Joe Gallagher, the esteemed Manchester boxing coach, is back in the gym, and in the corner, after completing a remarkable recovery from cancer.

He had been diagnosed with stage four bowel and liver cancer and underwent chemotherapy and a major operation.

But in September he was well enough to accompany his fighter Mikie Tallon to Las Vegas to box in a mid-week show ahead of Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford.

"It's been an emotional journey for the 10 months, I've gone through the full cycles of chemo, had a stent fitted that had migrated and gone missing at times," Gallagher told Sky Sports .

"Those little battles along the way that take anything you have about yourself. You think: Wow, has it really come to this?

"Coming through all that and staying positive."

He put back his fin

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