“I was once described as the angriest man in the prison service – I was just angry at the world, and I wanted to take my own life. Boxing saved me.”

Robert Edwards has spent nearly two decades working in one of the UK’s toughest professions: the prison service. Over the years, he’s witnessed many traumatic events, including multiple suicides. His first experience came 19years ago during a night shift, when a prisoner took his own life. It was a moment that would haunt him for years.