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Fury binged on cocaine and alcohol to deal with depression
LONDON: Troubled heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury says he has been bingeing on cocaine and alcohol to deal with manic depression.
LONDON: Troubled heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury says he has been bingeing on cocaine and alcohol to deal with manic depression.
The British boxer has not fought since beating Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015 to claim the WBA, WBO and IBF titles. A rematch with Klitschko was postponed for a second time last month after Fury was declared “medically unfit.”
Fury spoke of his “personal demons” in a rambling interview with Rolling Stone .
“I’m a manic depressive. I just hope someone kills me before I kill myself,” Fury is quoted as saying. Fury said he quit his training camp in the Netherlands in May and has been on a downward spiral since.
“I’ve been out drinking, Monday to Friday to Sunday,” Fury said. “I’ve taken drugs, cocaine, on many, many occasions for the last six months.”
Fury was stripped of the IBF title for not fighting a mandatory challenger, but he still has the WBO and WBA titles. That could change because of his ongoing inactivity and the potential withdrawal of his license by the British Boxing Board of Control.
TIGER WOODS NAMED ASSISTANT CAPTAIN
New York: Tiger Woods, who plans to make his PGA Tour return next week after more than a year on the sidelines, has been appointed as one of three vice-captains to US skipper Steve Stricker for next year’s Presidents Cup in New Jersey.
Woods will join Fred Couples and triumphant US Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III as assistants for the biennial team competition against the Internationals to be played at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City from September 28-October 1.
“It’s just a tremendous honour,” Woods, who has paired up successfully with his longtime friend Stricker in the past at both the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup, said in a statement.
