KELLY Morgan cannot wait get to her chance to pit her skills against the one of best middleweight boxers in the world later this month.

The Swindon-based 2002 Commonwealth Games javelin bronze medallist will face Szilvia Szabados on December 20 at Grange Drive Leisure Centre, in only her third professional contest.

The Advertiser revealed on Wednesday that talks with the Hungarian, who is ranked number three in the world by BoxRec.com and two by the Women’s International Boxing Association, had begun.

And Morgan’s manager and promoter Keith Mayo confirmed on Friday that a deal had been struck to bring the 25-year-old, who boxed for the WBC super-middleweight world title in July, over to Swindon to face former England netball international Morgan.

“This is a massive opportunity for me,” Morgan told the Advertiser.

“It was the fight that was originally meant to be my debut - then that show got cancelled, then she said that she would only be fighting for title and now out of the blue, she wants the fight.

“It is great and I can’t wait. My dream is to be a two-weight world champion in two years and if I can cause an upset, because this is only my third fight, then it will go a long way to achieving that goal.”

Morgan’s trainer Richard Farnan said earlier in the week that he believed that his charge could defeat Szabados.

He also took heart from the fact that both women had faced Melinda Lazar, with Morgan claiming a points success in October while Szabados was beaten on points by her compatriot in March.

However, Morgan, while believing that results show that the gulf between the two is not that great, is not reading too much into Szabados’ Lazar defeat.

“There is absolutely no footage of Szilvia out there – not even the world title fight,” Morgan said. “She has done a very good job of keeping herself away from the public eye.

“So when you look at her fight against Melinda on paper, all you can see is the result. You don’t know how she performed on the night or how Melinda did.”

When Morgan turned professional, the aim was to compete in either the middleweight or super-middleweight division.

However, matching the 35-year-old has been difficult as her first two fights have been at super-welterweight.

“I’m not suited to super-welterweight,” said Morgan, who is ranked at 10 by BoxRec.com and at 12 by the WIBA.

“We are still waiting for confirmation, but I’m expecting this to be at middleweight and that will be great.”