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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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David Prentice

Liverpool nurse Carly Skelly lands world title fight in Phoenix, Arizona

ALDER HEY paediatric nurse Carly Skelly has landed a dream world title shot in Phoenix, Arizona - in only her sixth professional outing.

The unbeaten 35-year-old from Litherland will challenge for Jamie Mitchell's WBA bantamweight title on February 5, live on streaming platform DAZN.

Jamie ‘The Miracle’ Mitchell ripped the WBA belt away from Watford’s Shannon Courtenay in a huge upset at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena in October last year.

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