GARVEY Kelly is looking forward to exorcising a ghost next weekend.

The Paddy Fitzpatrick-trained welterweight returns to the scene of his only professional defeat on the Lights Out show at Oasis Leisure Centre on Saturday October 24.

The 27-year-old was stopped by Faheem Khan, who faces Swindon’s Ryan Martin on the same bill, back in February.

Since that shock loss, Kelly bounced back with a stoppage win of his own in May when he defeated Gabor Feher in May.

And now he wants to right the wrong of his last Swindon outing.

“I’m happy to be on in Swindon again. I want to right a wrong,” Kelly said.

“I had a lot of people come out and support me last time in Swindon and we didn’t get the result.

“I want to put that right - this is the perfect opportunity to do that.

“You ask questions of yourself when you come off a loss, but I do feel like all the hard training and the graft day in, day out, answer them.”

However, for much of this training camp, Kelly has been without coach and mentor Fitzpatrick as the Ferndale Road-based trainer has been in America, first with George Groves ahead of his failed attempt to become a super-middleweight world champion, and now with Eamonn O’Kane as he fights to become the IBF mandatory challenger at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.

But while Fitzpatrick has been away, Kelly has had Leo Dart putting him through his paces “It has been hard (without Paddy being there), I’m not going to lie,” Kelly said. “He is the captain of the ship and keeps me motivated and on track.

“He is there behind you when you might want to have a rest to keep you working - it makes it better when he is there.

“But Leo is Paddy's apprentice, he is so dedicated to the game.

“He will watch you inside out and pick up on small things that you need, the subtle differences that make up for the mistakes."

Tickets for the Lights Out show are priced £35 unreserved or £60 VIP and are available from any of the fighters on the bill.