Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-01, nice exchanges and great finish: Robert Easter Jr vs Argenis Mendez gets three stars.The former Ibf super-Fw champion Argenis Mendez (also known as Algenis Mendez) entered this fight with a professional record of 23-3-1 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 lightweight in the world. He lost to #1 Rances Barthelemy in 2014 (=Mendez vs Barthelemy 2) but then he came back to win in 2015 beating Daniel Evangelista Jr and Miguel Vazquez (=Vazquez vs Mendez).
His opponent, the undefeated Robert Easter Jr, has a perfect record of 16-0-0 (13 KOs=81%) and he entered as the No.73 in the same weight class. He fought four times last year beating Juan Ramon Solis in his last bout. Mendez vs Easter is on the undercard of Adrien Broner vs Ashley Theophane. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2016-04-01
Where: DC Armory, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Division: lightweight (135 lbs, 61.2 kg)
Mendez’s previous fight: Miguel Vazquez vs Argenis Mendez
Mendez’s next fight: Luke Campbell vs Argenis Mendez
Easter’s next fight: Robert Easter Jr vs Richard Commey
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Good fight.
Good ending.
At 5’11” – will he an Barthelemy fight… (same height)
Very good match up indeed!
Both boxers displayed good and similar techniques showing a very nice combination of punches connected with very fast hands. Nice fight, good knock down and stoppage.
Robert’s power looks impressive.