Thionville. Boxer Lorenzi sends cancer back to the ropes

“A lump under the throat. At first glance, nothing to worry about the sturdy fellow. Accustomed to the growths on the face and the body, marks of a long career on the rings, David Lorenzi thought to see her deflate like a vulgar cockade. Summer 2020, the ball is hanging on. Works on the body. The medical analyzes follow one another, “the doctors are agitated”.

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No observation round

September of this year to forget, the diagnosis falls: the ball? A lymph node “caused by cancer of the lymphatic system”. The announcement is as brutal as a right hook to the temple: “A few days before, I learned that my wife was pregnant …” The former European vice-champion of kick-boxing, withdrawn from the rings, knows that he will have to bully with a tough opponent. Intimidating, the opponent. There will be no observation round between the two parties.

In November, David, the founder of Siam Boxing Terville, endures his first chemotherapy session. Known to be tough between the ropes, he cashed in clenching his teeth.

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In remission

“The injections last between six and eight hours. At the end, you feel like you’re soaked up. I kept the taste of the product in the mouth. “His care men, in oncology service, detect the strength of the combatant:” As my body supported them well, quickly, we accelerated the protocol and the pace of chemo. For my part, I did what I have always done. “Sport, even if the time, sick with Covid, does not lend itself to it.

Placed in an artificial coma due to re-containment, the wards grant preferential treatment to members on medical prescription. David pushes the door of the Thionville New Life fitness center every day. And shouts out, looking his cancer straight in the eye: “Even the day after chemo, I was going to run on the mat.” For someone like me, athlete, it’s weird to be exhausted after only two kilometers of effort. But I did not give up. “

On December 29, the gong of the last round sounded at the Metz hospital center. One day of his birthday, his 40th birthday, which coincides with a final session: “I celebrated it at Champomy”, he smiles. Three months later, minimum time to measure the effects of the treatment, the analyzes are good: “We are not yet talking about a cure,” he concludes, cautiously. I am in remission and for five years I will remain under surveillance. If my testimony can give strength to others… ”More than strength, a real lesson in (over) life.

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