A 17-year-old amateur boxer died shortly after collapsing in the ring during a tournament fight.

The teenager, named locally as Ed Bilbey, was given medical treatment at the match on Friday night in South Normanton, Derbyshire, but was pronounced dead in hospital.

Friends have described how the "cracking lad", from nearby Ripley, fought like a "bloody trooper" and how his family were by his side "until the end".

Police say there do not appear to be suspicious circumstances but are asking anyone with footage of the fight to get in contact.

"Even though he was younger than everyone else he had one of the biggest hearts in the gym," said friend Mehdi Asghari, 27, speaking to The Telegraph, who met him at his local Shinfield's gym.

"As a boxer he was very talented, with big ambition. He always strived to be the best, instead of doing what normal kids his age would. He was always trying to be one of the best boxers who ever lived.