Royal Navy fight hard to win boxing contest against historic Western Counties opponents

The Royal Navy boxing team have continued their Inter Services preparations with a win against historic rivals Western Counties.

In a fixture with more than 50 years of history, impressive performances from the Navy's Marine Grant Crookes and Marine Liam Bell were the highlights of the first Forces Fight Night of 2024.

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The Navy sealed the win in style with a referee's stoppage victory for Air Engineering Technician Oliver Betts over Jamie Claridge.

You can watch the night's action back in full via our YouTube video below.

Full results:

• AET Zain Abbas (Royal Navy) beat Tom Merrifield (Western Counties) by split decision
• Able Seaman Alex Burberry (Royal Navy) beat Liam Fouracres (Western Counties) by split decision
• Oliver Groves (Western Counties) beat AET Terence McIlroy (Royal Navy) by unanimous decision
• Fire Virk (Western Counties) beat Engineering Technician Keith Docherty (Royal Navy) by unanimous decision
• Mne Liam Bell (Royal Navy) beat Liam McCluskey (Western Counties) by unanimous decision
• AB Martin Stewart-McCrae (Royal Navy) beat Connor Hendy (Western Counties) by unanimous decision
• Marc Plunkett (Western Counties) beat Mne Joe Slatter (Royal Navy) by split decision
• Mne Grant Crookes (Royal Navy) beat Thomas Varey (Western Counties) by split decision
• AET Oliver Betts (Royal Navy) beat Jamie Claridge (Western Counties) by referee’s stoppage
• Mne Connor Fanning (Royal Navy) beat Louis Bacon (Western Counties) by split decision
• Mne Gabriel Rands-Silva (Royal Navy) beat Seb Hudd (Western Counties) by unanimous decision