‘I had some very dark times & my body has been through hell’ – ‘Voice of Boxing’ opens up on heartbreaking cancer battle
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ADAM SMITH has bravely opened up on his battle with cancer, which at times left him in a "dark" place. The beloved boxing commentator was diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of bladder cancer in 2023. A massive tumour situated next to Smith's bladder wall left him "about four days" away from death.
A six-hour operation, in which 19 lymph nodes were removed as well as his bladder and prostrate, saved 'The Voice of Boxing'. Smith would then undergo three-and-a-half months of gruelling chemotherapy. And the gruelling toe-to-toe battle with the disease took its toll mentally and physically.
![[Smith was days away from dying before having 19 lymph nodes, his bladder and prostate removed]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/adam-smith-head-boxing-sky-857698921_476ac9.jpg?strip=all&w=728)
He told DAZN ahead of Tyson Fury's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk: "I am very lucky and honoured to be doing this job and watching these fine boxers. "Whether it is calling a four-round fight between two debutants or a world title fight, I love it all and am grateful to be doing such a job, if you can really call it a job.
"The cancer was brutal, it has been very difficult to fight this disease. "I had some very dark times and my body has been through hell.". Smith credits the support of his family for getting him through the fight of his life. "My doctors saved me, my family brought me back," he said. "I had three-and-a-half lonely months in hospital undergoing treatment.
![[Adam Smith credits his family for getting him through his battle as much as the doctors who saved him]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dorchester-hotel-park-lane-london-303819984.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"I was very lucky to make it through. I am very lucky to be alive and I have a different perspective on life after what happened to me. "I wake up in the morning and I am happy, I am not stressed. I am just delighted to have another day.". Reflecting on his health back in September, Smith told The Independent: “I look healthy, but underneath is a wrecked body.
![[Adam Smith thought he wouldn't win his cancer battle]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/eddie-hearn-adam-smith-press-958769710.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
