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Former World Heavyweight Champion Big Frank is taking on the illness that had him out for the count
Frank Bruno is back and is fighting fit but this time it's not boxers he's battling - via Daily Mirror Video & Article -
Former World Heavyweight Champion Big Frank is taking on the illness that had him out for the count
'FRANK Bruno is back on form and up for the fight of his life – to knock out the stigma around the bipolar disorder that floored him last year.
The former world heavyweight champion , 51, says he finally feels in control again after a decade in the grip of mental illness.
With a welcome return of the warm smile and deep belly laugh that made him a national treasure, the boxing legend tells the Sunday Mirror how he fought his way back to health.
“This time last year I was in a very dark place,” he says. “I’m determined to never go back there again.
“Mental illness is a terrible thing to have to cope with but I’ve learnt it’s a fight you can win if you live your life the right way.
“So that’s what I do now. Today my life’s about working hard, staying healthy and being happy.”
He works out most days, and looks fit enough to step back into the ring tomorrow.
Now Frank is using his experience to help fellow sufferers fight back. He says: “I am determined to help as many people as I can to believe they too can get through mental illness.”'
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Bristol Post
Boxing legend Frank Bruno leads new fight in Bristol -
Boxing Gym - mental health trust Bristol Active Life Project
"WITH the sound of his distinctive laugh there was no need for the visitor to a Bristol gym to announce his arrival.
Former world heavyweight champion Frank Bruno needed no introduction as he made his way into Bristol Boxing Gym.
His visit, to a project supporting people with mental health issues through non-contact boxing sessions, was a perfect fit considering the difficulties he has himself suffered with depression and bipolar disorder since his career ended. And it proved an inspiration to the people running and benefiting from the service to meet someone who has overcome battles inside and outside the ring.
Bristol Boxing Gym ran its first session with the local mental health trust's Bristol Active Life Project last month on World Mental Health Day.
Now 11 people are benefiting from the box fit programme.
Mr Bruno spent time chatting with the people who attended yesterday's session and was also reunited with Bristol North West MP, who trained alongside him at Spaniorum Farm Gym in Compton Greenfield when he was in pantomime at the Hippodrome and she was a regular there as a teenager."
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