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Real name
  
Patrick Taylor Mendy

Wins
  
16 (KO 1)

Total fights
  
25

Nickname(s)
  
The Tiger

Name
  
Patrick Mendy

Stance
  
Orthodox stance


Rated at
  
Super middleweight

Role
  
Boxer

Draws
  
1

Nationality
  
Gambian

Division
  
Super middleweight

Losses
  
8

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Born
  
September 26, 1990 (age 33) The Gambia (
1990-09-26
)

Ali Akhmedov vs Patrick Mendy (11/03/2017)


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

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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.

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Early career

Patrick Mendy Interview with Patrick Mendy ahead of his fight with Danny Butler

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

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On 30 June 2010 Mendy competed in the 13th series of Prizefighter and came out the eventual winner of the competition. He came into 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

    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
  • References

    Patrick Mendy Wikipedia