Tom Stalker
| Tom Stalker | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Thomas Lee Stalker |
| Nickname(s) | Captain |
| Rated at | Light Welterweight |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.77m) |
| Nationality |
 English |
| Born | 30 June 1984 (age 30) Liverpool, England |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 16 |
| Wins | 11 |
| Wins by KO | 2 |
| Losses | 2 |
| Draws | 3 |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| World Championships | ||
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2011 Baku | Light welterweight |
| European Union Amateur Boxing Championships | ||
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2008 Poland | Lightweight |
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2009 Denmark | Lightweight |
| European Amateur Championships | ||
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2010 Moscow | Lightweight |
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2011 Ankara | Light Welterweight |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2010 Delhi | Lightweight |
Thomas Lee Stalker (born 30 June 1984) is an English professional boxer from Liverpool, England, competing in the light welterweight division. He is currently promoted by Frank Warren.
As an amateur, Stalker represented Salisbury ABC in Liverpool having previously boxed for St. Aloysius ABC in the Huyton area of Liverpool, he only started boxing at the age of 18, having his first fight when 19. Prior to starting boxing Stalker told Boxing News "I was a bit of a tearaway. I’m not proud of it. I used to rob cars. I was just a young lad, I didn’t know what direction to go in. I wanted to do something with my life, so I went to the local boxing gym that my two brothers were going to, St. Aloysius". At the age of 26 Stalker was voted the amateur boxing of the year by the Boxing Writer's club of Great Britain but claimed that when he started he was anything but a natural saying "My first year I was hopeless but my trainer, Kenny Willis, spent loads of time with me and I soon got better". Domestically Stalker won the 2009 British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA) championships held in Liverpool beating Scotland's Ryan Smith 10:4 in the final. The win came after disappointment the same year as Stalker had previously lost in the final of the ABA Championships to rival Martin Stead by just one point. On 13 November 2010 Stalker competed in the inaugural GB Amateur Boxing Championships held at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. Initially due to fight Martin Ward in the final, an ankle injury to Ward meant that Josh Taylor, the man Stalker beat in the final of the Commonwealth games stepped in with Stalker narrowly winning in the final moments of the fight. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games 'warm-up' tournament, 2008 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships in Poland was the first international tournament which Stalker meddled at, he won the gold medal at the Lightweight division, by beating Hungarian opponent Miklos Varga in the final after losing out at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in his home city of Liverpool after he lost 6:4 to Belarusian Vazgen Safaryants in the quarter-final stage. Stalker competed at the 2009 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships in Denmark a year after winning gold at the same tournament, he once again reached the final of the competition, only to lose 10:4 to German, Eugen Burhard. Of the result Stalker claimed to be disappointed saying "I was a bit gutted as the German who beat me has beaten me before – it was just frustrating as the first round was 0–0, and then I went 2–0 up, but he ended up beating me 10–4." At the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Moscow the Liverpool Lightweight won a silver medal, beating reigning world champion and pre-tournament favourite Domenico Valentino and beat Artjoms Ramlavs of Latvia on count back in the quarter-finals, going on to beat German Eugen Burhard in the semi's, only losing to Russian captain and former world champion Albert Selimov in the final. After the tournament Stalker paid tribute to GB coach Robert McCracken, "You can't hide, he's a great coach. Rob has brought me on a lot." Training with the squad in Sheffield Stalker also credits former WBC Champion Carl Froch, who is also trained at Sheffield with being a great influence saying "Having Carl Froch training and seeing him on the pads and blocking shots, it's great for me". In the same year as his impressive silver medal in Moscow, Stalker captained the Great Britain team to a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, beating Guyana's Clevon Rock 8:1 in the first round, Sri Lanka's Kamal Sameera 4:0 in the second round, Australia's Luke Jackson 7:2 in the quarter-finals, setting up a semi-final contest again local favourite Jai Bhagwan of India, winning by the score of 10:5. Stalker met Scotland's Josh Taylor in the final, with the English captain running out as a 10:3 winner.
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