Paul Smith (boxer)

Paul Smith
Statistics
Real name	Paul Smith
Nickname(s)	Real Gone Kid
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nationality	English
Born	(1982-10-06) 6 October 1982 Liverpool, England
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	40
Wins	35
Wins by KO	19
Losses	5
Draws	0
No contests	0

Paul Smith

Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Silver	2002 Manchester	Light middleweight

Paul Smith Jr
Birth name	Paul Smith
Genres	Commercial dance
Occupation(s)	Disc jockey, Remixer, Songwriter
Years active	2004–present
Associated acts	Mike Di Scala

Paul Smith Jr (born 6 October 1982) is an English professional boxer from Liverpool, England, competing in the super middleweight division. He is the reigning British super middleweight champion. Paul is currently without a promoter after making a statement on Twitter on Friday 8 November confirming that on 1 November 2013 he had written to Frank Warren terminating his bi-lateral joint manager/promotional agreement with Warren and Queensberry promotions. He is currently rated 8 in the world by the WBO, 13 by the WBA, 23 by the WBC and is in the top 36 of both the IBO and Boxrec world computerized rankings.

Boxing career

Amateur career

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 (Steven, Liam, and Callum) became the first group of siblings to all win ABA titles.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Paul won silver medals for his country in the 2001 Copenhagen Cup^[6] and 2002 Commonwealth Games, losing to Jean Pascal by two points;^[7] Smith was then picked up by Frank Warren and turned professional.

Professional career

Smith's career has featured many bouts held within the UK, mainly in Liverpool and Manchester. He has faced Ryan Walls and Steve Timms, and ended the latter's career with a TKO in one.

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.

On 4 September 2007, Smith joined nine other boxing hopefuls as members of season three of The Contender. Smith fought rival David Banks from Portland, Oregon, and ended with a win for Smith by split-decision. However, since Smith had the lowest point total out of the remaining boxers, he was disqualified. The victory over David Banks was fought in Pasadena, California and was broadcast on ESPN and ITV; Ray Leonard said Smith let his anger take away from his ability. Smith was left with two cuts, one on his nose and another around his eye; this meant he was medically unfit to continue the contest regardless of performance.

Smith returned to England and defeated Cello Renda to win the vacant English middleweight title. He lost the title in his very next fight against Steven Bendall on 21 June 2008 in Birmingham, England, on a much contested points decision.^[8]

Tony Quigley

On 30 October 2009, Smith challenged Tony Quigley for the British super-middleweight title in Liverpool's Echo Arena. Quigley was the holder of the British title after defeating Tony Dodson only months earlier at the same venue. The fight was a tight affair with Smith eventually winning via split decision over 12 rounds thus crowning him the new British super-middleweight title holder.

Tony Dodson

Smith's first defense of his title came in his thirtieth professional contest at the Echo Arena, Liverpool on 12 March 2010, against Tony Dodson. Smith won again, this time via a unanimous 12 round decision.

James DeGale

Smith boxed Beijing 2008 gold medalist, James DeGale at the Echo Arena, Liverpool on 11 December 2012, the fight was stopped in the ninth round, causing Smith to lose his British super-middleweight crown.

George Groves

Smith, once again challenged for the British title against George Groves, after two first round stoppage wins since his defeat to James DeGale. The bout took place in Groves' native London at the Wembley Arena on 5 November 2011. Smith won the opening round on all three judges cards and landed a hard shot on Groves towards the end of the round. One minute into the second round, however, a lead overhand right from Groves to Smith's jaw floored him. Smith was able to beat the count only to be dropped again, forcing the referee to halt the contest.

Arthur Abraham

On the 27th September 2014, Smith fought WBO Super-Middleweight title holder Arthur Abraham in Kiel, Germany. Despite arguably outworking Abraham for the full 12 rounds, the judges ruled in the Armenian's favour by scores of 119–109, 117–111 and 117–110. Many ringside observers saw the fight as being far closer than the judges ruled it and Smith's promoter Eddie Hearn labelled the judges scores a "disgrace".^[9]

Professional boxing record

35 Wins (20 knockouts), 5 Defeats, 0 Draws[10]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Time, Round	Date	Location	Notes
style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A	style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A	Andre Ward[11]	style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A	style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A	2015-06-20	Oracle Arena, Oakland, California
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	35–5	Arthur Abraham	UD	12	2015-02-21	O2 World Arena, Kiel, Kreuzberg, Berlin	For WBO Super Middleweight title.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	35–4	Arthur Abraham	UD	12	2014-09-27	Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	For WBO Super Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	35–3	David Sarabia	TKO	2 (8)	2014-05-17	Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	34–3	Jamie Ambler	UD	6	2013-12-14	ExCeL London, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	33–3	Tony Dodson	TKO	2:31, 6 (12)	2013-06-29	USN Bolton Arena, Bolton, United Kingdom	BBBofC British super middleweight title fight
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	32–3	Tommy Tolan	RTD	3.00, 4 (6)	11/09/2012	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	31–3	George Groves	TKO	1.18, 2 (12)	11/05/2011	Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom	BBBofC British & Commonwealth super middle titles
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	31–2	Paul Samuels	TKO	2.22, 1 (8)	09/17/2011	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	30–2	Jozsef Matolcsi	KO	0.58, 1 (8)	05/21/2011	O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	29–2	James Degale	TKO	2.08, 9 (12)	10/11/2010	Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom	Lost BBBofC British super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	29–1	Tony Dodson	UD	12	03/12/2010	Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom	Retained BBBofC British super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	28–1	Tony Quigley	SD	12	10/30/2009	Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom	Won BBBofC British super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	27–1	Michal Bilak	PTS	8	07/18/2009	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	26–1	Rashid Matumla	TKO	2.35, 2 (12)	03/14/2009	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom	Won vacant WBA International super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	25–1	Ciaran Healy	PTS	6	09/06/2008	Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	24–1	Danny Thornton	KO	2.50, 6 (8)	09/06/2008	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	23–1	Steven Bendall	PTS	10	06/21/2008	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom	Lost BBBofC English middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	23–0	Cello Renda	TKO	1.55, 6 (10)	03/08/2008	O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom	Won the vacant BBBofC English middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	22–0	Francis Cheka	PTS	8	12/08/2007	Bolton Arena, Bolton, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	21–0	David Banks	SD	5	10/09/2007	The Contender Arena, Los Angeles, USA	Part of The Contender series 3
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	20–0	Jonathan Reid	TKO	1.21, 7 (8)	03/30/2007	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, United Kingdom	Part of the USA vs UK Contender Challenge
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	19–0	Alexander Polizzi	TKO	1.08, 8 (12)	03/10/2007	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, United Kingdom	Won the Vacant WBU International Middleweight Title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	18–0	Ryan Walls	TKO	2.48, 4 (8)	11/18/2006	Newport Leisure Centre, Newport, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	17–0	Dean Walker	TKO	2.49, 3 (10)	10/14/2006	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom	Won the vacant BBBofC Central Area middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	16–0	Conroy McIntosh	PTS	8	06/01/2006	Metrodome, Barnsley, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	15–0	Hussain Osman	TKO	2.00, 4 (6)	03/11/2006	Newport Leisure Centre, Newport, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	14–0	Simeon Cover	PTS	6	06/03/2005	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	13–0	Rob Burton	KO	1.54, 1 (6)	02/11/2005	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	12–0	Howard Clarke	KO	2.11, 1 (6)	12/17/2004	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	11–0	Jason Collins	TKO	1.42, 1 (6)	10/01/2004	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	10–0	Ojay Abrahams	PTS	4	09/10/2004	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	9–0	Steve Timms	TKO	2.57, 1 (6)	06/12/2004	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	8–0	Howard Clarke	PTS	4	04/03/2004	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7–0	Davy Jones	PTS	4	02/26/2004	Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	6–0	Joel Ani	PTS	4	12/13/2003	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	5–0	Mike Duffield	TKO	2.41, 1 (4)	10/02/2003	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	4–0	Patrick Cito	PTS	4	08/29/2003	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	3–0	Silver Fox	TKO	2.40, 2 (4)	06/20/2003	Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	2–0	Andrey Ivanov	TKO	1.00, 2 (4)	05/08/2003	Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1–0	Howard Clarke	PTS	4	04/05/2003	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom	Professional debut.

Music career

As well as being a boxer, Paul Smith Jnr is a resident DJ at the 'Society' nightclub in Liverpool.^[12] He co-wrote the Ultrabeat song "Better Than Life", with Mike Di Scala and has remixed the song "Falling Stars (Waiting For A Star To Fall)" by Sunset Strippers, also with Di Scala.^[13]

Genealogical information

Paul Smith is the older brother of the boxers; Stephen Smith, Liam Smith, and Callum Smith.^[14]

References

External links

• Official Career record from Promoter Frank Warren
• Paul Smith Jnr's website
• Paul Smith Jnr's MySpace
• Career record – fightsrec .com