Jean Baptiste Mendy

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Jean-Baptiste Mendy
Statistics
Real name	Jean-Baptiste Mendy
Rated at	Lightweight
Nationality	French
Birth date	March 16, 1963 (1963-03-16) (age 45)
Birth place	Dakar, Senegal
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.

[edit] 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.

Preceded by Miguel Angel Gonzalez Vacates	WBC Lightweight Champion 20 Apr 1996– 1 Mar 1997	Succeeded by Stevie Johnston
Preceded by Orzubek Nazarov	WBA Lightweight Champion 16 May 1998 – 10 Apr 1999	Succeeded by Julien Lorcy

[edit] See also

• List of lightweight boxing champions
• List of male boxers
• List of WBC world champions

[edit] External links

• Professional boxing record for Jean Baptiste Mendy from Boxrec