‘Tetef’ returned to the ring after breaking his collarbone, punctured a lung and damaged a vertebra

This Saturday January 27th at Judimendi (Vitoria-Gasteiz) starting at 6:30 pm followed by another professional match from the always spectacular Endika Gomez and some Olympic boxing matches, Abdellatif Zohuari ‘Tetef’ (5-0-0, 2 KOs) back into action.

The year 2022 is the year of ‘Tetef’. The pUgil from Meknes (Morocco) settled in Vitoria-Gasteiz he knocked out the then undefeated (3-0-0) in one round in January Einer Steven at Iradier Arena. A devastating combination destroyed the fortress of Colombia living in Madrid. ANDhe was a student of Andoni Alonso at the Gastei Gymnasiumz is selected by his country to participate in Mediterranean Games. The Alawite team won a more than creditable bronze. With the medal in his showcase, Tetef, a two-time champion of Euskadi before switching to paid boxing, faces his fifth professional fight in Ordizia. He fell down Luis Niño (16-7) in one attack with another devastating combination.

The accident cut his career short

“It’s true, when I had the accident, I was at a very, very good and very high level. I just came back from Algeria, from the Mediterranean Games with my team. I won by KO in Ordizia and suddenly, the accident,” details Tetef who is on the exit ramp of a promising phase of his career. A traffic accident ruined all plans. “But I will return to that level; “That’s what it’s about,” he emphasized.

“I had a broken and displaced collarbone; They had to operate and put a plate on me. Then, several broken ribs, some of them pierced my lungs and they had to take the air out of me. A fissure in a vertebra. And some other injuries,” explained the athlete.

However, the worst part is not the physical injuries. “I was admitted and, eventually, at home with nothing to do. That kills you. In the end, my head affected me a lot, it was the worst,” he remembers.

Painful recovery

Then the recovery began. “It was very painful at first, but then, the pain gradually decreased until it disappeared. In the rehabilitation I regained my mobility and weight,” recalls Tetef who is pleased “100% recovered, fully fit, I train every day, morning and afternoon.”

His advisors did not want to put the super bantamweight high on the scale for his reappearance at Judimendi Sports Center in the capital of Alava next Saturday, January 27, starting at 6:30 pm “There will be no problem because we will start with 60 moves; We are used to fighting at the age of 57 so we have more than enough,” said the boxer, who will face the Córdoba-based Colombian, Daniel Ibargüen (4-13-2). “I don’t know much about Ibargüen. We found very little about him on the internet. Yes, I saw a bit of his fight Jokin Garcia in Bilbao. He is a tall boy who moves well in the ring. I think it will be a technically good fight,” he predicted.

The night

The main purpose of good boxer from Gasteiz Gym For 2024 it’s “make as many fights, as much as I can and get my place back.” He made sure that many people on Facebook, Instagram and on the street asked him if they would ever see him in the ring. “I had my doubts, but of course I will return to the ring; and I came back better than ever, stronger and more focused. “I’m going for more,” he announced.

Another professional fight will precede his return. The second to the resident of Bilbao in Briviesca, Endika Gómez. The one from Miranda de Ebro’s 09Two Hundred Not only does it guarantee the quality that its new titles attest to, but it’s synonymous with constant action.

New, Olympic boxing clashes of the most promising local fighters. Everything starts at 6:30 pm on Saturday, January 27 at the Judimendi Sports Center in the capital of Álava with advance tickets from only 18 euros.