Jimmy Barnes in Boxing Ring Post-Surgery

Jimmy Barnes looked fit as a fiddle as he posed up a storm in a boxing ring, following his shock health scare last year which saw him undergo open heart surgery.

The rock star, 68, who is currently on holiday with his wife Jane in Thailand, shared a precious photo to Instagram on Thursday in which he posed in his luxury hotel gym.

Barnes was all smiles in the sweet picture as he hammed it up for the camera by holding up his arms in a boxer’s stance, as he jokingly prepared to spar.

He looked healthy and confident in the picture, as he flashed his trademark cheeky grin to the camera. 

Jimmy captioned the photo with some insightful words: ‘When you’re in hotels and in transit, it’s great to keep up exercise and movement. 

‘This is the first hotel gym I’ve found with a Thai boxing ring. I can see another hip replacement… Maybe not… I think my wife Jane is going to have a go.’

The Cold Chisel singer also shared a gallery of photos showing him having fun with relatives in Bangkok, as he revealed he was listening to the State of Origin on the radio.

Late last year, Jimmy was struck down by a life-threatening infection that attacked his heart – he then underwent successful open heart surgery.

Jimmy Barnes (pictured) looked fit as a fiddle as he posed up a storm in a boxing ring, following his shock health scare last year which saw him undergo open heart surgery. The rock star shared a precious photo to Instagram on Thursday in which he posed in his luxury hotel gym

Reflecting on his health struggles, he admitted he told his wife Jane that he didn’t think he was going to make it while lying in Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital.

‘I just had this horrible morbid feeling because I’ve never felt this sick before. I thought I was gone,’ he recently told 60Minutes.

Just hours before checking into hospital, an unwell Jimmy had taken to the stage at a memorial concert for his late friend and promoter, Michael Gudinski.

He told how he was so unwell he could barely remember the show and said he was sweating and had a fever backstage – Barnes was scheduled to fly abroad for a another concert but instead went to the hospital as his health deteriorated.

Barnes looked the picture of perfect health in the heartwarming photo, which follows his shock health scare last year in which had successful open heart surgery

The Cold Chisel singer also shared a gallery of photos showing him having fun with relatives in Bangkok, as he revealed he was listening to the State of Origin on the radio

A team of specialists discovered his body was shutting down because an infection in his blood was causing endocarditis – a life-threatening inflammation of the heart.

By the time he was wheeled into the operating theatre for a open heart surgery, his doctors said he had just hours to live – In a marathon seven-hour surgery, the physicians successfully replaced his damaged valves and repaired his heart.

Seven months on, Barnes’ recovery is going well and he recently announced his band Cold Chisel would be embarking on a national tour later this year.