Jean-Paul Mendy
Personal information
Full nameJean-Paul Mendy
Nationality France
Born (1973-12-14) December 14, 1973
Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classMiddleweight
ClubBA les Mureaux 78
Medal record
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Budapest Middleweight
European Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Vejle Middleweight
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Minsk Middleweight
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari Middleweight
Francophone Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Antananarivo Middleweight

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

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Jean-Paul Mendy - Boxer". Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
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