Thursday at the Paris Dôme. IBF super lightweight international title at stake, Ballesta's first defense. They're billing it as French domestic fight of the year. Ballesta is undefeated and nine years the younger man, but his biggest step up in class to date was probably against high-level journeyman Rénald "Lion's Heart" Garrido in a third and final defense of the French national super lightweight title in early 2020. Mendy is a skillful world class operator and has fought at much higher levels but is getting up there in age now, and coming off a loss to Denis Berinchyk (just his third defeat in over a decade, against 22 victories in that span) in the Fury vs. Chisora III co-main event.
Genuinely thought Mendy had retired but then as you mention, he fought in the Fury undercard I watched it but have no recollection of it
