Army boxers contest for a team place at Army Individual Open Championships

British Army boxers went head to head inside the ring at the Army Individual Open Boxing Championships with the hope of achieving their selection onto the Army Boxing Team. 

Fresh off the back of winning the Inter Services Championships, winning a spot onto the Army Boxing Team is no easy feat, with up to 30 boxers searching for their big break. 

One of the standout performances from the night's action came from MOD Lyneham boxer Lance Corporal Harry Fisher, who took on Ranger Regiment boxer Lewis Arthey in the middleweight bout.

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Fresh from winning the REME Championships, LCpl Fisher is 18 years Arthey's junior and had competed in heavier categories before.

But leaning on his experience, it was LCpl Fisher who secured the win over Arthey, boosting his Army Boxing career in the aftermath of his victory with an invitation to begin training with the Army Development Team.

He said: "With boxing, I've always wanted to do as much as I can because it's not worth the hustle really, if not getting hit in the head and stuff like that, you have to make it worth it.

"Competing with the Army would be amazing, travelling all over, it would be great."

The Royal Engineers arrived in Aldershot with a healthy contingent of boxers, one of which was Sapper Jamie Lowe, who took on Marco Collins from the RLC in a light middleweight clash.

Spr Lowe landed precious points on his opponent in the final stages of the bout, by which time it was too late for Collins to make a late impression on the judges. 

A superb round of boxing by Spr Lowe saw him win his maiden Army individual win by a unanimous decision.

Elsewhere, many of the contests were too close to call. 

Caden Turney from the Royal Engineers looked to make short work of Thamas McCallion from the RLC in their featherweight fight.

But McCallion showed that he wasn't one for backing down without a fight, and with a gold medal and a spot on the Army team on the line, both boxers went all out for victory in the closing stages. 

In the end, though, the win would belong to Turney by a split decision.