Marco Huck's Surgery a Success, Eyes Quick Return

Germany´s biggest-selling newspaper, Bild, yesterday praised Huck for an incredible display of courage and even nicknamed him “Käpt´n Kieferbruch”, which translates as “Captain Broken Jaw” and is a nice pun in German. “I think it was an accidental headbutt but I´m not sure how I fractured it,” Huck said. “But that doesn´t matter. Things like that happen in boxing. It was important for me to stay calm and stick to the game plan.” That he did – much to the delight of Ulli Wegner. “In situations like this you can see that he has a great future ahead,” said the coach. “He must have felt a lot of pain but could not be bothered. He stuck to our tactics and finished him off. That was a great performance.”

Huck is expected to return to practice soon. With the exception of sparring, he´ll be able to work out normally. “I want to get back as soon as possible and build on the good performance against Kasanic,” Huck stated.