Professionally repaired? By what type of professional? Wrestler, maybe?
While it has not been reconed, (is this what's expected from a pro?) - what's really so egregious about the repair?
I don't know, I'm not a professional. But when I repair a speaker with a white patch, I color it so it doesn't stand out. He could have said, "Somebody patched it for me".
looks like it had a voice coil that was removed, probably where that hole come from
if he`s a pro maybe we all are and don't know it