Jean-Paul Mendy
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| Full name | Jean-Paul Mendy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
December 14, 1973 Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BA les Mureaux 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jean-Paul Mendy (born December 14, 1973 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines) is a professional boxer from France, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division (– 75 kg) at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Amateur
The southpaw represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round by Germany's Sven Ottke on points (4-11).
Pro
Jean-Paul made his professional debut on December 22, 2000, when he beat countryman Guy Dia-Njoh on knock-out in the second round. He was undefeated as professional for 29 matches.
Mendy fought Sakio Bika on July 31 in Las Vegas, for an IBF #1 spot and a shot at the title. Bika lost the fight by disqualification in the 1st round after he knocked Mendy out with a punch following a knockdown and while Mendy was still on his knees.
Challenging Bute
On July 9, 2011, Mendy fought for the IBF Super Middleweight title against Lucian Bute in his native country, Romania, in an event which took place at Romexpo in the capital Bucharest. Jean-Paul Mendy lost the title match via knockout at 2:48 in the fourth round.[1]
Professional boxing record
| 29 Wins (16 knockouts, 13 decisions), 1 Losses (1 knockout, 0 decision), 1 Draws[2] | |||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 29-1-1 |  |
KO | 4 (12) | 2011-07-09 | |
For the IBF Super Middleweight title. |
| Win | 29-0-1 |  |
DQ | 1 (12) | 2010-07-31 |  |
IBF Super Middleweight title eliminator. |
| Win | 28-0-1 |  |
KO | 9 (10) | 2010-03-20 | |
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| Win | 27-0-1 |  |
TKO | 4 (8) | 2009-11-06 | |
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| Win | 26-0-1 | |
RTD | 6 (10) | 2009-09-10 | |
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| Win | 25-0-1 |  |
UD | 12 (12) | 2008-10-25 | |
Won vacant IBF International Super Middleweight title. |
| Win | 24-0-1 | |
TKO | 5 (8) | 2007-11-29 | |
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| Draw | 23-0-1 | |
SD | 12 (12) | 2007-01-05 | |
For vacant IBO Super Middleweight title. |
| Win | 23-0-0 | |
UD | 10 (10) | 2006-10-06 | |
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| Win | 22-0-0 | |
TKO | 1 (10) | 2006-07-28 | |
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| Win | 21-0-0 | |
PTS | 8 (8) | 2006-06-09 | |
|
| Win | 20-0-0 | |
TKO | 2 (5) | 2006-04-29 | |
|
| Win | 19-0-0 | |
TKO | 2 (8) | 2005-07-01 | |
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| Win | 18-0-0 | |
TKO | 4 (10) | 2005-05-28 | |
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| Win | 17-0-0 | |
TKO | 5 (8) | 2004-11-20 | |
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| Win | 16-0-0 | |
UD | 10 (10) | 2004-04-08 | |
Retained France Super Middleweight title. |
| Win | 15-0-0 |  |
PTS | 8 (8) | 2004-02-20 | |
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| Win | 14-0-0 | |
PTS | 10 (10) | 2003-11-14 | |
Retained France Super Middleweight title. |
| Win | 13-0-0 |  |
UD | 8 (8) | 2003-05-19 | |
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| Win | 12-0-0 |  |
PTS | 8 (8) | 2003-04-04 | |
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| Win | 11-0-0 | |
PTS | 10 (10) | 2002-12-05 | |
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| Win | 10-0-0 | |
UD | 10 (10) | 2002-05-02 | |
Retained France Super Middleweight title. |
| Win | 9-0-0 | |
MD | 10 (10) | 2002-02-26 | |
Won vacant France Super Middleweight title. |
| Win | 8-0-0 |  |
TKO | 5 (8) | 2001-12-14 | |
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| Win | 7-0-0 | |
PTS | 8 (8) | 2001-11-24 | |
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| Win | 6-0-0 |  |
TKO | 3 (6) | 2001-08-04 | |
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| Win | 5-0-0 |  |
TKO | 3 (6) | 2001-05-28 | |
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| Win | 4-0-0 |  |
TKO | 4 (6) | 2001-03-31 | |
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| Win | 3-0-0 | |
TKO | 2 (6) | 2001-03-12 | |
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| Win | 2-0-0 | |
TKO | 1 (6) | 2001-02-16 | |
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| Win | 1-0-0 | |
TKO | 2 (6) | 2000-12-22 | |
Pro debut. |
References
- ↑ "Lucian Bute retains IBF title". ESPN. Associated Press. 2011-07-09. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=6752763= 2011-07-09.
- ↑
External links
- Professional boxing record for Jean-Paul Mendy from BoxRec
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Jean-Paul Mendy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-08-28.