{"id":942602,"date":"2026-10-27T10:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942602\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T10:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:06:12","slug":"boxing-2026-jeff-fenechs-heart-surgery-a-success-aussie-great-eyes-being-back-in-tim-tszyus-corner-for-fight-with-erislandy-lara-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942602\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing 2026: Jeff Fenech\u2019s heart surgery a success, Aussie great eyes being back in Tim Tszyu\u2019s corner for fight with Erislandy Lara, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian boxing great Jeff Fenech has come through heart surgery successfully and is now gunning to be back in the corner for Tim Tszyu\u2019s crack at creating history against WBA middleweight king Erislandy Lara. <\/p>\n

Speaking with Fox Sports Australia on Tuesday afternoon, Fenech\u2019s longtime friend and popular Main Event commentator Ben Damon gave a wonderfully positive update on the Hall of Famer\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n

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Fenech\u2019s daughter, Jessica, also took to social media, saying: \u201cJust a quick update \u2026 Dad has come out of his major heart surgery which was a success. He is in recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for all your prayers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Fenech Family\u201d.<\/p>\n

After a rough couple of weeks for Fenech, there were genuine concerns as the great was set for major surgery<\/a> \u2013 with WBC president Mauricio Sulaim\u00e1n after calling on the boxing world to join him in a global day of prayer for the former champ. <\/p>\n

Given the seriousness of the situation, it was feared Fenech would also be no chance of assisting with preparations for Tszyu, who is set to face Lara sometime later this year \u2013 on a date and venue still to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

The delay comes as promoters No Limit have been involved in an incredible range of discussions that have also landed two more huge fights for their fighters \u2013 with Nikita Tszyu making his US debut in December, and only weeks before Queenslander Liam Paro has a world title eliminator against American superstar Devin Haney.<\/p>\n

It is understood Fenech had already made arrangements for another coach to corner Tszyu if his surgery didn\u2019t go as planned, and there is still no doubting the trainer will be limited in what he can do when he eventually emerges from hospital.<\/p>\n

\"JeffJeff Fenech\u2019s heart surgery was a success.Source: Supplied<\/p>\n

Thankfully, however, one of Australia\u2019s sporting icons has again enjoyed what is now a third successful major heart surgery \u2013 and hopes to be back in the Team Tszyu entourage on fight night.<\/p>\n

While the pair have been together for only one fight, Tszyu has continually heaped praise on Fenech\u2019s influence \u2013 especially after upsetting American great Errol Spence earlier this year. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe great news is that Jeff has come through a very long and significant surgery successfully,\u201d Damon said. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd doctors are very happy with how everything has gone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tremendous relief for his family and friends, and for everyone who cares about him across the boxing world.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s absolutely no surprise given what a warrior Jeff has always been.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s had major surgery and it will be a lengthy recovery \u2013 or at least it would be for a normal person \u2013 but I\u2019d expect Jeff will show his usual impatience and will approach it with trademark enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a boxing sense, Jeff has already put plans in place for Tim Tszyu\u2019s world title preparation but it would be impossible to keep him away from that mission and you can bet he will be doing everything humanly possible to be in the corner on fight day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian boxing great Jeff Fenech has come through heart surgery successfully and is now gunning to be back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-942602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}