No, Mendy was down and initially not badly hurt. Just like Andre Dirrell slipped, but was not KOed by Abraham.
The punches that knocked them out were illegal because they were already down.
Lots of boxers go down in round one and go on to win.
He was pretty badly hurt and Bika was walking through him. I saw it. Thanks though. Bika had him shaking with a few shots before he even got him near the ropes. It wasn't really like AA-Dirrell (or even a Jones-Griffin) where Bika had a second or two to think it over. Happened at tight quarters where he might not have been sure if his guy was down or going down. It was fairly obvious what was going to happen today. Mendy is just not any good. Not even knocking it beyond just a SMH at the pointlessness of such a 'mandatory.'
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