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Tony Bellew has admitted the ‘ache is actual’ after sharing an replace on the Achilles damage he undergo at Soccer Support.
The retired legendary boxer hobbled off the pitch in anguish in the course of the charity conflict on ITV having suffered a nasty non-contact difficulty.
When Bellew was injured in the course of the recreation, commentator Sam Matterface stated Tony had advised them ‘one thing went bang and I heard it go.’
And the 42-year-old Evertonian shared an replace on social media having undergone surgical procedure.
He wrote: ‘Lengthy street again and the ache is actual however I wouldn’t change something! There isn’t a higher trigger than @UNICEF_uk imo. The better the setback the higher the comeback!!
‘Thanks to everybody at ITV and all of my soccer assist teammates and workers for serving to me by..”
Tony Bellew suffered his Achilles damage throughout Soccer Support on Sunday, June 15

He went underneath the knife and is now on the street to restoration, aiming to play the subsequent Soccer Support

Bellew shared photos of the swelling and stated it felt like he had been shot

The previous boxer is now up and about on crutches and the rehabilitation will start
On Instagram, he stated: ‘Op executed! My Achilles is again collectively. I’m now again within the ache recreation, I’m underneath no phantasm that is gonna be actually laborious to return again from however I refuse to present in! The better the setback the higher the comeback!
‘I can’t thank all of the workers behind the scenes and my crew mates @socceraid for his or her help [enough].
‘It’s meant loads it actually has. Thanks to @itv for taking good care of me and prioritising my remedy and restoration. They’ve been wonderful, they actually have!’
On TalkSport, Bellew beforehand stated: ‘There have been 60,000 folks inside Outdated Trafford on Sunday and I heard the snap.
‘I believed somebody had shot me, I genuinely seemed behind me and thought somebody had shot me. My plan is to be prepared for subsequent 12 months to go once more again at Soccer Support.’
Bellew now works as a pundit and co-commentator having hung up his gloves following his defeat by Oleksandr Usyk in 2018.
He loved a stellar profession, dropping solely to Usyk, Adonis Stevenson and Nathan Cleverley and beating David Haye in two high-profile bouts in the direction of the tip.