Dee Walsh struggled with depression and retired from boxing after just 12 professional fights
Belfast boxing coach Dee Walsh has opened up on how turning to God offered him a new perspective on boxing, and life.
"I actually thought it was stupid to believe in God. I thought scientists had basically disproved it. "And if Jesus did rise from the dead, then there is a God and he is God in the flesh. And if he didn't rise from the dead, then there probably isn't a God.Walsh admits he started attending Bible meetings and Christian get-togethers, sharing his own testimony and listening to the journeys of others.He added: "I started going to meetings. It took my mind completely off the trauma of boxing. I really hated it towards the end and it numbed me I had.
And despite his dark days with boxing, he insists the sport is a hugely positive influence on the community. "When I started boxing. I'd say we were running about the streets for about three years, absolutely mental. Me and two mates were put on a curfew by the RA. I can't even remember what it was we did," he recalls."It was actually Ruairi Dalton who said to me, 'Why don't we start boxing?'. God knows where I would be if I didn't start boxing.
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