"Little and Large" Londoners Charlie Edwards and Anthony Joshua have more reason than most to relish their tickets to the World Amateur Championships in Baku at the end of this month.
Light-flyweight Edwards and super-heavyweight Joshua both know that a trip to the last eight or better in Azerbaijan will ensure their places in their home Olympic Games next year.
Edwards, 18, and 21-year-old Joshua have formed a close bond since they graduated from the development squad together earlier this year, shining at the European Championships in Turkey when Edwards brought home bronze and Joshua narrowly missed out.
As two of the newest members of the full-time podium programme - and two of only three Londoners (the other being Martin Ward) - the duo are both eager to make sure of their 2012 berths.
"We're the Little and Large of boxing and we're both on the same path," said Joshua. "With us both being Londoners it will be great for both of us to achieve something, to get there and have a good run."
Four months ago there were gaping holes at each end of the weight spectrum for the Great Britain team, and the naming of Edwards and Joshua to go to the Europeans was far from a certainty.
Edwards had only been on the podium programme for two weeks prior to the tournament while Joshua was still a member of the development programme and Turkey represented his full international debut.
Head coach Rob McCracken took the gamble and was handsomely rewarded for the pair's performances.
"They've come on tremendously since they've been on the squad," enthused McCracken. "They both have a real chance of success."
Edwards, from Croydon, dazzled in Turkey, skating to a bronze medal and immediately cementing his place as the British number one heading into the qualifiers.
Edwards said: "I had only just joined the squad and I went to Turkey with no pressure. I'd been sparring with guys like Khalid Yafai and Andrew Selby and I felt great. It was fantastic to come back with a medal.
"I still don't feel any pressure. I'm still a baby on the squad. The coaches see potential in me and tell me I can qualify. But I'm not walking round thinking I'm a big shot just because I got a medal.
"It does get inspiring seeing all the media hype and how London is changing every time you go back. It inspires you, makes you want to be there. But I know qualifying is going to be the difficult part."
Joshua grew up in Watford and was taken to the boxing gym by a cousin in order to help improve his health and "become a different man".
He insists he did not give the Olympics a second thought until the day the GB team handed him a call-up.
"I thought you had to win ABA titles and follow paths like that," said Joshua. "I had never really been that interested in boxing. Obviously I knew who Mike Tyson was, but that was about as far as it went.
"I didn't know I was going to make it but the opportunity came and I grasped it. I think the Olympics have opened a lot of people's eyes in London, that any kid can make it with a lot of hard work and determination."
Edwards and Joshua will be cheering each other on in Baku.
Little and Large may be the two newest members of the elite squad but they have already been made to feel part of the final push towards 2012.
"We've been travelling up to the gym in Sheffield ever since we were on development together and we've got really close," said Edwards. "We feel like we're all brothers together here. It's where we belong."