EXCLUSIVE Frankie Gavin on why he deserves his shot at Kell Brook

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AS quickly as it was rumoured, Frankie Gavin suddenly finds himself challenging Kell Brook for the IBF welterweight title.

โ€œI asked for the shot,โ€ Frankie told Boxing News. โ€œNo hesitation whatsoever.โ€

Explaining how it came about, Gavin said, โ€œI had Chris Van Heerden [set for May 9 in Birmingham], then I had the final eliminator with Timothy Bradley, then I had the straight shot with Brook. Itโ€™s a no brainer. I donโ€™t understand why [Amir] Khan never took it. Itโ€™s very winnable for him. Iโ€™m really shocked at how he never took it. But his loss is my gain.

โ€œI didnโ€™t think it would be this quick. I think looking at the rankings itโ€™s deserved really. Got a lot of people putting it down but theyโ€™re saying Iโ€™ve got big balls to fight. Iโ€™m a fighter. Itโ€™s a world title shot, itโ€™s not something I have to be brave to do, itโ€™s something Iโ€™ve wanted my whole career.โ€

He considers Brookโ€™s strengths to be his timing as his power. โ€œBut weโ€™ll see on the night. I think heโ€™s stiff up top. I think Iโ€™ll be able to catch him. Iโ€™m going to go out there, do my best and weโ€™ll see what happens,โ€ Gavin said. โ€œIโ€™m the big underdog but [thereโ€™s] no pressure, only the pressure I put on myself. I know, regardless of what anyone says, Iโ€™m a good fighter and I can trouble Kell Brook. Iโ€™ve just got to go out there and do it.

โ€œAll the pressureโ€™s on him. He has to go and perform. My job is to stop that from happening.โ€

The Brummie sounds quietly confident. โ€œIโ€™m not thinking past that fight. Iโ€™ve got nothing to lose. If I win the fight, Iโ€™m world champion, if I lose Iโ€™m still here where I am now. Iโ€™ll be going for that European and back for a world title shot definitely,โ€ he continued. โ€œI think Iโ€™ve got another six years in this game and Iโ€™ll keep trying until the day I realise I havenโ€™t got it. At the moment I know Iโ€™ve got it, I see it in the gym.

โ€œIโ€™m just thinking about Kell Brook nothing else at the moment.โ€

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