Former world champion Amir Khan detailed the worst time in his life as he suffered from injury, scams, and marriage problems.
Khan admits to making many mistakes as he spent two years out of the ring before launching a comeback.
Speaking to Gary Neville, the Bolton man went over his troubles, which his wife Faryal helped him conquer after a falling out.
The retired 35-year-old, who won a silver medal for Great Britain when winning several bouts at the 2004 Athens Olympics as a teenager, was as open as ever as to what transpired.
Amir Khan’s mental health problems
“Mental health is a very big thing. It’s good that people start talking about it. Mental health problems have happened to the best of us, like Tyson Fury and other fighters,” Khan told The Overlap.
“I’ve had massive [mental health] problems. Back in 2016, I had a big fallout with my wife. I didn’t box. I had two years out of the ring and put on weight.
“You know, I was not happy with myself. I don’t know what it was.”
Injuries
On a troublesome ailment to his boxing tools, he added: “I had a hand operation. I went back to training, and it was still hurting me.
“Then, I had to get another operation and another one. I had three operations on it before it was alright.
“I really thought that I was never going to fight again. That put me on a downer, know that I’m at the peak of my career, but I can’t fight.”
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