THE LAST ROUND-DELHI 2010

(Photo - TOM STALKER - Gold in Delhi) 

THE FINAL ROUND:  by brian zelley

With the ringing of the final bell, the bright light shining in the ring has now faded to black but for all the boxers coaches and officials there will be Golden Memories as the decades slip away.  In future days the many boxers will have their group and individual photos and press clippings to treasure along with the memories of their time in Delhi far from home.

THE CHAMPIONS - the GOLD RUSH

Flashing through the finals gives us  fresh crop of gold medal winners from the various Nations.

One could claim that PADDY BARNES set the stage for Northern Island early in the Commonwealth Games competition and proved his talent right to the final bell.  He was rewarded with the gold medal along with two of his teammates  PADDY GALLAGHER and

EAMONN O'KANE.

Gallagher earned a victory over CALLUM SMITH and O'Kane over ANTHONY OGOGO

from England.  In an earlier bout, Ogogo had scored one of the big upsets of the tournament with a victory over India's boxing star.

Then there was England's TOM STALKER who had boxed and punched his way into the finals

with some important victories including the one against Australia's LUKE JACKSON. In the final, he would be too much for the young rising star of Scotland JOSH TAYLOR who had some impressive wins along the way, and some thought the youth and speed to outshine the vet. Stalker.

Then there was England/s heavyweight SIMON VALLILY who stopped STEVE WARD.

Gold also glittered for India in the ring with one of the champions being M. KUMAR who excelled over England;s BRADLEY SAUNDERS.

THE FUTURE - LONDON OLYMPICS 2012

There is no way to guess if any of the 2010 Champions will be on s National team for the London Olumpics, but they do have just under two years to prepare and get ready.  Will boxers like

Josh Taylor, Luke Jackson, Tommy Stubbs, Iain Weaver, and Alex Rynn take this tournament as

a learning experience, go back to the gym for some selective training and bounce back for 2012

or will some of them and others throw in the amateur sponge and turn professional or say their last goodbye to boxing. 

2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES - BOXING

TEAM ENGLAND -  RED HOT

PHOTO GALLERY

TEAM ENGLAND PHOTO  -  Courtesy of IAIN WEAVER

TEAM WALES vs TEAM CANADA  and SCOTLAND

TOM STALKER - TEAM ENGLAND

Devon Boatswain - Team Guyana

(from the "Stabroek News - October 5 th.)

Photos - Team Canada & Team England

Photo - Luke Woods - Team Australia - 

by Melissa Adams, Canberra Times

Photo - 2010 Boxing Team - Northern Irelamd

Photo - PADDY BARNES -  Belfast

Photo - Callum Johnson - Team Scotland

(Retford Times - October 20, 2009)

Photo - Team Scotland

(Amateur Boxing Scotland - announcement)

Photos - Flag of Wales & Welsh Boxing Team

Photo - Andrew Selby - Team Wales

BANTAMWEIGHT BOXER

("Barry & District News" - July 22, 2010)

Photo - Fred Evans - Team Wales

ANDREW SELBY - TEAM WALES

THE 2010 BOXING JOURNEY BEGINS - 2010 Commonwealth Games - by brian zelley


For the various Boxing Teams from the Commonwealth Nations, we begin with the individual boxers in the last days of their preparation before leaving for Delhi to compete in the 2010 GAMES.


Action in the ring will take place at the "Talkatora Indoor Boxing Stadium".


We now know the names of the boxers, coaches and managers of many of the teams from 
Australia to Canada, England, India and the other places around the globe.


For the Canadian team (see photo of the names) we have the seniors such as DIDIER BENCE
and STEVE ROLLS to the young ones like ALEX RYNN  from Alberta.  They and their team mates
will be in competition with members of the Australian team such as lightweight LUKE JACKSON, 
and members of three boxers from Guyana - DEVON BOATSWAIN, DEXTER JORDAN and CLEVLON ROCK.

For ENGLAND (see photo) of team including Tommy Stubbs and Bradley Saunders

New Zealand boxers will include JOSEPH PARKER, NATHAN MCEWEN,  ANGUS DONALDSON,  REECE PAPURI and DAVID ALOUA of a five member team.


For SCOTLAND the team includes boxer CALLUM JOHNSON from England, but qualified for Scotland.

Over the next few weeks, we will follow the progress of the Commonwealth boxers as they compete
against the best at Delhi, India.

THE CREAAM OF THE CROP - LIGHTWEIGHTS JOSH TAYLOR and TOM STALKER


As the days passed, the most anticipated final would be a lightweight contest between
England's TOM STALKER  and Scotland's JOSH TAYLOR  To-date, each bocer has 
demonstratd excellence in their bouts.