GARVEY Kelly is set for a December outing after making a successful start to his career in the paid ranks.

The 26-year-old dominated veteran Matt Seawright last weekend over six rounds on his professional debut.

And the Swindon-born fighter’s trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick could not have been happier with how Kelly went about his business before, during and after the fight.

But there will be little time for the George Groves-managed boxer to rest on his laurels.

“Garvey will be out again before Christmas, we are just sorting it all out now,” Fitzpatrick said.

“When a boxer comes to me I tell them I might be a good amateur coach, everything I do is to get them ready to fight.

“I prepare fighters so when they go into the pros they are already thinking, acting and boxing like one.

“And last Saturday Garvey showed that he was made for the pros.”

The Irish trainer said that his charge did have a few nerves before the fight but he was pleased with how he handled them.

“On the morning of the fight we went down to the Oasis, before the ring had been put up, and we stood in the centre of the hall and went through the plan,” Fitzpatrick said. “We went through Garvey having to find a way back into it, we went through what could go wrong.

“After a while we left Garvey in there and did some shadow boxing going through the fight in his head.

“When we got there in the evening Garv had a bounce around on the canvas, and you could tell he had a little glow about him.”

Kelly’s opponent at the weekend came to the ring as a veteran of 109 fights - 99 of them losses with 81 going the distance.

And as the 26-year-old dished out defeat number 100 for the Tamworth fighter, Fitzpatrick was a happy man.

“Having that many losses on your record doesn’t tell the whole story. He is a good schooling fighter, he is difficult to look good against and I think Garvs looked a million dollars,” Fitzpatrick said.

“It was a risk putting him with someone like that for six rounds because it could have stunk the place out, but it was a superb performance.”