Daniel Lewis (born 18 December 1993) is an Australian professional boxer. As an

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, he won a gold medal while representing Australia at the

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Amateur career

Commonwealth Youth Games

In 2011, Lewis competed and won gold for

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at the

in the

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division, winning the final with a score of 27–24.

2014 Commonwealth Games

Lewis finished in sixth place in the boxing men's welterweight at the

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. Lewis was ruled out of his welterweight quarter-final bout against Indian boxer Mandeep Jangra by medical staff after suffering a cut above the eye during his second round – round of 16 – unanimous points win over Nigeria's Kehinde Ademuyiwa. Lewis and his team called for a return of headgear for the games after he was ruled out.

2016 Rio Olympics

He competed in the men's middleweight event at the

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. He won his first bout in the round of 32 against

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boxer

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2–1, but lost his second bout 0–3 in the round of 16 against Uzbek boxer

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Professional career

Lewis made his pro-boxing debut on 23 May 2019 at the ''Wildfighter'' boxing event presented by

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in Melbourne, Australia where he scored the second round knockout win against Sanong Seepongsert of Thailand.

Professional boxing record

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Daniel 1993 births Living people Australian male boxers Olympic boxers for Australia Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Boxers from Sydney Light-middleweight boxers Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Sportsmen from New South Wales