In 2018, Fury staged a remarkable turnaround, getting clean and stepping back into the ring. He lost 112 pounds, quit cocaine, and signed a $103 million, five-fight television deal with ESPN. He also won two comeback fights.

On Halloween 2017, he sat in his bedroom and cried. "I thought to myself, what has my life come to? I've gone from being heavyweight champion of the world to being a fat mess.

"I've just got to change. The next day I got my sweatsuit on and started running, and never looked back."

Seeking recovery, the boxer got professional help. "And after that, I got onto my knees and I begged to God for help. So I have lots of different people to thank. I didn't do this on my own, this was never an alone thing", he said in an interview reported by The Independent.

Source: Sunday Times Magazine