Fury admits to cocaine use in battling depression
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Berlin - British boxing world champion Tyson Fury has admitted to using cocaine and alcohol as he struggles against depression, though says he is also seeking help for his condition.
"I'm on the verge of becoming an alcoholic. I'm drinking Monday to Friday to Sunday. I can't, I can't deal with it, and the only thing that helps me is when I get drunk out of me mind and that's it," he told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview published late Tuesday.
"I've taken drugs, cocaine, on many, many occasions for the last six months."
Fury has not fought since taking Wladimir Klitschko's IBF, WBA and WBO belts with a surprise victory in Germany in November last year and has subsequently lost the IBF title for not facing a mandatory challenger. A rematch with Klitschko has been postponed twice.
"They say I've got a version of bipolar," Fury said. "I'm a manic depressive. I just hope someone kills me before I kill myself."
However, he also added that he had stopped drinking and taking drugs for two days ahead of the interview and was seeking help for his depression.
Fury, who is from the traveller community, claimed he was subjected to a "witch hunt" following his win over Klitschko and said he had been turned away from restaurants.
In the interview Fury also rallied against his sport, saying "I hate boxing now" and suggesting he would not return to the ring -something he has since appeared to change his mind on.
Fury faces a hearing into a charge for an alleged doping violation in November but insisted that he has never used performance enhancing drugs.
- DPA
