Tommy Stubbs

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Tommy Stubbs
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Real nameTommy Stubbs
Weight(s) flyweight
Nationality English Flag of England.svg
Born (1990-02-26) 26 February 1990 (age 31)
Oldham, United Kingdom
Stance orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights3
Wins3
Wins by KO0
Losses0
Draws0
No contests0

Tommy Stubbs (born 26 February 1990 in Oldham) is an English flyweight boxer.

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Amateur career

Stubbs was a top level amateur who won the Amateur Boxing Association British light-flyweight title, when boxing out of the Northside ABC, for three years in a row between 2008 and 2011. [1]

His success in the ring earned him a spot on the England squad for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [2] However, when he was defeated by Wales' Andrew Selby in the last 16. [3]

Then he earned the North West teenager a place on Great Britain team's podium squad and looked set to go to next year's London Olympics. But he was surprisingly dropped from the squad earlier in the year and decided to turn professional with Ricky Hatton's Hatton Promotions.

Professional career

Stubbs made his professional debut on 24 September 2011 and defeated Anwar Alfadli over four rounds. [4]

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References

  1. "ABA Champions list".
  2. "Stubbs earns a late Commonwealth call". News article. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  3. "Commonwealth Games - day three". News article.
  4. Hatton Boxing. "Tommy Stubbs Profile". Hatton Promotions. Retrieved 15 October 2011.