Welterweight contender Errol Spence (21-0, 18 KOs) is confident that he can hand Kell Brook his second stoppage defeat in a row.
Spence will challenger Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) for the IBF world title on May 27th in Sheffield.
In his last fight, in September 2016, Brook moved up by two weight divisions to challenge IBF, WBA, WBC, IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. Brook suffered a fractured orbital bone and was stopped in five rounds.
There could be as many as 30,000 fans at Bramall Lane in support of Brook, but Spence feels no pressure to stop the champion inside the distance.
"With eight ounce gloves I feel that I can knock him out but it’s not something that I have to have to win the fight. I’m not just going to look for it, I’ll let it happen and let it flow and if it happens naturally, then I’ll take the knockout. I’m not going to come straight at him trying to knock his head off," Spence told On The Ropes Boxing Radio.
"[I will] work off my jab and dictate the pace of the fight. Whoever dictates the pace will win the fight, so I think that’s what I got to do. I think the fight is going to be exciting. There will be thirty thousand fans cheering Kell Brook and booing me, so I expect to be action packed and me coming out with the victory, whether it’s a knockout or a decision win."
When fighting in your opponent's backyard, there is always the possibility of getting robbed on the cards. Spence is not worried about a robbery. He believes a victory is very possible if the contest ends up with the judges.
"I think I can win either way. I don’t decide how the judges score the cards, I hope the judges are fair. That’s not up to me, it’s not in my hands. I just have to go in there and do my fight and fight the way that I fight. If I win the fight on the scorecards, I should win it on the scorecards. I’m not worried about the judges or how they score it at all, because that’s out of my hands at the end of the day," Spence said.