The admission from Edwards, 28, came shortly after DAZN cameras picked up a sobering exchange between the former champion and his cornermen following an action-packed second round of their interim title bout. "Do you want me to be real with you?" Edwards said to his coach. "I don't even want to be here."

Sunny Edwards was dealt the second and final loss of his career this weekend in Birmingham at the hands of a relentless Galal Yafai.

Sunny Edwards will be remembered as somebody ready for the "biggest fights", believes Eddie Hearn, as the former IBF flyweight world champion retired from the ring. The 28-year-old suffered a sixth-round stoppage loss to Galal Yafai for the interim WBC flyweight title at bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham on Saturday,