Tyson Fury has revealed he went on a run with a suicidal man in a successful attempt to stop him from taking his own life.
The lineal heavyweight champion has battled his own problems with mental health and spoke candidly about the topic in an exclusive interview with talkSPORT.
And in a series of Instagram Stories on Monday, Fury came to the aid of a complete stranger, who he claimed was going to commit suicide.
He said: “So tonight I’ve had a strange experience, very strange. I’m very humbled in one way, but very freaked out in another.
“A random stranger came to my house tonight and told me he was just about to commit suicide, but he needed to speak to me first before he did it.
“So obviously me being me, I talked him out of it, took him on a three-mile run, he’s left as happy as Larry and it seems to have worked.
“So for all those people out there who are suffering with mental health problems, please do not take your life. It’ll get better, I promise you.
“There is help around the corner, please seek medical advice immediately and you’ll return to what you once were. It isn’t over then, it isn’t over now.
“Come on people, don’t give up, keep fighting, never say die! Like I got up in round 12 against [Deontay] Wilder, keep getting on, no matter how many times it puts you down, keep moving forward because we never surrender!”
After a short, but successful run in WWE, where he beat Braun Strowman at Crown Jewel in October, Fury is preparing for his rematch with Wilder in February.
