32 lBOXING NEWSlJULY 25, 2019 http://www.boxingnewsonline.netBROKEN: Prescott stuns Khan
with a savage knockout in
the opening round
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ANDREW COULDRIDGE
REEBOK WERE PAYING
ME A LOT OF MONEY
TO SPONSOR ME.
AS SOON AS I LOST
THEY WASHED THEIR
HANDS WITH ME”
➤ “I’d never been stopped before... That was a big
heartache for me.”
He went abroad, though it hardly felt like a holiday.
Edwards was drinking, trying to lose himself. Getting
out of shape very quickly. “I went into a depressive
sort of state,” he recalled. “It was just a running away
from the world sort of thing, trying to hide.”
Feeling miserable, he took stock. “I looked at myself
in the mirror. I looked a state, I was really heavy,” he
said. Edwards thought, “I need to get out [with a bout]
as soon as possible because I’m really struggling. It
was killing me mentally.
“It was an absolute killer. It was a hard, hard
process to go through. And it really built my character
and tested me a hell of a lot.”