He returns to where he made his debut for his 15th professional fight

More than seven years on from making his debut at The Devenish, Senan Kelly returns to the Belfast venue this month aiming for another knockout win.

The Leixlip man now has a 12-2 record and aims to return to winning ways following the first stoppage defeat of his career last time out against the classy Steven Cairns at the 3Arena.

"Back where it all began, I'm buzzing to go back," said Kelly. "I'm really looking forward to going up there, putting on a show for everyone and just enjoying the city as well.

"I need to get back on the horse, get the momentum back that I had before.

"When I was talking to Jay (Byrne, promoter) there recently enough, he was talking about fighting again in February, but if I was going to wait until February, it would have meant seven months out of the ring, which in my mind is too long to be out of the ring as a professional fighter.

"So I told Jay I wanted to get out before that and I think within the hour he rang me back and was like 'I'll get you out in November if that suits' and I was like 'yeah definitely'."

Kelly faces 50-fight Polish veteran Jakub Laskowski on JB Promotions and Conlan Boxing's 'A New Era' card at The Devenish on Friday, November 27.

The 30-year-old landed a third round knockout victory on his pro debut at the venue in October 2019 before winning on points there in his second bout three months later.

Although Laskowski has lost 42 of his fights, including against Irish boxers Steven Cairns, Kuba Pielesz, Barry McReynolds and Danny Keating, he has only been stopped three times in his career and just once since March 2021.

"I'm expecting him to come forward and be a tough, strong game opponent," added Kelly. "He had a very good fight with Kuba Pielesz for Kuba's debut. That's a fight I've watched back and I'm expecting it to be a tough fight.

"People look at the record of this guy and don't realise how tough he's going to be. He's been in the ring 50 times.

"I'm expecting a war, I'm preparing for a war and on the night I hope to make it the fourth stoppage loss of his career."