FOSTER JNR GETS SECOND SHOT
 
Salford's Stephen Foster Jnr hopes it will be second time lucky when he challenges for the WBO World Super-Featherweight title almost a year after he came close to winning it.
 
He challenges new champion Nicky Cook for the belt on Saturday 6 December at the ExCeL London, and promises not to blow it like he did against then champion Alex Arthur last December.
 
Despite being dropped by Arthur in the ninth round with a body shot, Foster rallied back and floored Arthur in the eleventh, but didn't capitalise on it and the Scotsman went on to win on points. Arthur then lost his title to Cook in September.
 
"It's fantastic to be fighting for the world title again and this time I won't let the opportunity pass me. It won't be case of third time lucky, this time I'm going to win it," said the 28-year-old.
 
"I came so close to beating Arthur last year and I'm still kicking myself about it now. If only I had followed up when I hurt him in the eleventh round with some more big punches then I could have been crowned champion,"
 
"Anyway, that was a year ago and I've moved on, learnt, and improved and I'm ready to give Cook a real fight for his title,"
 
"He had better be prepared for a long hard fight because the title is coming back with me."
 
Cook v Foster Jnr headlines a blockbuster show that also features Enzo Maccarinelli challenging Johnathon Banks for the Vacant WBO World Cruiserweight title plus the return of Amir Khan against Oisin Fagan. Audley Harrison's exciting heavyweight showdown against Prizefighter 1 winner Martin Rogan heads up the undercard along with Anthony Small, Derek Chisora, Jamie Cox and Liam, Michael and Ryan Walsh.

BROOK OUT TO EMULATE NAZ
 
Kell Brook has promised a performance worthy of his boyhood hero Naseem Hamed next Friday night after returning to the gym that made "The Prince".
 
Brook, the current British Welterweight champion, fell in love with boxing after spending hours as a youngster watching Hamed train at Brendan Ingle's Wincobank Gym.
 
After spending his formulative years with the Ingles, Brook left amicably after a few professional fights but has now returned to one of the country's most famous gyms.
 
"Naz was an inspiration when I was a kid, he was the man back then," said 23-year-old Brook, who makes the first defence of his Lonsdale belt against Kevin McIntyre at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall next Friday. Sky Sports televise live.
 
"I remember seeing him on the pads and I was mesmerised," added Brook. "Everyone in the gym wanted to be like him and I copied his style.
 
"Going back to the Ingles has been like going home, to be honest. It feels like I've never been away - the sparring I've had in the last six weeks has been absolutely amazing.
 
"It's brought back a few memories of when I was youngster and Naz was in the gym.
 
"He was such a great talent. Hopefully I fight like him - and if I achieve just a fraction of what he did then I'll be a very happy man."
 
But Brook, who has stopped 10 of his 17 victims to build an impressive unbeaten record, could go on to emulate Hamed as another Sheffield world champion.
 
"In 12 months time I want to have won the Lonsdale belt outright, picked up the Commonwealth title and be challenging for European honours," said ambitious Brook.
 
"Every boxer says he wants to fight for a world title, but that's my ultimate goal. I'm now fighting in a gym where they breed world champions, and I want to follow in the footsteps of Hamed, Junior Witter and Johnny Nelson."
 
***FIGHT CARD***
 
FRANK WARREN PROUDLY PRESENTS CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
KELVIN HALL, GLASGOW
FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER, 2008
 
THE WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF GREAT BRITAIN
Kell Brook (Sheffield, England) vs. Kevin McIntyre (Paisley, Scotland)
 
THE COMMONWEALTH SUPER-FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Ricky Burns (Coatbridge, Scotland) vs. Yakubu Amidu (Accra, Ghana)
 
8 X 3 Minute Rounds Welterweight Contest
Michael Jennings (Chorley, England) vs. Jason Rushton (Doncaster, England)
 
8 X 3 Minute Rounds Super-Middleweight Contest
Kenny Anderson (Edinburgh, Scotland) vs. TBA
 
4 X 3 Minute Rounds Middleweight Contest
Ciaran Duffy (Glasgow, Scotland) vs. Ernie Smith (Stourport, England)
 
4 X 3 Minute Rounds Welterweight Contest
Gary McMillan (Edinburgh, Scotland) vs. TBA
 
4 X 3 Minute Rounds Lightweight Contest
George Watson (Newcastle, England) vs. John Baguley (Rotherham, England)
 
4 X 3 Minute Rounds Welterweight Contest
Ryan Scott (Wishaw, Scotland) vs. Mark Betts (Glasgow, Scotland)