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Boxers left 'devastated' by death of teenage fighter after match

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The head coach of a Leicestershire boxing club said its members had been left devastated after a match involving one of his fighters ended in tragedy. A member of Earl Shilton Boxing Academy had fought and defeated 17-year-old Ed Bilby when the teenager collapsed, at the exact moment the referee had raised his opponent's hand as the victor. He was later pronounced dead. Ed, from Ripley, in Derbyshire, had fought in a match for the East Midlands Youth Welterweight Belt and had completed...

Boxers left 'devastated' by death of teenage fighter after match


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