A bullish Kell Brook believes his November 14 clash with WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford is a 50-50 fight.
The bookies disagree with Brook currently a sizeable 15/2 underdog and Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) a hefty 1/14 favourite with BetFred ahead of their meeting at the ‘Bubble’ in the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, next weekend.
Former IBF 147lbs champion Brook (39-2, 27 KOs) is dropping back down to welterweight following a stop-start campaign at 154lbs, but says he feels rejuvenated ahead of the daunting encounter against a lofty, pound-for-pound calibre opponent.
“I am going out to find a way to win,” Brook told The Gary Newbon Sports Show. “I am going to follow the gameplan that we come up with and I am just going to go out there with my heart on my sleeve and go out for victory.
“I am going to leave it all in the ring, whatever I have got is going to be left in that ring. I’m going to give it my absolute all to bring that world title back to England.
“It is just me and him in there and it is going to be a ‘pick them’ fight this one because he’s one hell of a fighter and I believe I belong up there as among the best in the world, and I have to go out and show the people watching this fight that I am.
“Every second of the fight I am going to be tunnelled in, I am going to be focused to produce the win of my life.”
