Argenis Mendez
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Argenis Alexander Méndez Zapata (b.1986-June-03) is a Dominican boxer best known for winning the silver medal at the junior world championships 2004.
[edit] Amateur
Mendez won featherweight silver at the world junior championships 2004 where he beat the Cuban but lost to Russian Eduard Ambartsumyan.
He lost in the first round of the Olympics 2004 to the Ukrainian fighter.
In 2005 he beat Abner Cotto on his way to winning the PanAm Championships (not the PanAm Games). He also holds several wins over Carlos Velazquez. At the World Championships he lost early against Russian superstar Tishchenko who had beaten him earlier in the year.
[edit] Pro
He turned pro in 2006 and is 10-0.
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