CHARLIE FLYNN has revealed how a chest infection brought him to the brink of pulling out of his latest triumph.

The ‘Mailman’ stepped into the ring on Sunday night where he delivered another defeat, this time to Lee Connelly over six rounds at Glasgow’s Thistle hotel, taking his professional record to an impressive six wins from six.

However, the 22-year-old almost never made it that far due to a troublesome chest infection during his fight camp that continued to bother him throughout the fight.

Flynn told SportTimes: “I had quite a bad flu before the fight so my preparation wasn’t great and I was still feeling it when I was in the ring.

“It was a chest infection and I was really feeling it. After round three my chest was really hurting. That’s when we decided I should start boxing and stop being so aggressive. Maybe try and take my foot off the gas a bit.

“We were going to pull out the fight but it started to clear up a little bit. It ended up that I had such a huge support coming and I didn’t want to let them down.

“We got about two weeks of sparring on top of training and it was enough. It was a seven-week camp but easily the first four weeks the training was at 50 per cent.

“We made it by the skin of our teeth.”

The Scot’s success in the ring since turning professional last year has been a tale of great encouragement as the country looks for its next boxing hero.

Fans of the fighter who rose to fame at the Commonwealth Games will be familiar with his tenacious attitude that has allowed him to obliterate opponents who attempt to stand in his way.

But against Englishman Connelly Flynn was forced into a more patient style as he was taken a full six round for the first time.

While doing so carrying a chest infection was not ideal, the man from Newarthill believes he will be the better for it.

“I unloaded on him early on but then my trainer said he wanted to see more boxing from me.

“I was countering, moving on to the back foot, using my footwork and turning him all the time on to the ropes, throwing a lot of different shots. It went well.

“Had I been at my full normal fitness I definitely would have stopped him, but maybe it was a blessing in disguise to get the six rounds in.

“It also will help me be a bit more relaxed in the ring rather than just going for the knockout.

“It’s the first I did six rounds. The last time I was in a fight that length I got stopped in the fifth.

“I have done plenty of rounds of sparring but to do six in a real fight was pleasing.

“I was pleased, my manager was pleased, there’s just a bit of anger I couldn’t be at my best.”

Some other boxers having just won a fight of such importance would understandably want to go out and celebrate in style. For Flynn, he had his own idea of topping off a job well done.

After returning home, the Commonwealth Games gold medallist couldn’t sleep, and ended up going out in search of some satisfaction.

“I was just really hungry and went for a McDonald’s,” he said. “I always go for something to eat after a fight but that was about three in the morning.

“I’m always like that after a fight, I can’t get to sleep and I ended up staying awake until about 6am.”