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			|   | Jose Luis VARELA |  
			|  | "El Olímpico"MinimumweightMale
 (José Luis Varela)
 Venezuela, Caracas
 Born: September 27, 1978, Ciudad El Vigía, Edo.Mérida
 Height 5ft 3 3/4in, mt 1,61
 (brother of Franklin)
 
 as amateur:
 1998 Maracaibo, Venezuela, 18th Central American
 and Caribbean Games silver medallist 48 kg
 Wpts Nelson Gonzalez (Gua) 21-10, Wpts Ivan Calderon (Pur) 16-14
 Final: Lpts Maikro Romero (Cub) 7-19
 1999 Houston 10th World Senior Championships 48 kg
 Wpts Ogue Nuruliah (Tur) 11-2, Lpts Aleksan Nalbandian (Rus) 1-6
 2000 Sydney, Australia, Olympic Games 51 kg
 Lpts Maikro Romero (Cub) 1-15
 
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| No amateur results Professional record|  |  | 2002 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Oct. 26 | José Chacón | Turmero, Venezuela | KO 3 |  |  |  | 2003 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Mar. 22 | José Vicente Sánchez | Turmero, Venezuela | W 4 |  | + May 17 | José Vicente Sánchez | Turmero, Venezuela | TKO 3 |  | + Sept. 8 | José Vicente Sánchez | Caracas, Venezuela | TKO 2 |  | + Sept. 13 | Jesús Hernández | Turmero, Venezuela | W 4 |  | + Oct. 27 | Jesús Hernández | Caracas, Venezuela | W 4 |  |  |  | 2004 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Feb. 20 | Breilon Teran | Turmero, Venezuela | W 6 |  | + Apr. 12 |  Over Bolanos | Caracas, Venezuela | KO 1 |  | - May 25 |  Carlos Melo | Panama City, Panama | TL 10 |  | (For vacant WBA Fedecentro Minimumweight Title) |  | + Sept. 25 |  Miguel Tellez | Caracas, Venezuela | W 12 |  |  |  | 2005 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Mar. 5 |  Breilor Teran | Coro, Venezuela | W 10 |  | + Oct. 17 |  Walberto Ramos | Caracas, Venezuela | TKO 8 |  | + Dec. 17 |  Adolfo Ramos | Turmero, Venezuela | TKO 8 |  |  |  | 2006 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Mar. 17 |  Walberto Ramos | Caracas, Venezuela | TKO 12 |  | - Oct. 21 |  Ivan Calderon | Barranquilla, Colombia | L 12 |  | (For WBO Minimumweight Title) |  | + Dec. 16 |  Carlos Melo | Turmero, Venezuela | W 10 |  |  |  | 2007 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - May 12 |  Roman Gonzalez | Managua, Nicaragua | KO by 1 |  | (For vacant WBA Fedelatin Light-Flyweight Title) |  | + July 30 |  Freddy Canate | Pampatar, Venezuela | W 10 |  | * Sept. 8 | Oscar Martinez | Ciudad El Vigía, Venezuela | NC 1 |  |  |  | 2008 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - Mar. 1 |  Yutaka Niida | Tokyo, Japan | KO by 6 |  | (For WBA Minimumweight Title) |  | - Sept. 13 |  Raul Garcia | La Paz, Mexico | L 12 |  | (For IBF Minimumweight Title) |  | - Dec. 13 |  Raul Garcia | Loreto, Mexico | L 12 |  | (For IBF Minimumweight Title) |  |  |  | 2009 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - May 30 |  Ramon Garcia Hirales | La Paz, Mexico | L 12 |  | (For vacant WBC International Light-Flyweight Title) |  |  |  | 2010 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - Aug. 7 |  Edgar  Sosa | Mexico City, Mexico | TKO by 4 | 
   
SummaryTotal bouts: 24, Won: 15 (7 inside the limit), Lost: 8 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 1, ND: 0 |