WBC Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will have to have two more surgeries after having one done on his broken right hand, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.
Wilder will have one more on his hand and one on his injured right bicep.
“They secured his hand so the swelling will go down and when it has gone down sufficiently they can go in and correct what needs to be corrected in another surgery,” said manager Jay Deas.
“We are trying to coordinate both surgeries at the same time so Deontay is not in a cast for three or four months while his hand heals and then needs to still get his biceps done after that,” Deas said. “Having them both at the same time is a way to cut down on the recovery time he needs.
“The blessing in disguise is that even though the hand surgery is much more complicated than the biceps surgery the biceps takes longer to heal. So Deontay’s hand will be well before his biceps, which will give his hand even more time to rest because he will have to wait for the biceps to be clear before he can use the hand. The hand will be better than it will have been in years.”
