“Kills More People Every Year Than Most Other Things”: Tyson Fury Breaks Social Media Blackout to Spread Awareness About ‘Silent Killer’

Tyson Fury is the epitome of physical prowess when it comes to fighting. His boxing abilities are at par with any boxer the world has ever seen, he’s a 6ft 9 inches giant of a man, with a reach of approximately 85 inches. Fury is currently the WBC world Heavyweight champion, who has everything that a man can wish for. Fury is undefeated, but he was close to losing it all against one of his toughest opponents. But he did not face this opponent inside a ring, instead, the battle was going on inside his own head. Tyson Fury had some major mental health issues, due to which he was also suicidal at one point in his life.

Tyson Fury has overcome his challenges now, but there was a time when he struggled to find fulfillment in any area of his life. After he overcame Wladimir Klitschko and claimed the World Heavyweight Championship title, everything began to unravel. Recently, Fury shared a video clip of an old interview on his Instagram Story, to remind his fans who are facing the same struggles, that it’ll gradually get better. Notably, a few months back Fury also extended support to defeat England in mental health awareness post.

Tyson Fury’s old interview about his mental health

Back in 2019, Tyson Fury appeared on The Rick Eison Show, where he talked about how he has a ‘never quitting’ attitude. He also stated that if he was to die, he knew that it would never be in a boxing ring. Instead, it’d be at the time when he was just standing on his last leg and was about to commit suicide.

The interviewer then asks him, about his recovery process and what advice he has for people who are still going through it. Fury replied, “Anyone who suffers from mental health problems. It is a silent killer, kills more people every year than most other things, of men under 35 it is the biggest killer on Earth. And I was no different.”

Then Tyson Fury starts talking about the time when he was at his lowest. He said, “You’re thinking Heavyweight champion of the world, guy who’s on top of everything, he must be happy, right? But then I wasn’t. There wasn’t a day that I woke up that I didn’t pray for death.”

Fury said that he did not see anything that was of interest to him anymore, his victories and achievements did not matter. He also talked about his family and how they detested weak people, which got to him in a negative sense. But then said that everything is not lost, and it’ll gradually get better.

He said, “But I do promise anybody who’s listening, anybody who’s suffering that it will get better and there is going to be sunshine days once again.” After this, Fury also throws some light when he couldn’t hold it anymore and had to let it out one way or another.

When Tyson Fury hit rock bottom

The next thing Rick Eison asked Tyson Fury was how does anybody get to know that this is the limit, this is where the rock bottom is. Tyson Fury then revealed a dark truth, when he was driving his car and he just wanted to crash it on the bridge and end his life. But at that moment, he thought about his kids and his wife and stopped the car by the side of the road. His hands were shaking, at that moment he knew he had to get some help instantly.

He called his father, John Fury, and spoke to him about everything that has been happening. He suffered from mental health issues for 18 months, but then he came back strong against Deontay Wilder in 2018.

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Fury is an inspiration to a lot of people out there, and it’s an important thing to note that currently, Fury is on his social media blackout period before the Oleksandr Usyk fight. But he broke it just to remind people to keep fighting against their mental health problems.

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