Jennings: "Kell is Not Ready For The Deep Waters"
Michael Jennings has congratulated welterweight rival Kell Brook on winning the Boxing Writers' Young Boxer of the Year Award - but says he'll leave the scribes open-mouthed next month.
Jennings challenges Brook for the British title in Liverpool on October 30.
And it's a classic clash of youth versus experience, with young gun Brook and old hand Jennings both confident of victory.
Brook was given a boost last week when it was confirmed that he had won the Boxing Writers' award after a highly successful 12 months, during which he won a Lonsdale belt outright.
But Jennings has vowed to spoil the party at the Liverpool Echo Arena.
"First of all, I'd like to congratulate Kell on winning the award," said Jennings.
"He's had a fantastic 12 months and you've got to take your hat off to him for what he has acheived.
"It was really a choice between Kell and Nathan Cleverly, and I wasn't surprised that he got picked because he's such a good young talent.
"But young is the important word, because Kell hasn't met anyone like me in his career and he's very much a prospect at the moment.
"He has to face a test sometime and I'm that test for him because I've got so much experience, and that's going to be the key when we meet in Liverpool.
"He can get all the plaudits he likes from the press, but I know that he isn't ready for the deep waters that I'll be taking him too.
"I'm a former British champion, a former WBU champion and a former world title challenger.
"I've been there and done it all, and I've every confidence that I'll be beating Kell.
"I'm really good mates with all the press guys, but hearing that Kell has won the Boxing Writers' award has just made me want to beat him even more and prove them wrong."
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