Brook v Gavin: Frankie Gavin says he won't shy away from exchanges

Frankie Gavin insists he won't shy away from trading punches with champion Kell Brook in Saturday's IBF world welterweight title clash at the 02 Arena.

Gavin's bid to add a world title to his world amateur title is the headline act of a sumptuous Sky Sports Box Office line-up that sees Kevin Mitchell and Lee Selby bid for world titles and heavyweight sensation Anthony Joshua take on brash American Kevin Johnson.

With Gavin a supremely gifted technician and the naturally smaller man having fought at lightweight previously, many expect the challenger to try and frustrate Brook by avoiding confrontation - but the Birmingham fighter was bullish on the issue of physicality.

He told Ringside at the final press conference before the fight: "I'm hard to beat and hard to hit. When I do get hit, it's not like I'm going to fold - I'm going to come back with one of my own. 

"I'm not someone who's going to shy away from pressure and power. If I get hit and it hurts I'm going to try and hurt him, simple as that. I'm not going to back down from anybody."

I'm not someone who's going to shy away from pressure and power. If I get hit and it hurts I'm going to try and hurt him, simple as that. I'm not going to back down from anybody.

Brook, who is undefeated and returned from a horrific stab wound to his leg to make an impressive first defence against Jo Jo Dan in March, is favourite to have too much for Gavin - but the underdog is unfazed by public opinion and is hoping to use the low expectations to his advantage.

"It's a fantastic position to be in. Whatever happens, I'm coming out in the same situation I was in before in the fans' eyes. At the end of the day, in my eyes, I've got a lot too lose and a lot to gain.

"Sometimes I've been in fights I've been so comfortable that I've just been sitting back and enjoying it, but I won't be able to do that. Kell's a great fighter and it's going to be a daunting task but it's one I'm ready for.

"People say I've underachieved as a professional but I've had 23 fights and won six titles. I was very close in the European fight - I thought I won. If I'd have won that, this would be the next fight that people would've been saying I can win.

"Just because I lost a very close fight to Leonard Bundu, people are writing me off but this is a fight that can win. I've just got to be me and just worry about me. It's what I do."

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