Tyson Fury meets up with man whose life he saved after talking him out of committing suicide last year
TYSON FURY has been reunited with the man whose life he saved last year after talking him out of suicide.
The Gypsy King explained last December how a stranger left him “freaked out” by knocking on his door to tell him he was about to take his own life.
But Fury stepped in, took him on a three-mile run and left the man feeling “as happy as Larry”.
As luck would have it, Fury – who says he has accepted a fight against Mike Tyson – bumped into the same man entirely by chance this morning when going for a walk on the beach in Morecambe.
In a video posted to his Instagram page, WBC heavyweight king Fury said: “So I come down the beach for a coffee, and I meet this guy, again.
“Yeah, I found him this time. This is the guy that come into my house one night and was gonna commit suicide.
“I managed to talk him out of it and take him on a run.
“And then this morning, I’ve come down to the beach for a coffee, and he don’t even live in the area, and he’s here.
“What a coincidence. How are you feeling today? No more suicidal thoughts?”
The unnamed man, who is wearing a Tyson Fury T-shirt, said: “I’m doing good, mate. No suicidal thoughts, just chilling, this is where my nan was scattered. Nice and relaxed before I go back home.”
Fury, 31, ends the video by saying: “Good stuff, anyway, have a fantastic Monday, I’ll see you soon.”
A talkSPORT listener also revealed last December how hearing Fury speak stopped him from taking his own life.
The Brit hero has spoken openly and honestly about his battle with depression as well as drug and alcohol addiction.
In February he admitted he still feels “absolutely suicidal” every Sunday and would be “dead in a year” if he quit the gym.
He said: “I look forward to Saturdays. I do a long run in the morning and then I will do something with the kids or whatever I can.
“Then Sunday comes and every Sunday I am absolutely suicidal, every single Sunday whether I am in camp or I am at home.
“It is like the world has ended and I just want to not live anymore.
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“That is Sunday. And then I go to bed on a Sunday night thinking yeah Monday is tomorrow I can start my stuff again. Back to the gym, back to the coffee shop, back to the lunch, back to the kids.
“That is the way I live. It is routine that is keeping me alive and keeping me going.
“If I give up the gym I will be dead within a year, that is for sure.”
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