Police investigate death of teenage boxer after bout

Amateur boxer, 17, died shortly after collapsing in the ring during open show at venue in South Normanton, Derbyshire

Police have launched an investigation after a 17-year-old amateur boxer died shortly after collapsing in the ring.

Derbyshire police said officers were called to the Post Mill Centre, South Normanton, at 10.17pm on Friday. The youth, who is from Ripley, near Derby, was given medical treatment at the scene but was pronounced dead on arrival at Kings Mill hospital in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.