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UK Forces Beat US to take Royal Albert Hall Cup

British forces triumphed over their American counterparts last night as boxing made its long-awaited comeback to the Royal Albert Hall in London.

It came down to the wire with a 14 points to 12 victory for Sapper Adam Whitfield of the Royal engineers - who was pitted against Midshipman Jesus Aguilera of the US Navy.

The British Forces won the cup 5 bouts to 4 overall. The competition was organised in association with the charity Tickets for Troops.