“I’m just grateful to be back at all,” Thompson said. “When you get boxing taken away from, you it’s hard, not even being able to go to the gym, and you learn a lot about yourself and valuing boxing even more.
“Not a lot of people knew that I had surgery; some people thought I had even retired. Sometimes the less said, the better. There’s not much to be said. We live and learn from the last fight and be accountable where we can be accountable and make changes moving forward. There was never a time that not coming back crossed my mind, and that was the most frustrating thing about the surgery, as I was not able to jump straight back on the horse. But it is what it is. I’ve got great people around me, and we’re back, and we’re headlining in Florida with Matchroom, and I’m very appreciative of that.
