Mohammed Ali’s Son Reveals Real Reason For Current Depression

Professional boxer Mohammed Ali’s grandson, Biaggio Ali Walsh is about to have the biggest fight of his life when he takes on Joel Galarza Lopez in the Professional Fighters League – but the grandson of Muhammad Ali fought a far harder battle when he overcame drug abuse and depression.

The 25-year-old goes into the November 25 bout with a 5-1 record in cage fighting, and is tipped to turn professional if he wins.

With his brother Nico Ali Walsh and aunt Laila Ali making their mark in pro boxing, he’ll be continuing the family tradition his granddad started – but MMA is far more to him than a way to make money and find fame.

Before having his first cage fight in June last year, Ali Walsh was struggling badly after he finished playing American football, as he explained to Daily Mail Australia.’I live in Sin City, Las Vegas, so the access to all types of party drugs and going out, all that stuff, it’s here, right in my face,’ he said.

‘So when I was done playing football I was thinking, “I’m free! I don’t have to wake up and go to practice, I don’t have to do this and that!” So I did whatever I wanted.

‘Really what I was doing was just numbing myself from the pain I was experiencing mentally.

‘I felt pain because I wasn’t getting the opportunities that I expected in football, there was so much expected of me. I was just numbing myself and it didn’t help me mentally, emotionally or spiritually. It took me away from that.

‘But since I started training in MMA, took it seriously and decided to fight, it changed my whole lifestyle. MMA forces me to live healthy.’