There have been some epic victories by British fighters on foreign soil. John Ryder has a chance to join or even eclipse the best of them were he to topple Saul Canelo Alvarez in Guadalajara.
John H Stracey stunned the world when he beat Jose Napoles for the WBC welterweight title in Mexico City 48 years ago. A decade later Lloyd Honeyghan inflicted a shock first defeat on unified welterweight king Donald Curry in Atlantic City.
Tyson Fury deserves a big mention too for his victory over Vladimir Klitschko in Germany eight years ago to claim three of the four heavyweight belts. Like all of them Ryder is a huge underdog. And not without reason.
