Inquest to be held into death of Derbyshire teenage boxer

Seventeen-year-old Edward Bilbey collapsed at the Post Mill Centre, South Normanton, on Friday, March 24, 2017, shortly after taking part in the bout.

The inquest is being held at Chesterfield Town Hall and is expected to last up to three days.

Edward’s mum Michelle paid tribute to her 'special angel’ after the incident.

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In a statement, she said: “My Eddie boy, my champ. He was more than just a boxer, he was a beautiful, clever, handsome, caring, honest, respectful and truly pure soul with a heart of gold and a kind word and time for everyone.

“He was my confidante, my rock, my very best friend and my shopping partner.

"He was more than just a brother to Henry, George and Charlie, he was like a dad to them.

"Always looking out for them, helping with homework, spending all his money on them, especially at Christmas time, making sure they had plenty to open on Christmas Day.”

Edward loved sport and he had a season ticket at Nottingham Forest with his best friend Jamie Wood.

Michelle said: “He’d just started to go out with his lovely friends, who he’d known since school and was looking forward to his first lads’ holiday with them.”

Boxing was Edward’s ‘passion’ and ‘made him who he was’, his mum said.

“It may be that that’s where his life ended on Friday night but knowing Eddie as I do, he wouldn’t have wanted it any other way,” she added.

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