Jean Baptiste Mendy
Jean-Baptiste Mendy | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jean-Baptiste Mendy March 16, 1963 |
| Nationality |  French |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Lightweight |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 67 |
| Wins | 55 |
| Wins by KO | 31 |
| Losses | 8 |
| Draws | 3 |
| No contests | 1 |
Jean-Baptiste Mendy (born 1963-03-16 in Dakar, Senegal) is a French former professional boxer of African origin. He's also a former WBC and WBA lightweight champion.
Professional career
Mendy turned pro in 1983 and captured the vacant WBC lightweight title with a win over Lamar Murphy in 1996. He lost the title in his first defense to Stevie Johnston the following year. In 1998, he captured the WBA lightweight title with a decision win over Orzubek Nazarov. He defended the belt once before losing it to Julien Lorcy in 1999. He retired the following year.
See also
External links
- Boxing record for Jean Baptiste Mendy from BoxRec (registration required)
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- 1963 births
- Senegalese emigrants to France
- Sportspeople from Dakar
- Lightweight boxers
- Living people
- Southpaw boxers
- World Boxing Association champions
- World Boxing Council champions
- World lightweight boxing champions
- World boxing champions
- French male boxers
- African boxing biography stubs
- Senegalese sportspeople stubs
- French boxing biography stubs