Diversity star Jordan Banjo has revealed he’s suffered multiple nasty injuries thanks to his new career as he admitted the major toll it has taken on his body
Jordan Banjo has revealed his new sporting obsession has taken a major toll on his body already as he’s had two major surgeries. The Diversity dancer and TV star hasn’t been put off boxing despite ending up in hospital.
He has even challenged another Love Islander for a big fight as part of Misfits Boxing. Jordan shot to fame back in 2009 with his brother Ashely when they won that year’s Britain’s Got Talent competition as part of Diversity.
The dancer, 32, has since appeared on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here, Dancing on Ice and The Masked Singer, but is enjoying a totally different career path with boxing. However, it hasn’t all been going to plan as last year Jordan shared photos from a hospital bed.
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He took on the intense training for his first ever match but ended up with a nasty injury streak. Detailing the horror injuries, Jordan revealed he tore his bicep and said it was a “full rupture”.
The TV star needed surgery to “reattach it” as he added: “A complete tear, the kind that would put most people out of action for months.” It wasn’t his first brush with the medical room as he was left unable to move his finger following a previous injury.
Jordan told the Sun: “I’d done a ligament in my hand which had to be repaired so I couldn’t move my little finger… it just had to either move to be straight or move to be bent because the ligament had snapped.”
Despite his painful injury spell, Jordan managed to win his first fight in May as he went up against Love Island’s Wil Anderson. He is also not giving up as he’s been taking on strength and conditioning training.
In another blow, Jordan admitted he tore his pec but is “definitely planning to fight again”. Boxing isn’t to blame for all Jordan’s injuries, however, as his dancing career as forced him to need surgeries on his knees and ankle as well as “snapping” both his thumbs.
Injury prone Jordan suffered another hit over the summer as he revealed he had a mishap at a pool while on holiday with his family. He revealed he had finally learned to swim aged 32 but suffered a bash to the head just hours later.
Sharing the story with his fans back in August, he said: “I’m currently in Spain and great news I’ve learnt to swim at 32 years old (yes I finally did it). Feeling beyond confident I challenged my seven-year-old son to a race. He accepts, foolishly.
“I tell him he can race normal, I’ll give him a head start and ONLY swim under water. I end up swimming blind under water because obviously I don’t have goggles (why would I need them? I couldn’t swim until about 48 hours ago).”
He then added: “In my panic of not wanting to lose and realising I haven’t quite mastered underwater technique, I fly full pelt, head first into the jagged side wall of the pool in front of about 25 spectators. I come up for air, dizzy, head pounding and my son is already at the other side.”
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Source: Mirror
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