Warning: This text incorporates references to alcohol abuse
Former British and Commonwealth middleweight champion Felix Money says turning into a father helped him sort out long-term struggles with alcohol and substance abuse.
Money has not fought since a fifth-round stoppage defeat by Tyler Denny in Birmingham in the summertime of 2024 – his first skilled loss – however is now eyeing a comeback.
The 32-year-old from Berkshire was undecided if he would ever combat once more after a turbulent few years outdoors the ring, however feels he’s “refreshed and targeted” following six months of sobriety and the arrival of one other little one.
“I would been making an attempt to surrender ingesting and happening mad benders for perhaps six or seven years,” he advised BBC Sport.
“It was getting worse, however having my new child boy has modified all the pieces.
“If I would carried on the way in which I used to be, I wasn’t going to final for much longer – I would both have been locked up or useless.”
Money first made his identify in 2021, profitable the British middleweight title with a devastating third-round knockout of Denzel Bentley at York Corridor.
However lengthy intervals of inactivity over the previous three years noticed his momentum stall.
“Now I’ve had time to mirror. I am completely happy to be again doing what I really like and I have been sober for six months,” he added.
