The pair have been invited to be in Tapales' corner for his world title fight.

Known as the 'Maranding Nightmare', Tapales is on a seven-fight winning streak and has lost just twice in 30 professional bouts.

Rafaeles will also spend time at the prestigious ALA Boxing Gym, which was founded in the late 1980s by the 'Godfather' of Philippine boxing Antonio Lopez Aldeguer, and has been home to multiple world champions.

The quietly-spoken Bendigo boxer said he was grateful for the opportunities that hads come his way.

"It's going to be great meeting up with all these boxers and managers, it will open some doors for us to do more training," he said.

"Especially training with 16 other boxers in my (49-54kg) weight division."

Morgan, a resounding winner of his first three professional bouts, said he was looking forward to joining Rafaeles in Thailand.

The pair will stay with that country's leading boxing promoter and trainer Narongwas Buamas.

Morgan said the trip would be special on many fronts, including being his first overseas.

"There people are very well known in (Asian) boxing circles, so it will be good to get my name out there and start to open up bigger opportunities,” he said.