PADDY Fitzpatrick believes that Garvey Kelly is growing in confidence as he prepares for his second professional fight tonight.

The Ferndale Road trainer has taken his charge to Denmark to box on the undercard of Cecilia Braekhus’ women’s world welterweight title show.

And the Swindon welterweight, who is managed by super-middleweight star George Groves, will be looking to build on his successful debut earlier this month.

“He is definitely (a patient fighter) but he learning more and more,” Fitzpatrick said.

“But there is more confidence coming out sparring with George, sparring with Eammon (O’Kane) - we went and sparred with (former British lightweight champion) Derry Mathews last Saturday.

“These experiences diminish how big a deal it is before it happens. Granted it is sparring, granted it is in the gym, but he has still done it.”

Fitzpatrick feels that his 26-year-old, who arrived in Copenhagen yesterday, while sticking to his patient roots will show his aggressive side against Hungarian Gergo Vari, who had won 14 out of his 22 contests.

“He is a patient fighter but he is becoming more aggressive when he needs to be,” the trainer added.

“I thought that he played it perfect in the last fight (against Matt Seawright). He sprung an uppercut on Matt and got him buzzed. Then he put in a good 30-40 second barrage, saw Matt was ok and then settled down behind the jab.

“Then he gave him a little buzz in the next round, saw it wasn’t enough and stayed patient.

“It is still early days. He has had one pro fight - it is a long, long learning curve.”

Kelly believes that it will be sticking to the basics that will help him overcome Vari, who was stopped in three rounds by Brighton light-middleweight Lloyd Ellet is his last outing and by Joe Pigford at the Oasis Leisure Centre back in July.

He said: “We always focus on the basics; the feet, jab, head movement. I leave examining the opponent to my coach.

“I completely trust everything that he says. If he says we are doing this or doing that, I just go with it.

“They say when you see guys who go really far on in their careers, they forget the basics – they stop using their jab, stop using what got them as far as they did – we never forget.”