Samir El-Mais

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Samir El-Mais
Personal information
NicknameSweet Sammy
NationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born10 September 1980 (1980-09-10) (age 43) [1]
Abu Dhabi, UAE [1]
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Weight91 kg (201 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Heavyweight
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Heavyweight
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Toronto Heavyweight

Samir El-Mais (born 10 September 1980), nicknamed "Sweet Sammy", is an Abu Dhabi-born Canadian heavyweight boxer from Windsor, Ontario. [2] [3] [4] Relatively unknown, El Mais captured the Canadian Heavyweight Championship on February 24, 2010 defeating Shavar Henry 9-4 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the heavyweight division where he won his first bout against Kevin Evans of Wales [4] and eventually lost in his quarter-final bout to Stephen Simmons of Scotland.[ citation needed ]

At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he defeated Yamil Peralta but had to pull out of his next fight. At the Olympic qualifier he beat Deivi Julio but lost the rematch with Peralta [5]

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References

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