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| Nickname | Sweet Sammy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 September 1980 (age 43)[1] Abu Dhabi, UAE[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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]