Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-04-16, boxing match not so exciting: Yudai Shigeoka vs Wilfredo Mendez gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Mendez vs Shigeoka is scheduled to take place Sunday, April 16th, at the Yoyogi #2 Gymnasium in Tokyo (Japan), in a 12-round minimumweight (105 lbs, 47.6 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the interim WBC World minimumweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-02-08, fight not particularly good between Wilfredo Mendez and Gabriel Mendoza: it gets two stars.The Wbo champion Wilfredo Mendez entered this fight with a record of 15-1-0 (5 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 minimumweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Wanheng Menayothin). He lost to Leyman Benavides in 2018 but then he has won six bouts defeating Victorio Saludar (Vic Saludar vs Wilfredo Mendez) and Axel Aragon Vega in his last two (Wilfredo Mendez vs Axel Aragon Vega 2).
His opponent, Gabriel Mendoza, has a boxing record of 30-6-2 (23 knockouts) and he entered as the No.54 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Mark Anthony Barriga in 2018 but he came back to win against Luis de la Rosa in 2019. Mendez vs Mendoza is valid for the WBO World minimumweight title (Mendez’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-10-26, fight not particularly good between Wilfredo Mendez and Axel Aragon Vega 2: it gets two stars.The Wbo champion Wilfredo Mendez entered this fight with a professional record of 14-1-0 (5 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 minimumweight in the world. He lost to Leyman Benavides last year but then he has won five bouts defeating Armando Vazquez, Janiel Rivera and Victorio Saludar in 2019 (Vic Saludar vs Wilfredo Mendez).
His opponent, Axel Aragon Vega, has a boxing record of 13-2-1 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.50 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced for the first time Wilfredo Mendez in 2018, after this bout he has beat Julio Cesar Morales, Edwin Reyes and Giovanni Noriega. Mendez vs Aragon is valid for the WBO World minimumweight title (Mendez’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-08-24, disappointing fight between Vic Saludar and Wilfredo Mendez: it gets two stars.The Wbo champion Vic Saludar entered this fight with a professional record of 19-3-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 minimumweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Wanheng Menayothin). He was defeated by Toto Landero in 2017 (via split decision) but then he has won five bouts beating Ryuya Yamanaka (Ryuya Yamanaka vs Vic Saludar) and Masataka Taniguchi in his last two (Vic Saludar vs Masataka Taniguchi).
His opponent, Wilfredo Mendez, has a boxing record of 13-1-0 (5 knockouts) and he entered as the No.42 in the same weight class. He lost to Leyman Benavides last year but then he has won four fights defeating Armando Vazquez and Janiel Rivera in 2019. Saludar vs Mendez is valid for the WBO World minimumweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
