On Sept. 10, Mendez, 25, a New York-based Dominican Republic native, traveled to Mexico to challenge hometown fighter Juan Carlos Salgado for a vacant junior lightweight title and came away with a controversial decision loss. In his first fight since, Mendez returned in front of his crowd to score the easiest of blowout wins. Mendez was supposed to face Samir Torres of Colombia, but he dropped out and was replaced on short notice by Miami-based Cuban Perez, a 39-year-old who is the journeyman of journeymen. He simply cannot fight; he lost his 18th fight in a row. How this utter garbage could be approved anywhere on the planet is shocking. Perez put up almost no fight whatsoever as Mendez worked with him in the first round. In the second round, Mendez dropped him to a knee with a flush left hand to the face. During the follow-up attack, Mendez was abusing Perez with shot after shot until the referee stepped in to end the utter mismatch. Mendez got an easy comeback fight. Now, it would be nice to see him step back up into a title fight, ideally a rematch with Salgado, although none of us should hold our breath waiting for that.
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