Wilfredo Mendez: record, next fight and profile →
Puerto Rico's Wilfredo "Bimbito" Méndez, the WBO 105 pounds champion, and his Colombian challenger Gabriel Mendoza, marked the weight for their main event bout tomorrow on the "WBO Champions Tournament" show, which will take held at the El Panama Hotel in Panama City, Panama, in a presentation of G & V Entertainment in association with PR Best Boxing Promotions and Spartan Boxing.
PANAMA CITY, Panama -- WBO minimumweight world champion Wilfredo Méndez (15-1, 5 KO's) of Puerto Rico is set to make his second world title defense against unbeaten Ecuadorian Pedro Villegas (12-0, 4 KO's) on Saturday, February 8, here in Panama City, Panama.
Wilfredo ‘Bimbito’ Mendez remains Puerto Rico’s lone male titlist, hanging on to that status by the skin of his teeth—and of his challenger. The defending strawweight title claimant lodged his first successful defense in a technical split decision win over Axel Aragon this past Saturday at Cancha Ruben Zayas Montanez in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico.
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Due to problems with the visa of his original rival, the WBO 105 pound champion, Wilfredo "Bimbito" Méndez, will have a new opponent for the main event on the "WBO Champions Tournament" card - this Saturday, October 26, at the Rubén Zayas Montañez Coliseum in Trujillo Alto in a presentation of PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) in association with Spartan Boxing.
After his convincing victory over Filipino Vic Saludar this past Saturday, Puerto Rican Wilfredo "Bimbito" Méndez officially received his WBO world minimumweight championship this afternoon in an event held at the Mayor's House of Trujillo Alto.
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Wilfredo "Bimbito" Méndez became the new WBO champion at 105 pounds and ended the world championship drought on the Island by beating Filipino Vic Saludar by unanimous decision at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, in another edition of the series "Casino Metro Boxing Nights", presented by PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) in association with Spartan Boxing.
Unbeaten bantamweight prospect Saul Sanchez (12-0, 7 KOs) makes his main event debut against Edwin Rodriguez (10-5-1, 5 KOs) this Friday, Aug. 23, from Omega Products International in Corona, Calif.
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - The Ballroom of the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan will feature a boxing show for the first time, when the WBO's #1 ranked contender at 105 pounds, Puerto Rico's Wilfredo "Bimbito" Mendez, faces the champion from Philippines, Vic Saludar, in another edition of the series Casino Metro Boxing Nights, presented by PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) in association with Spartan Boxing, which will be broadcast live on Wapa Deportes.
Trujillo Alto natives Wilfredo "Bimbito" Mendez and Jean Carlos "Lobo" Torres will have their stellar turns in the second edition of the new stage of the series "A Puño Limpio", which returns on Friday, September 28, at the Ruben Zayas Montañez Coliseum de Trujillo Alto, in a presentation of PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) in association with Spartan Boxing, which will be broadcast by Wapa 2 Deportes.
GH3 Promotions has signed Heavyweight prospect Ronald Hines. Hines, 22 of Cleveland, Ohio is managed by former NFL Defensive End, Ray Edwards. The 6'6" Hines, began boxing at at the age of nine, as he was already involved in Karate, his dad took him to the boxing gym where he met his eventual trainer Push Davis.