Joseph Kelly (born 18 May 1964) is a Scottish former boxer who won the ABA title and the Commonwealth Games silver medal at flyweight in 1982, and after turning professional was British bantamweight champion in 1992.

[7] In February 1990 Kelly stopped Reginald Brown in the tenth round at the Richmond Coliseum to take the vacant IBF Inter-Continental flyweight title.

In February 1991 he faced Salvatore Fanni in Cagliari for the vacant European title, the Italian stopping him inside a minute of the second round.

In May that year he made a third attempt to win the (again vacant) British title when he faced Robbie Regan at the National Sports Centre in Cardiff.

The fight ended in a draw and they mat again three months later, this time with Kelly getting the decision to become British champion.