At the 2010 European 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".