Paul Smith (boxer)
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| Real name | Paul Smith Jr. | ||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Real Gone Kid | ||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Reach | 72 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||
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6 October 1982 Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 44 | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 38 | ||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Losses | 6 | ||||||||||||
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| Genres | Grime |
| Occupation(s) | MC, songwriter |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Associated acts | Mike Di Scala |
Paul Smith Jr. (born 6 October 1982) is a British professional boxer. He held the English middleweight title in 2008; the British super-middleweight title twice, from 2009 to 2010, and 2013 to 2014; and has twice challenged for the WBO super-middleweight title, in 2014 and 2015.
Smith started boxing at age nine with the Rotunda amateur boxing club and fought in South Africa, Uzbekistan, and Denmark representing England. He comes from a family of boxers and he and his brothers (Stephen, Liam, and Callum) became the first group of siblings to all win ABA titles. Paul won silver medals for his country in the 2001 Copenhagen Cup and 2002 Commonwealth Games, losing to Jean Pascal by two points; Smith was then picked up by Frank Warren and turned professional.
Smith's career has featured many bouts held mainly in the UK, Germany and the USA. He has faced Andre Ward and Arthur Abraham for the WBO Super-Middleweight title twice. The first was a controversial decision.
On 10 March 2007, he KO'd the Belgian, Alexander Polizzi in Liverpool, winning the WBU international middleweight title in the eighth round.
On 20 March 2007, Smith took part in boxing's answer to Golf's Ryder Cup fighting American Jonathan Reid; the Nashville, Tennessee resident lost to Smith on a technical knockout.
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