Patrick Mendy

Patrick Mendy (born 26 September 1990) is a Gambian-British professional boxer who lives in Maidenhead.

He made his debut as a professional boxer on 6 March 2009 against Travis Dickinson and lost on points. He then lost his next fight as well against Tobias Webb on points, with each of his first two opponents their debuts. He was picked as a contender for the 13th series of Prizefighter where he went on to win the competition. He was also the youngest fighter ever to take part in the competition at the age of 19.^[1]

Early career

Mendy fought his first professional fight on 6 March 2009 and had a bad start to his career losing his first two fights against debuters Travis Dickinson and Tobias Webb. But, he went on to win his next two fights, one against debuter Matt Jack on points and next against Luke Allon on points who had a record of two wins in two fights.

Prizefighter

On 30 June 2010 Mendy competed in the 13th series of Prizefighter and came out the eventual winner of the competition. He came in to the competition following a loss from undefeated Kenny Anderson. In his first fight he beat Sam Horton by TKO in the 1st round and broke the record for the fastest ever knockout in Prizefighter at 82 seconds (1:22min). In the semi-final he beat Daniel Cadman by unanimous decision with all the scorecards reading 29-28 in favour of Mendy. In the final he fought in form Paul David and won on unanimous decision again and received £32,000 for his win, the judges scorecards were all in favour of Mendy, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27. In this series he broke an outstanding 3 Prizefighter records:

• Youngest ever Prizefighter contestant (19 years and 276 days)
• Youngest ever Prizefighter winner (19 years and 276 days)
• Fastest ever knockout (Vs Sam Horton in 82 seconds (1:22)

I believed in myself and I said at the beginning I would win this - there were no doubts about it

— Patrick Mendy, ^[2]

After Prizefighter

On 22 November 2014, Mendy fought against Polish boxer Robert Swierzbinski in Białystok, Poland. Mendy won by unanimous decision and received a first professional belt in his career - WBF in middleweight division.

Honours, awards and recognition

• 2010 - Prizefighter 13 (super-middleweights) champion

Professional boxing record

28 fights, 17 wins (1 knockouts), 11 losses (1 knockouts), 1 draw[3]
No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
29	Loss	17-11-1	Lolenga Mock	MD	10	04 Jun 2016	Frederiksberg-Hallerne, Frederiksberg, Denmark
28	Win	17-10-1	Oscar Ahlin	UD	8	23 Apr 2016	Johanneshov, Stockholm, Sweden
27	Loss	16-10-1	Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam	UD	8	12 Mar 2016	Palais des sports, Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France
26	Loss	16-9-1	Kamil Szeremeta	UD	8	26 Sep 2015	Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland
25	Win	16-8-1	Robert Swierzbinski	UD	12	22 Nov 2014	Sport Hall, Białystok, Poland	Won vacant WBF Middleweight title.
24	Loss	15-8-1	Arif Magomedov	UD	12	09 Aug 2014	Open-Air Bike Show, Sevastopol, Crimea, Russia	For WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title.
23	Win	15-7-1	Virgilijus Stapulionis	PTS	6	23 Feb 2014	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
22	Loss	14-7-1	Callum Smith	TKO	1 (10), 2:53	21 Sep 2013	Olympia, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom	For vacant BBBofC super middleweight title.
21	Draw	14-6-1	Dmitry Chudinov	PTS	8	20 Jul 2013	Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
20	Loss	14-6-0	Patrick Nielsen	UD	12	09 Feb 2013	Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg, Denmark	For WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title.
19	Win	14-5-0	Norbert Szekeres	PTS	6	02 Jun 2012	ExCel Arena, Dockland, London, United Kingdom
18	Loss	13-5-0	Bradley Pryce	PTS	10	24 Mar 2012	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
17	Win	13-4-0	Andrejs Loginovs	PTS	4	21 Nov 2011	Big Top, Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom
16	Win	12-4-0	Tony Randell	PTS	4	27 Oct 2011	Millennium Hotel, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom
15	Win	11-4-0	Paul Samuels	PTS	6	30 Apr 2011	Olympia, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
14	Win	10-4-0	Ruslans Pojonisevs	PTS	4	24 Mar 2011	Manor Park, Clydach, Wales, United Kingdom
13	Win	9-4-0	Jamie Ambler	PTS	4	06 Nov 2010	Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
12	Win	8-4-0	Paul David	UD	3	30 Jun 2010	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
11	Win	7-4-0	Daniel Cadman	UD	3	30 Jun 2010	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
10	Win	6-4-0	Sam Horton	TKO	1 (3)	30 Jun 2010	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
9	Loss	5-4-0	Kenny Anderson	PTS	8	15 Mar 2010	Radisson Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
8	Win	5-3-0	Ally Morrison	PTS	4	01 Dec 2009	Sheraton Hotel, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
7	Win	4-3-0	Sam Couzens	PTS	4	18 Nov 2009	Royal Lancaster Hotel, Bayswater, London, United Kingdom
6	Win	3-3-0	Marlon Reid	PTS	4	24 Oct 2009	Riviera International Conference Centre, Devon, United Kingdom
5	Loss	2-3-0	Jez Wilson	PTS	8	18 Jul 2009	Doncaster Racecourse, Doncaster, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
4	Win	2-2-0	Luke Allon	PTS	6	06 Jun 2009	Leisure Complex, Beverley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
3	Win	1-2-0	Matt Jack	PTS	4	22 Mar 2009	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
2	Loss	0-2-0	Tobias Webb	PTS	4	14 Mar 2009	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
1	Loss	0-1-0	Travis Dickinson	PTS	4	06 Mar 2009	Robin Park Centre, Wigan, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

References

1. ↑ Teenage Mendy added to Prizefighter super middleweights Saddoboxing.com, Retrieved 30 June 2010
2. ↑ Mendy makes history Sky Sports, Retrieved 01 July 2010
3. ↑ Boxrec | Travis Dickinson professional record

External links

• Professional boxing record for Patrick Mendy from BoxRec