Kell Brook says he will be the first fighter to stop tough Aussie Lovemore N'dou when they clash in Sheffield on June 25.
Brook admits this showdown is the 'toughest test of his career so far' but the 25 year-old star is determined to put on a great show in front of his home crowd at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre and extend his unbeaten professional record to 24 fights.
N'dou's credentials so far speak for themselves - he's win 48 of 62 fights and has never been stopped. The canny 39-year-old veteran will ask plenty of questions of the talented Sheffield fighter, stepping out for the first time as a Sky Sports Saturday Night Fight Night headliner under new promoters Matchroom.
"N'dou has been in with top, top names and never been stopped, he's a tough and game champion," said Brook.
"It's a great motivation for me as I want to be the first to stop him. It's in Sheffield with my home fans roaring me on and I'm running past the venue every day thinking 'on June 25 I'm going to have a sell-out show in there and I'm going to put on the best performance of my life'."
It's Brook's first hometown fight since beating Ernie Smith in May 2005 and he added: "I hope I stop him in the 12th round because I want to give the crowd what they have come to see.
"There will be a lot of action and I'll be chucking in a lot of shots and I want to hurt him, and if it goes 12 rounds then I know it's going to be a great show because I don't have boring fights.
"I train for 12 rounds in every fight but I've got more drive for this one because with N'dou he's been in with big names and no-one's really hurt him, so when I'm looking at that big hill, instead of taking the short track home I'm doing the long route and pushing myself to the limit."