Boxing coach Joe Gallagher announces September surgery after cancer returns

Joe Gallagher, the renowned Manchester boxing trainer, disclosed that his stage-four bowel and liver cancer, which had been cleared in September, returned in January when scans showed liver involvement. After a demanding course of seven chemotherapy cycles that reduced the tumors, doctors now consider the disease operable. The September surgery will excise three cancer-affected liver areas and ablate a fourth that lies adjacent to a key artery, after it shrank sufficiently.

Gallagher said his consultant advised rest, yet he continued training in the gym. He expects to be unavailable in September but aims to resume duties at the start of October. The update was shared during his appearance on the Toe2Toe one outlet Boxing podcast, where he also discussed fighter Mikie Tallon's upcoming ambitions.