Fabian Velardes (born March 6, 1984, in La Calera,

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) is a male

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from

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. As an amateur Velardes competed for his native country at the

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, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight division (– 69 kg) by Cuba's eventual gold medalist

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. Velardes made his professional debut on February 5, 2005, against Alberto Gustavo Torres.

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