When was the Polish professional boxer over which Joe Smith Jr. rose to prominence in 2016 by scoring an upset knockout victory born?
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Joe Smith Jr. Joe Smith Jr. (born September 20, 1989) is an American professional boxer who held the regional WBC International light heavyweight title from 2016 to 2017. He rose to prominence in 2016 by scoring an upset knockout victory over Andrzej Fonfara, and later becoming the first boxer to score a stoppage victory over former world champion Bernard Hopkins, who retired after their fight.
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Andrzej Fonfara Andrzej Fonfara (born 4 November 1987) is a Polish professional boxer who held the IBO light heavyweight title from 2012 to 2013. He currently resides in Chicago, the city with the third largest Polish population in the world behind Warsaw and New York City.
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Jessica Balogun Jessica Balogun is a German-based Nigerian boxer. Jessica was a standout amateur and is now a world champion professional female boxer.
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Albert Sosnowski Albert Dariusz Sosnowski (born 7 March 1979) is a Polish professional boxer who has challenged once for the WBC heavyweight title.
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Mickey Duff Mickey Duff (7 June 1929 – 22 March 2014), was a Polish-born British boxer, manager and promoter.
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Liam Smith (boxer) Liam Smith (born 27 July 1988) is a British professional boxer. He held the WBO light-middleweight title from 2015 to 2016, having previously held the Commonwealth light-middleweight title from 2012 to 2013, and the British light-middleweight title from 2013 to 2015. Liam is the younger brother of Paul Smith and Stephen Smith, and the older brother of Callum Smith; all of whom are also professional boxers.
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Krzysztof Głowacki Krzysztof Głowacki (born 31 July 1986) is a Polish professional boxer who held the WBO junior-heavyweight title from 2015 to 2016.
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Eddie Babe Risko Henry Pylkowski, known in his boxing career as Babe Risko, and Eddie Risko, (July 14, 1911 – March 8, 1957) was a Polish-American boxer who became Middleweight boxing champion of the world in portions of 1935–36. While boxing in his early career with the US Navy, he was known as Sailor Puleski. He was managed by Gabe Genovese of Syracuse, New York. After winning the World Middleweight Title, his professional career declined rapidly, perhaps because of his lengthy amateur career with the Navy.
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Krzysztof Jotko Krzysztof Jotko (born August 19, 1989) is a Polish mixed martial artist fighting in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Liam Walsh (boxer) Liam Walsh (born 18 May 1986) is a British professional boxer who has challenged once for a world title in 2017. He held the Commonwealth super-featherweight title from 2010 to 2017, and the British super-featherweight title from 2014 to 2016. Liam has two brothers, both of whom are also professional boxers, most notably his twin Ryan Walsh.
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Jason Sosa Jason Sosa (born March 10, 1988) is an American professional boxer of Puerto Rican descent, who held the WBA (Regular) super featherweight title from 2016 to 2017.
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Oleksandr Gvozdyk Oleksandr Gvozdyk (Ukrainian: Олександр Гвоздик ; born 15 April 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who has held the regional NABF light heavyweight title since 2016. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in the light heavyweight division.
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Viktor Postol Viktor Vasylovych Postol (Ukrainian: Віктор Васильович Постол ; born 16 January 1984) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who held the WBC super lightweight title from 2015 to 2016. As of September 2017, he is ranked as the second best super lightweight by The Ring Magazine.
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Maciej Sulęcki Maciej Sulecki (born 2 May 1989) is an unbeaten professional boxer in the middleweight division. Sulecki is the current Polish middleweight champion and ranked #10 in the middleweight division by the WBO. Sulecki is signed with American adviser Al Haymon.
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Dariusz Sęk Dariusz Sęk (born 22 July 1986) is a Polish professional boxer who fights at light-heavyweight. Sęk is the last WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council light heavyweight champion. He is three-time bronze medalist of the Polish light heavyweight, including twice in the category of young riders and once in the seniors category Medium-weight (2007).
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Joe Calzaghe Joseph William Calzaghe, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; born 23 March 1972) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the unified WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, "Ring" magazine, and lineal super-middleweight titles, as well as the "Ring" light-heavyweight title. Calzaghe is the longest-reigning super-middleweight world champion in boxing history, having held the WBO title for over 10 years and making 21 successful defences before moving up to light-heavyweight. As his super-middleweight and light-heavyweight reigns overlapped, he retired with the longest continual time as world champion of any active fighter.
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Dmytro Mytrofanov Dmytro Yuriovich Mytrofanov (Ukrainian: Дмитро Юрійович Митрофанов , born 8 November 1989) is an amateur Ukrainian middleweight boxer. He won the national title in 2008 and 2012 and a bronze medal at the 2011 European Championships. He competed at the 2016 Olympics, but was eliminated in the first bout.
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Darkie Smith John "Darkie" Smith (born 1942) is a British former boxer, now employed in boxing training and boxing matchmaking. By birth a Romany Gypsy, Darkie fought in the UK until the age of 30. He served an apprenticeship under the pro trainer George Francis before setting out on his own. Smith has worked as a trainer in the UK, France, Spain, Majorca, the USA and Germany. Fighters trained to world titles include heavyweight Herbie Hide, light heavyweight and cruiserweight Fabrice Tiozzo, super middleweight Christophe Tiozzo and light welterweight Stephen Smith. He has also trained European, Commonwealth and British champions, and worked with other future champions during the early stages of their careers. These fighters include European Heavyweight Champion Zeljko Mavrovic and future world champion Chris Eubank. Darkie's work with Mavrovic drew much attention. Mavrovic was trained exclusively by Smith for five years, winning and defending his European title and finishing with a record of one defeat in thirty bouts. The one defeat amounted to a points decision against world champion Lennox Lewis, in a bout that saw Mavrovic concede a significant weight advantage.
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Grzegorz Proksa Grzegorz Proksa (born 23 November 1984) is a Polish professional boxer. He is a two-time former European middleweight champion and a world title challenger.
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Jan Nortje Johannes "Jan" Nortje (born 11 April 1975) is a South African professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist and undefeated pro boxer who has fought for Strikeforce, DREAM, K-1, Inoki Genome Federation, PRIDE Fighting Championship and New Japan Pro Wrestling.
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Damian Jonak Damian Jonak (born 24 April 1983, Włoszczowa, Poland) is a Polish professional boxer, fighting in the Light Middleweight division.
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Grzegorz Kielsa Grzegorz Kielsa (born 26 May 1979, Białystok, Poland) is a Canada-based Polish professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division.