Warning: This text incorporates references to alcohol abuse

Former British and Commonwealth middleweight champion Felix Money says changing into a father helped him deal with 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 unsure if he would ever struggle 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 occurring mad benders for possibly six or seven years,” he advised BBC Sport.

“It was getting worse, however having my new child boy has modified all the things.

“If I would carried on the best way 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, successful 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 glad to be again doing what I like and I have been sober for six months,” he added.