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'''Samir El-Mais''' (born September 10, 1980 in [[Abu Dhabi]]), nicknamed "Sweet Sammy", is a Canadian heavyweight boxer from [[Windsor, Ontario]].<ref name="Glasgow2014">{{cite web | url = http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/boxing/1019573/s_el_mais.html | title = Samir El-Mais | publisher = Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games | accessdate = August 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.torontosun.com/2014/08/02/sweet-sammy-of-windsor-wins-boxing-gold-at-commonwealth-games | title = 'Sweet Sammy' of Windsor wins boxing gold at Commonwealth Games | work = Edmonton Sun | date = August 02, 2014 | quote = 'Sweet Sammy' Samir El-Mais}}</ref><ref name="Windsor Star" /> Relatively unknown, El Mais captured the Canadian Heavyweight Championship on February 24, 2010 defeating Shavar Henry 9-4 in [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax, Nova Scotia]]. He competed at the [[Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Heavyweight|2010 Commonwealth Games]] in the heavyweight division where he won his first bout against [[Kevin Evans (boxer)|Kevin Evans]] of Wales<ref name="Windsor Star">{{cite news | title = Windsor boxer El-Mais wins Commonwealth opening bout |url = http://www.windsorstar.com/sports/Windsor+boxer+Mais+wins+Commonwealth+opening+bout/3635077/story.html | work = [[The Windsor Star]] | date = October 7, 2010 | accessdate = October 8, 2010 | archiveurl = http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=f23db32f-2b21-42b4-a329-849aeb5b0bd0 | archivedate = October 7, 2010}}</ref> and eventually lost in his quarter-final bout to Stephen Simmons of Scotland.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}}
At the [[2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Heavyweight|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 <ref>{{cite web | url = http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AmericanOlyQual2012.html | title = Results: American Olympic Qualifier - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - May 5-12 2012 | website = amateur-boxing.strefa.pl}}</ref>
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