(Aug. 7. 2021) Unbeaten welterweight and two-time Venezuelan Olympian Gabriel Maestre defeats Mykal Fox with a unanimous decision victory and captures the Interim WBA World Welterweight Title. Gabriel Maestre made a worthy sacrifice. He bypassed a shot in Tokyo, Japan, for Olympic gold with the thought that he would be fighting 5-foot-10 Canadian southpaw Cody Crowley. But when Crowley fell out due to COVID-19, another fighter had to be looked up to replace him. The 5-10½ Maestre didn’t think he would be looking up, and up, and up at towering 6-3½ southpaw Mykal Fox for a chance at the interim WBA world welterweight championship. The 34-year-old Maestre was a two-time Olympian for Venezuela. On a week’s notice, Fox, 25, took the fight looking to rebound from a 10-round decision loss in August 2020 to Luke Santamaria, who beat Devon Alexander earlier in the night. Judges David Singh, Gloria Martinez and John Mariano saw a different fight than many at ringside saw. Maestre was awarde