Patrick Mendy

Patrick Mendy (born September 26, 1990) is an Gambian professional boxer who was born in Gambia and currently 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 June 30, 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]

Honours, awards and recognition

• 2010 - Prizefighter 13 (super-middleweights) champion

Professional boxing record

8 Wins (1 knockouts, 7 decisions) 4 Loss, 0 Draws[3]
Res.	Opponent	Type	Rounds fought (rounds scheduled)	Date	Venue	Location	Notes
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win	Paul David	UD	3 (3)	30 June 2010	York Hall	Bethnal Green, London, England	Prizefighter Tournament super-middleweight final.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win	Daniel Cadman	UD	3 (3)	30 June 2010	York Hall	Bethnal Green, London, England	Prizefighter Tournament super-middleweight semi-final.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win	Sam Horton	TKO	1 (3)	30 June 2010	York Hall	Bethnal Green, London, England	Prizefighter Tournament super-middleweight quarter-final. Fastest ever Prizefighter knockout (82 seconds)
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" | Loss	Kenny Anderson	PTS	8 (8)	15 March 2010	Radisson Hotel	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win	Ally Morrison	PTS	4 (4)	1 December 2009	Sheraton Hotel	London, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win	Sam Couzens	PTS	4 (4)	18 November 2009	Royal Lancaster Hotel	Bayswater, London, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win	Marlon Reid	PTS	6 (6)	24 October 2009	Riviera International Conference Centre	Torquay, Devon, England
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" | Loss	Jez Wilson	PTS	8 (8)	18 July 2009	Doncaster Racecourse	Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win	Luke Allon	PTS	6 (6)	6 June 2009	Leisure Complex	Beverley, Yorkshire, England
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win	Matt Jack	PTS	4 (4)	22 March 2009	York Hall	Bethnal Green, London, England	Pro debut for Matt Jack.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" | Loss	Tobias Webb	PTS	4 (4)	14 March 2009	M.E.N. Arena	Manchester, England	Pro debut for Tobias Webb.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" | Loss	Travis Dickinson	PTS	4 (4)	6 March 2009	Robin Park Centre	Wigan, Greater Manchester, England	Pro debut for both Travis Dickinson and Patrick Mendy.

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 bouts Boxrec.com, Retrieved 3 July 2010

External links

• Professional boxing record for Patrick Mendy from BoxRec