Veljko: I lay bedridden for four months and could not walk

Boxer Veljko Raznatovic has spoken publicly for the first time about the health crisis that pulled him out of the ring, revealing that a herniated disc left him immobile for months. He made the comments on June 14, 2026, at a point when he had already completed a long recovery phase in Moscow.

What the public had long been guessing now has a clear picture. Veljko was not on a break because of career calculations, but because of an injury that, for a time, completely disabled him. He spoke about it without sugarcoating anything.

“For three or four months I lay in bed and could not walk,” Veljko said, describing the hardest part of the process he went through.

What was really happening with Veljko?

A herniated disc is an injury that can floor even the fittest athletes, and for a boxer, whose body depends on spinal stability and explosiveness, the consequences are even more serious. Veljko described a period in which basic actions, getting up and walking, were impossible. For a man who lives off physical fitness, that is more than a sporting break, it is a test of patience.

For that reason, the decision was made to carry out a serious recovery outside Serbia. Veljko spent seven months in Moscow, where he not only worked on his health but also laid the groundwork for continuing his career. In the Russian capital he found a new coach and made contacts that could shape the next period of his time in the ring.

During his stay in Moscow he lodged, as he recounted, within the grounds of the Serbian Orthodox Church. That detail gave the whole story another dimension, the recovery was not only medical but personal, far from home and in surroundings that gave him peace.

Why did he call his wife a queen?

Throughout the story Veljko especially highlighted the role of his wife Bogdana. Seven months apart is not a small thing, particularly for a young marriage, and he described her support as crucial. He called Bogdana a queen precisely because she let him go through the long recovery alone, without pressure and without reproach.

Many recognize that gesture as maturity on both sides. While he worked on his comeback, she held the family together and protected the calm he needed to focus on rehabilitation. In a public eye that often follows every step of famous couples, a statement like this reads as an honest acknowledgment rather than a pose for the media.

Now that the worst is behind him, Veljko is announcing a return to his boxing career. After months spent in bed and long work in Moscow, a comeback in the ring would carry both sporting and personal weight. After everything he went through, will Veljko Raznatovic show his old form in the ring, or will this break leave a mark on his career?