In fact, when Conor Benn’s trainer Tony Sims discussed how significant a victory against Ryan Garcia would be for his man this weekend, he referenced this duo himself.

But in a strange twist, both victories took place on the other side of the Atlantic and were for the very same WBC title on the line at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena this Saturday.

Those victories also occurred in the sixth round with both defending champions cut to ribbons. As it stands, they are the only two British men to have won that green and gold belt at 147 pounds since its inception in December 1962.

The first of them was John H Stracey, who travelled to a bullring in Mexico City to face the great Jose Napoles for the lineal and WBC welterweight titles on December 6, 1975.

Napoles had won the belt by stopping Billy Backus more than four years earlier and made 10 successful defenses of the title by the time 25-year-old East Londoner Stracey turned up in Mexico.

In fact, the only defeat Napoles had suffered since winning the belt was when he stepped up to challenge one of history’s greatest middleweights, Carlos Monzon, for the world title.

Napoles was therefore a big favorite at Monumental Plaza de Toros, which stands more than 7,000 feet above sea level. But Stracey had boxed at the Olympics in 1968 so was well aware of the altitude factor and spent a whole month in Mexico to acclimatize.

He had also sparred Napoles in London a few years earlier so knew what he would be up against once the ring cleared. However, the notoriously slow-starting Stracey lived up to that reputation as he was dropped in the first round by a left hook.

Stracey was up in time to beat the count but Napoles, nicknamed Mantequilla, which translates as butter, went in search of a first round stoppage. But the Eastender made it to the bell, regrouped and then slowly but surely turned the tide.

He knew how well his jab had worked against Napoles during that spar and began to use it like a hot knife, marking up the 35-year-old, who needed two visits to the scales to make 147 pounds at the morning weigh-in.

By the time the end came, Napoles’ face was cut to ribbons as Stracey unloaded with the champion pinned against the ropes. With 30 seconds left in the sixth, referee Octavio Meyran jumped in to end the punishment. Stracey was champion and Napoles would never box again.

To this day Stracey remains the only Brit to win a world title on Mexican soil and that might have remained the best British away victory until now if it wasn’t for a man called Lloyd Honeyghan.

It was 40 years ago this month that Honeyghan, a Jamaica-born Londoner, travelled to Atlantic City and faced the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter on the planet Donald Curry.

The “Lone Star Cobra” was 25 years old, 25-0 with 20 quick and had unified the welterweight division by destroying Milton McCrory in just two rounds the previous December.

Honeyghan was British, European and Commonwealth champion but virtually unknown in the US, despite stopping American Horace Shufford in their final eliminator for a crack at Curry in May 1986.

Honeyghan, labeled a “no-hoper” in a preview by British newspaper The Guardian, had been priced at 7/1 (+700) to win and his manager Mickey Duff famously stuck $5,000 on his man to upset the odds on the Boardwalk.

The build-up was also notable for the pre-fight press conference when Curry took one look at his opponent, dressed in casual clothes, and asked “Who is this ragamuffin?”

But by the time the fight was stopped before the seventh round could start, Curry knew exactly who that raggamuffin was — and Honeyghan used the word as his ring moniker thereafter.

In contrast to Stracey, the Brit made a searing start to his title challenge.

Resplendent in magenta sequins, undefeated Honeyghan tore into Curry landing throughout the opening rounds with hard right hands and uppercuts. “He’s trying to take the fight to Curry,” commentator Reg Gutteridge said. “He hasn’t got on his bike at all.”

Honeyghan would move through the gears as the fight went on, forcing Curry to retreat like never before. In fact, the champion never really looked like winning at any point. The truth was, Curry was cooked.

He was cut around the left eye in the sixth round and the wound would eventually stop the fight, after advice from the ringside doctor in the break before the seventh. Honeyghan was the undisputed world welterweight champion and British boxing had a new greatest upset victory for the book.

Inspired by what he watched that night, which he still describes as his “No. 1 fight” a young man from Ilford, Essex would make his professional debut just four months later. That man was called Nigel Benn.

There have been other big away victories in the annals of British boxing. The likes of Ken Buchanan against Ismael Laguna, Tyson Fury over Wladimir Klitschko and Alan Minter against Vito Antuofermo but perhaps these two welterweights wins top the table.

What does all this mean for Conor Benn? It really depends how you rate him and also Garcia himself, who does not have the record of Napoles or the reputation of Curry. But, like them, he is the defending WBC welterweight champion and undoubtedly holds the position as a significant favorite in Las Vegas.

So with that in mind, there is only one bet worth placing this weekend. Back the Brit to win in the sixth. After all, that’s what happens when they challenge for the WBC welterweight title across the pond.