The injured party, aged in his twenties, was rushed to the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar
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Irish youths champion Tom Stokes pictured with his coaches
Longford boxer Tom Stokes, who is a three times All-Ireland Ireland youths champion, will now travel to Budva, Montenegro as a guest of the IBA with a selection of 12 other boxers from Ireland. Tom has trained very hard for these championships and the honour to represent his country.
In 2023 Tom won at youth 2 at 86kg in the U-18 grade. In January this year he claimed the 86kgs title. Later in the year he moved up to 92kg and also won the heavyweight title which is a great accomplishment as he only started training 18 months ago.
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He is a member of Athlone Boxing Club where he is trained by Rory Parkes, Joe Ward.and Davy Joyce and his parents are Kevin and Margaret Stokes.
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