Aussie boxing legend Jeff Fenech is rushed to hospital with a mystery infection – and
- Fenech, 59, was hospitalised in Sydney on Tuesday
- Doctors fear infection could be spreading from his heart
- Champ underwent life-saving heart surgery in 2019
Australian former world boxing champion Jeff Fenech has been hospitalised with a mystery infection that he fears could leave him needing a second round of heart surgery.
The country’s greatest ever fighter has undergone urgent tests on his heart at a private hospital in Sydney‘s inner west after his body temperature reached close to 40 degrees.
‘I feel s**thouse. I’m sick as a dog. I have a mystery infection,’ the 59-year-old told News Corp.
Fenech (pictured with his daughter Kayla, left, and wife Suzee, right) is desperate to avoid another round of open-heart surgery as doctors run tests to find the source of his infection
The 59-year-old (pictured with wife Suzee) said he is ‘sick as a dog’ due to a ‘mystery infection’
‘They think it has something to do with my heart and valves. They have done heaps of tests. I don’t yet know what the results are.’
The former world champion in three weight classes revealed he was first hospitalised on Tuesday after running a high temperature of up to 39.8 degrees for 12 days.
He also has highly inflamed and swollen wrist which he said doctors believe could be the result of an infection that is spreading through his body from the valves in his heart.
Fenech is desperate to avoid another surgical procedure after having life-saving open-heart surgery in Thailand in 2019.
The Marrickville Mauler is pictured as he recovered from a life-saving bout of open-heart surgery in Thailand in 2019
The Hall of Fame boxer is desperate to avoid another round of surgery after suffering a huge scare while he was in Thailand for a training camp (pictured)
He needed that procedure as he battled pneumonia, with the operation forcing him to miss his daughter Jess’s wedding.
The ‘Marrickville Mauler’ started to cough up blood and had a shaking fit before being admitted to hospital in Bangkok, where doctors performed a five-hour operation and drained fluid from the boxing legend’s lungs and replaced his heart valve.
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