Cork boxer Danny Keating on the road to recovery after major surgery on his left knuckles

Cork professional boxer Danny (Dannyboy) Keating has just suffered a setback in his career when he had to undergo surgery to reconstruct the knuckles on his left hand.

The Brisbane based fighter, who has a record of 11-0, won the WBC welterweight title back in June when he beat tough Australian fighter Blake Minto by unanimous decision at the Gold Coast Convention Centre Broadbeach in Oueensland. 

He then took a fight with Indian fighter Sachin Nautyal on three weeks notice at the Pat Rafter Arena in Brisbane City, however, the 28 year-old showed his ruthless streak by stopping his opponent a minute and half into the first round.

The amazing aspect about these both fights is that Keating was fighting injured as he broke his hand in his very first fight in Australia last December.

He has now just went under the knife to repair the damage and was lucky to have one of the best specialists Dr Steve Andrew’s do the surgery.

Danny is eager to get back training in the coming weeks, however, he will listen to his medical team and hopefully will be back in action sometime in March or April.

“Thankfully, my surgery went very well and I will start my rehab this week and should be back training in the two weeks as I have to wait to get stitches out before I can start sweating again," Danny said.

“I am hoping to make a return to the ring around March, depending on how the hand heals up as I underwent major surgery getting my knuckles reconstructed.

“I’ve had the injury for some time, as I broke it in December on my first fight in Australia. I was carrying the hand injury for my last two fights, however, I was determined to take those fights and I was delighted the way they both went.

“My rehab is anything from three to six months, building the tendons and getting full movement back in my hand."