Steve Bunce
Boxing expert on BBC Radio 5 live

"Frankie's gameplan is perfect - try to hit him with body shots and weaken him then go for the head. But he just hasn't got the power plus Brook is extra strong."

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An uppercut from Brook fails to hit the target but Sheffield's finest fighter is in control early on. A clinch sees the two almost topple over. Gavin posing very few problems.

Gavin lands his first real shot, a left getting through Brook's defences. He is, however, rocked by a straight right hand.

Richie Woodhall
Former super middleweight world champion on BBC Radio 5 live

"That was Brook's round. Kell has learnt throughout that round that he can't box at Gavin's pace, he likes to slow things down. But Kell learnt quickly."

Frankie Gavin's head is shaved when he ducks beneath a leading right from Kell Brook. Little in the opening round, but Brook's busy work should see him edge it.

Watchful start from Gavin who is slouched as he tries to work out Brook's style early on. Standing on the back foot, he is waiting for a chance to counter.

Good start from Kell Brook who forces a right into the side of Gavin's head. Leading with his left, he's looking to jab with his right.

Let's go. Ding ding.

Frankie Gavin is sprayed with water as Michael Buffer goes through the final formalities. Let's get ready to rrrruuuummmmmbbbbbllllleeee....

Here comes the national anthem. Kell Brook's corner man issues some final instructions - it looks like he needs to drop his shoulder and then 'bang'. Good advice. Special K puts his hand to his heart as God Save Our Queen is played.

Richie Woodhall
Former super middleweight world champion on BBC Radio 5 live

"I'm looking forward to this one, it's going to be a clash of styles. Gavin was one of the best amateurs I ever saw. It's going to be a close fight but Kell Brook, beating an American champion in his own backyard, takes some beating. It's been an incredible night and this could round it off."

Kell Brook looks like he's nipped out for a paper and some tea bags. Frankie Gavin is nervously pacing about the ring.

Decked out in red boots, red shorts and a red t-shirt, Kell Brook begins his walk to the ring. The reason for the red? Possibly because he's a Sheffield United fan?

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Ready for the main event? Frankie Gavin is in the ring, waiting for Kell Brook to emerge. A slow, deliberate appearance keeps Gavin waiting.

Former cruiserweight world champion Glenn McCrory reckons Frankie Gavin could be ready to live up to a big reputation earned as an amateur.

"Kell Brook has to worry about Frankie Gavin. There's an argument to say that Frankie is Britain's finest ever amateur, because he is Britain's only ever world amateur champion," he told SkySports.com., external

"He's never quite lived up that potential in the professional ranks but this might be the fight that is the start of Frankie Gavin. It might be the end of 'Fun time' Frankie and the beginning of serious time Frankie."

Former WBO cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson thinks that Frankie Gavin is a dangerous opponent for Kell Brook.

"Gavin is an outstanding technician," he told SkySports.com. , external

"Brook needs the fear of God put into him because if Gavin is hitting him and not hurting him, there's a possibility he can lose on points especially if he doesn't have that urgency.

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If Brook does win tonight, he is apparently being lined up for a fight against American Brandon Rios in August or September. Then he wants Manny Pacquiao who, I'm sure, needs no introduction to you fine people.

Brook's promoter Eddie Hearn said:, external "My dad (Barry) has spoken to (Pacquiao's manager) Bob Arum about it this week and I really think that it can happen in November or December, once Pacquiao is fit.

"I really think that Kell will smash him to bits because he is younger, fresher and in the form of his life, whereas I thought Pacquiao looked past it (against Mayweather)."

Kell Brook has not sugar-coated anything in the build-up - warning Frankie Gavin that he's "looking to take heads off".

"He told me he was ready to take my belt, and I told him he had better step up and give the fans a great fight," said the 29-year-old Brook. "People have paid hard-earned money to see this fight. It will be explosive."

Special K weighed in for the fight at 10st 6lbs and there was not an ounce of fat on him. He's up for this.

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The headline above? That's from the Sheffield Star, the home newspaper of Kell Brook, recently. They don't seem to share Frankie Gavin's belief that this fight is just one more on what he believes is his path to greatness.

The Star refers to Gavin as the "The cocky Brummie" after he says: "I'll win the title then defend here (in Birmingham) in September.

"It's just business, I'm coming to take his title. He is a class act, he always pleases the fans, but he's in the way of my destiny of being the best in the world. I'm coming to win."