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Galahad inspired by Brook's title triumph

Kid Galahad faces Brazilian Adeilson Dos Santos in Sheffield on Saturday © PA Photos

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Kid Galahad has been left inspired by gym-mate Kell Brook's world title triumph as he tries to edge closer to the big fights.

Unbeaten super-bantamweight Galahad, whose real name is Abdul-Bari Awad, trains at the same Sheffield gym as Brook and aims to follow in his footsteps to global glory.

Brook, 28, won the IBF welterweight title from American Shawn Porter on points in the United States last month, but was then stabbed in the leg following a night out in Tenerife and faces months of recovery before he can resume his career.

European champion Galahad travelled with Brook for his fight against Porter in Carson, California and says he has more belief in himself ahead of Saturday's fight against Brazilian Adeilson Dos Santos at the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield.

"I've been around Kell Brook for a long time so it was very inspiring to see him win the world title and makes me think I can do the same," Galahad told ESPN.

"People were saying he wasn't ready and he was going to lose to Shawn Porter but I knew there was no way that guy was going to beat someone from the Ingle gym.

"When people you train and spar with win world titles it gives you belief that you can do the same and your time will come just like it has for Kell."

Galahad is not in the top ten of any of the four world governing bodies but insists he is happy with his career's progress and hopes to one day face British rivals Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg, who hold the IBF and WBA versions of the world title respectively.

"I thought Frampton put on a great display," Galahad told ESPN. "I personally believe I'm ready for the big fights but I've got to earn my chance.

"I'm only 24 and Carl is 27 and Quigg is a year older. If you look back at when Carl was my age I'm ahead of where he was. When Carl's time came he took it and when my time comes I will take it.

"My trainer Dominic Ingle will pick the right route for me to go down. But I believe I won't get a voluntary shot at a world title - I will have to become mandatory challenger to get my shot."

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