GARVEY Kelly is looking to build on the momentum he has built in his first year of boxing.

The Paddy Fitzpatrick-trained welterweight returned to the scene of his only professional defeat on Saturday night, the Oasis Leisure Centre, and exorcised the demon with a dominant 40-35 points victory over Bulgarian journeyman Danny Donchev.

Now Kelly, who made his professional debut last November, is keen to keep pushing forward.

“I felt that we had a decent amount of fights, this is the fifth fight in a year, and we hope to keep the moment going in the next year,” the 27-year-old said.

“The last time I fought (before Donchev) was in May so it is always good to be busy.”

When Kelly last fought in Swindon he suffered a shock stoppage loss to Faheem Khan.

The Fitzpatrick’s Gym fighter bounced back in May with a fifth round stoppage of Gabor Feher in Northern Ireland and Kelly was delighted to send his fans home happy on Saturday night.

“I had friends and family here last time and they all went home upset, they went home as upset as I did," he added.

“That (Khan) fight didn’t play on my mind (on Saturday). I had gone over it so many times you wouldn’t be able to imagine.

“We have fought since then (in May), we have had good sparring and we have been working hard in the gym.

“There was never any doubts (in my mind), just the same nervous feelings you have been any fight.”

Kelly’s trainer Fitzpatrick was pleased to see his fighter put the Khan defeat to bed.

“He came back to the scene of the crime,” Fitzpatrick said. “When he went to Ireland he got the monkey off his back.

“He hadn’t got a stoppage before but came back after being stopped and dominated the man and stopped him - that was one thing.

“The next was coming back to the scene of the crime and he dominated again.

“In the space of five fights he has fought abroad twice, fought on a PPV show, he has been stopped, come back proven his worth and now he’s come back to the scene of the stoppage and showed that there are no ghosts."