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 TOM STALKER

"The Pride Of British Boxing"

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Sheffield is a good place to stay for the training camps.

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. 

THE FOUR NATIONS - 2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES BOXING

THE FOUR NATINS BOXING - N. E. W. S.

The boxers of Northern Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland (NEWS)
are ready to make news with about 15 boxers in the semi-finals.

One of the divisions where they will win three is the middleweight division
it will be ANTHONY OGOGO, EAMONN O'KANE  and KEIRAN HARDING
to sort out the shade of the medal that each will get, but for all three it will be
a rehersal fo LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS, but there can be no guarantees that any of them will make the final 2012 teams for action and fame in East London.

In other weight divisions there is a good cross-section of boxers
such as PADDY BARNES, TOM STALKER, JOSH TAYLOR
and 2008 Olympic boxer BRADLEY SAUNDERS of Team England.

COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010 - THE LIGHTWEIGHTS

PHOTO - Team England Photo - an ace team


THE QUARTER FINALS - 8 Still Standing: by brian zelley

By the end of Sunday, there will only be four to determine the shade of the medal that they will win.  For the other four it will be a bell too far, and one of the four
that will be eliminated will be Australian LUKE JACKSON or England's
TOM STALKER.

For BOXING CANADA one of the shining stars is ALEX RYNN from Calgary, 
Alberta.  To-date, Alex has defeated two opponents to earn a spot with the
select.  To make the medal round, ALEJANDRO (Alex) RYNN  needs to 
earn a win over MOALA of Tonga in quarter finals action. 

Not to be overlooked in the action will be JOSH TAYLOR of Scotland.
Fromhis initial bout, Josh impressed his team mates by being the first
to move forward to the next level with a victory over previous medal winner
DARREN EDWARDS of Wales. The Edwards loss was one of many for 
the Welsh team.  The latest from Wales to miss the semi-finals is 
ANDREW SELBY

THE FOUR LAST LIGHTWEIGHTS
The last four lightweights will compete in the semi-finals on the road to gold.
Four Nations - England, India, Scotland and Tonka will add medals to their
Commonwealth Games collection.

THE FOUR LIGHTWEIGHTS - the road to glory and fame
JAI BHAGWAN, LOMALITO MOALA, TOM STALKER & JOSH TAYLOR

For home based Indian boxer Jai Bhagwan, it is more than the shade of the medal.
As quoted in the "Indian Express" on 10\10\10.
"I would get fame and there would be financial benefits as well" - J. Bhagwan.  


Then there were two - STALKER vs TAYLOR  - The final showdown.