Jean-Paul Mendy
Personal information
Full nameJean-Paul Mendy
Nationality France
Born (1973-12-14) December 14, 1973 (age 50)
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
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place 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

  1. ^ "Lucian Bute retains IBF title". ESPN. 2011-07-09. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=6752763= 2011-07-09. ((cite journal)): Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Jean-Paul Mendy - Boxer". Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2013-04-30.

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