Dmitrii Alexandrovich Chudinov vs. Patrick Mendy II

This is actually a more interesting bout than any of the other boxing matches that day.

 

Is it in Russia? Chudinov all day then. Whether he deserves to win or not.

 

Mendy has a good chance then. Maybe Chudinov will be less lethargic though due to that prior loss earlier in the year.

 

8-10 rounder = way more likely chance of their being a draw. Is the first fight around?

 

Patrick Mendy is probably the quicker and better technical boxer of the two. Having been on the road many times in other fighter’s backyards, he loses more often, but he is almost always in competitive fights with many close rounds, which are very difficult to score.

I do however still believe, that the pressure fighter Dmitrii Chudinov will win this one on points. And I’ll explain why with a little background story of the fight.

Chudinov was originally scheduled to fight Danish southpaw Jeppe Morell (9-2). That fight was scheduled 1-2 months ago, so I assume, that Chudinov is well prepared and in great physical shape.

Patrick Mendy was originally called in to be Morells main sparring partner for this contest. Mendy was travelling from London in the morning hours and took a small nap in the airport before departure. His bag with passport and boxing equipment were stolen, so he had to postpone his arrival with a few days.

Morell, who in his first loss forgot his protecting cup and had to rush back to the dressing room to get it after the fighters names had been announced, grew irritated because of the delay and surprisingly pulled out of the fight.

The promotor, who had probably already paid Chudinov 25 percentage of his salary in advance, wanted to keep the Russian on the program and make a bout where the winner faces Jeppe Morell, Jonas Madsen or another Danish stable fighter next time.

Morells place was offered to Swedish fighter Oscar Ahlin and Danish fighter Patrick Nielsen, two other potential Morell opponents in the future, but they both refused.

Patrick Nielsen, who is a free agent now, might have been interested, because he had a chance to avenge one of his losses. But he had allready signed a more lucrative contract to fight Arthur Abraham in a rematch set for February the 2nd.

Dayron Lester, a Cuban born Finnish fighter, agreed to take the fight, but his Cuban passport had expired, and he is forced to stay in Finland for now.

In the meantime Patrick Mendy had already accepted to step in as an opponent right after Jeppe Morell pulled out, and therefor he ended up getting a rematch with Chudinov.

Patrick Mendy might be in good physical shape, but he hasn’t fought in over a year. He took this fight on a shorter notice than Chudinov. Also this will be the 4th fight for Chudinov in 2018, so he probably have less ring rust than Mendy. I think Chudinov did pretty well in the last half of his fight with Azizbek Abdugofurov, where he was able to put some pressure on the technical clever Abdugofurov.

I predict that he will be stronger in the second half of the contest and be able to set the pace and put the pressure on Mendy and win more than 4 rounds, which will secure him the victory.

The interesting thing is, that it will be an even playing field for the two foreign fighters with neutral local judges, so it’s a great opportunity both to get that win and secure another invitation.

Promising names on the undercard: Allan Mahfoud and Oliver Meng (19 years), both super welterweights. They will be really interesting to see in the future.

Also look out for super lightweight Enock Mwandila Poulsen and cruiserweight Ditlev Rossing (23 years). Poulsen is very quick on hands and feet and technical clever. Rossing is more crude. A heavy handed slugger. But he is adapting and developing well and his trainer Sherman "Tank" Williams has taught him a lot since his debut.

 

I have to eat my words: Patrick Mendy clearly won this one with a great performance and outpointed Chudinov.