Gabriel José Maestre Pérez (born 22 July 1986) is a Venezuelan

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. As an

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he competed at the

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and

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, whilst also winning medals at the 2013 World Championships and the

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and

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

Amateur career

Olympic results

London 2012 *Round of 32: Defeated

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(Iran) 13–8 *Round of 16: Defeated

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(South Africa) 18–13 *Quarter-finals: Defeated by

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(Kazakhstan) 20–9 Rio 2016 *Round of 32: Defeated

Arajik Marutjan Arajik Marutjan (born 15 August 1992) is an amateur welterweight boxer who represents Germany. In 2013, he won a bronze medal at the world championships and a silver at the European championships. He was eliminated in the first bout at the 2016 ...

(Germany) 2–1 *Round of 16: Defeated

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(Italy) WO *Quarter-finals: Defeated by

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(Kazakhstan) 3–0

World Championship results

Almaty 2013 *Round of 32: Defeated Imre Bácskai (Hungary) 2–1 *Round of 16: Defeated Ireneusz Zakrzewski (Poland) 3–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Alexander Besputin (Russia) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated by Arisnoidys Despaigne (Cuba) 3–0 Doha 2015 *Round of 16: Defeated by

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(Lithuania) 3–0

Pan American Games results

Toronto 2015 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Roberto Queiroz (Brazil) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated Juan Ramón Solano (Dominican Republic) 3–0 *Final: Defeated

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(Cuba) 2–1 Lima 2019 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Luis Miranda (Peru) 5–0 *Semi–finals: Defeated by Rohan Polanco (Dominican Republic) 5–0

Professional career

On 6 July 2019, Maestre made his professional debut against Jeovanis Barraza. Maestre won via technical knockout after knocking his opponent down twice in the second round which resulted in referee, Guillermo Perez Pineda, stepping in to stop the bout. On 19 December 2019 Maestre fought in his second professional fight against

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of Argentina. Maestre dropped Chaves to the canvas during the opening round, after which Chaves proceeded to clinch Maestre in an attempt of prolonging the bout. Maestre took control of the fight in the fourth round and dropped his opponent multiple times, which forced the corner of Chaves to throw in the towel. Just shy of a year after his last bout, Maestre returned to the ring against Daniel Vega Cota. Maestro secured victory by knocking out his Mexican opponent in the opening minute of the first round after landing a heavy left uppercut. On 7 August 2021, Maestre faced Mykal Fox for the vacant WBA

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welterweight title. Maestre was dropped in the second round by a left hook, and was seemingly outboxed through 12 rounds by his opponent. However, he was awarded with a highly controversial unanimous decision victory, with scores of 115-112, 117-110 and 114-113 all in his favor. There was outrage over the decision, with promoter

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calling for a "federal investigation of boxing and the WBA".

Professional boxing record

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