Former boxing champ Nigel Benn, 55, hopes return will 'gain closure'
"When I was fighting I was always suffering with depression.
Since his retirement in 1996, Benn has become a born-again Christian and has remained fit through his work mentoring and training boxers in Australia, where he lives with his wife."Well, you're 55, you stay at home and do what you want, I'm doing what I want. His son, Conor, 23, is a successful boxer in his own right - but labelled his father"crazy" for getting back in the ring.
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