Kell Brook is a Rising Star

The world famous Ingle camp in Sheffield are backing welterweight hot shot Kell Brook to match the achievements of the gym's other world champions, Naseem Hamed, Johnny Nelson and Junior Witter. Brook, still only 22, makes the second defence of his British title on January 30 at Bethnal Green's York Hall against Stuart Elwell. And trainer Dominic Ingle - who shares corner duties with his father Brendan and brother John - is expecting big things from "The Kid". "It will be a travesty if Kell doesn't become a world champion with the talent that he has," said Ingle. "In fact, our biggest problem at the moment is getting him opponents who will test him, because the only danger that I can see is complacency. "I'd like to see him challenging for European honours by the end of the year and working on his world rankings because he's a world class fighter and needs to be pushed all the time. "He's still young, but fighters like Naz were challenging for world titles at a similar kind of age." Brook had a memorable 2008, capturing the British title against Barrie Jones at York Hall, then knocking out former champion Kevin McIntyre in the first round in Glasgow. Both victories saw Brook display plenty of power against opponents who have troubled other fighters. "Against Jones, people said that Kell was gifted the title, but a couple of months later Jones gave Souleymane M'Baye a tough fight and should have got the decision," said Ingle. "And McIntyre was being tipped for victory before Kell did a job on him. Those Kell's two toughest fights, and he gave his best two performances as a professional." Meanwhile Brook, unbeaten in 18 fights with 11 stoppages, has trained throughout Christmas and the New Year. "The gym is very competitive, and no one does you any favours," said Ingle. "Kell knows that he has to be in shape and not cut corners because otherwise he'll get found out. "But his attitude is fantastic and he's working so hard. He put in 14 weeks before he fought McIntyre, and he's had another great camp ahead of this fight, so we are expecting another explosive performance." Kell Brook has joined the likes of England rugby ace Danny Cipriani and Bond girl Gemma Arterton in the 2009 Red Pages: Hot 100.The influential list predicts tomorrow's movers, shakers and newsmakers in the worlds of fashion, music, film, TV, politics, sport and business. This year's list includes the new generation of rock kids Amber Le Bon, Lois Winstone, Lily Collins and Frances Bean Cobain, TV stars from US imports Beverly Hills 90210, Crash and Privileged, as well as musicians V V Brown, White Lies and Amazing Baby. To see the full list go to: http://www.theredpages.co.uk/hot100.aspx