Jean-Paul Mendy

Jean-Paul Mendy

Personal information
Full name	Jean-Paul Mendy
Nationality	France
Born	(1973-12-14) December 14, 1973 (age 50) Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Middleweight
Club	BA les Mureaux 78
Medal record World Amateur Championships 1997 Budapest Middleweight European Amateur Championships 1996 Vejle Middleweight 1998 Minsk Middleweight Mediterranean Games 1997 Bari Middleweight Francophone Games 1997 Antananarivo Middleweight Goodwill Games 1998 New York 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

29 Wins (16 knockouts, 12 decisions 1 disqualification), 1 Losses (1 knockout, 0 decision), 1 Draws[2]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	29-1-1	Lucian Bute	KO	4 (12)	2011-07-09	Romexpo Dome, Bucharest, Romania	For the IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	29-0-1	Sakio Bika	DQ	1 (12)	2010-07-31	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	IBF Super Middleweight title eliminator.
Win	28-0-1	Josival Lima Teixeira	KO	9 (10)	2010-03-20	La Palestre, Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes
Win	27-0-1	Matthew Barr	TKO	4 (8)	2009-11-06	Palais des Sports de Toulon, Toulon, Var
Win	26-0-1	Nathan King	RTD	6 (10)	2009-09-10	Cirque d'hiver, Paris, Île-de-France
Win	25-0-1	Jason Naugler	UD	12 (12)	2008-10-25	Township Auditorium, Columbia, South Carolina	Won vacant IBF International Super Middleweight title.
Win	24-0-1	Christopher Holt	TKO	5 (8)	2007-11-29	The Plex, Charleston, South Carolina
Draw	23-0-1	Anthony Hanshaw	SD	12 (12)	2007-01-05	DeSoto Civic Center, Southaven, Mississippi	For vacant IBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	23-0-0	Henry Buchanan	UD	10 (10)	2006-10-06	Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California
Win	22-0-0	Dallas Vargas	TKO	1 (10)	2006-07-28	PFTC Sports Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	21-0-0	Laurent Goury	PTS	8 (8)	2006-06-09	Lucé, Eure-et-Loir
Win	20-0-0	Travis Clybourn	TKO	2 (5)	2006-04-29	Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina
Win	19-0-0	Carlton Holland	TKO	2 (8)	2005-07-01	The Plex, Charleston, South Carolina
Win	18-0-0	Akim Gros	TKO	4 (10)	2005-05-28	Lucé, Eure-et-Loir
Win	17-0-0	Octavian Stoica	TKO	5 (8)	2004-11-20	Lucé, Eure-et-Loir
Win	16-0-0	Frédéric Esther	UD	10 (10)	2004-04-08	Poitiers, Vienne	Retained France Super Middleweight title.
Win	15-0-0	Simon Mokoena	PTS	8 (8)	2004-02-20	Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne
Win	14-0-0	Rachid Kanfouah	PTS	10 (10)	2003-11-14	Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme	Retained France Super Middleweight title.
Win	13-0-0	Sergey Karanevich	UD	8 (8)	2003-05-19	Palais des Sports, Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine
Win	12-0-0	Eliseo Nogueira	PTS	8 (8)	2003-04-04	Maison des Sports, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme
Win	11-0-0	Eliseo Nogueira	PTS	10 (10)	2002-12-05	Palais des Sports, Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine
Win	10-0-0	Youssef Temsoury	UD	10 (10)	2002-05-02	Pont-Audemer, Eure	Retained France Super Middleweight title.
Win	9-0-0	Rachid Kanfouah	MD	10 (10)	2002-02-26	Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme	Won vacant France Super Middleweight title.
Win	8-0-0	Daniel Sackey	TKO	5 (8)	2001-12-14	Béziers, Hérault
Win	7-0-0	Richard Pokossi	PTS	8 (8)	2001-11-24	Palais des Sports, Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis
Win	6-0-0	Ernest Barbarosa	TKO	3 (6)	2001-08-04	Plages du Prado, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône
Win	5-0-0	Mourad Djabrouhou	TKO	3 (6)	2001-05-28	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine
Win	4-0-0	Milojko Pivljanin	TKO	4 (6)	2001-03-31	Saint-Bonnet, Charente-Maritime
Win	3-0-0	Rachid Bakour	TKO	2 (6)	2001-03-12	Palais des Sports, Paris
Win	2-0-0	Said Boukefous	TKO	1 (6)	2001-02-16	Mont-de-Marsan, Landes
Win	1-0-0	Guy Dia Njoh	TKO	2 (6)	2000-12-22	Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis	Pro debut.

References

External links

• Boxing record for Jean-Paul Mendy from BoxRec (registration required)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jean-Paul Mendy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-08-28.

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