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{{short description|American boxer}}
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{{Infobox boxer|name=Stanley Poreda
| image = StanleyPoreda.jpg
| realname = Stanley Poreda
| nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States|American]]
| nickname = Polish Giant
| weight = [[Heavyweight]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|1|30|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|11|30|1909|1|30|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jersey City, New Jersey]]
| style = Orthodox
| total = 39
| wins = 28
| KO = 12
| losses = 11
| draws = 0
| no contests = 0
|}}
'''Stanley Poreda''' (January 30, 1909 - November, 1983) was a [[Jersey City]] [[Boxing|boxer]] considered a top heavyweight contender in the early 1930s.

Born on January 30, 1909, in Jersey City, New Jersey, Poreda was managed by Bill Reppenhagen, and trained by Joe Jennette. He was known alternately as the Jersey City Pole or the Polish Giant.  He achieved 24 wins, with 11 knockouts and ten losses. Standing at 6'2", and weighing 210 pounds, he was considered the top contender for heavyweight champion in 1932. He fought and sparred with many great heavyweights of the 1930s including [[Joe Louis]], [[Primo Carnera]], [[Max Baer (boxer)|Max Baer]], [[Max Schmeling]], [[Tommy Loughran]] and [[Ernie Schaaf]].
He retired from fighting in 1935 and became a [[Jersey City]] police officer and is a member of the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame.

==External links==
*{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007195346/http://www.njboxinghof.org/cgi-bin/henryseehof.pl?295 |title=New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame }}
*{{BoxRec|12082}}

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[[Category:1909 births]]
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[[Category:American people of Polish descent]]
[[Category:Heavyweight boxers]]
[[Category:American male boxers]]
[[Category:Boxers from Jersey City, New Jersey]]


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