BROADWAY BOXING RESULTS

PRESS RELEASE: Argenis Mendez brought his act to the bright lights of New York City, and scored a first-round knockdown en route to an eight-round unanimous decision victory over Shamir Reyes on Wednesday night.  Mendez-Reyes headlined the latest edition of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series, in front of a capacity crowd at the BB King Blues Club and Grill in Times Square.

On the undercard, heavyweight Stivens Bujaj, middleweight Willie Monroe, Jr., light heavyweight Joe Smith, Jr., super middleweight Phillip Jackson Benson, and junior welterweight Gabriel Bracero were all victorious.

Mendez (17-1, 9 KOs) was coming off the biggest win of his career, a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Martin Honorio in May. Against Reyes, who brought a vocal contingent of supporters, there was no let up. After controlling much of the first round, Mendez landed a counter right in the waning moments, sending Reyes to the canvas. Reyes (18-7-2, 7 KOs) rose and did not go down again, but he offered little resistance to Mendez’s balanced attack. The official scores were 80-71, 80-71, and 79-72, all to Mendez.

Full Results from New York, NY:

Argenis Mendez (17-1, 9 KOs) UD8 (80-71, 80-71, 79-72) Shamir Reyes (18-7-2, 7 KOs)
Gabriel Bracero (11-0, 1 KO) TKO4 (2:53) Raymond Betancourt (8-5, 3 KOs)
Phillip Jackson Benson (6-1, 5 KOs) TKO3 (1:30) Alexander Santana (6-1, 3 KOs)
Joe Smith, Jr. (5-0, 5 KOs) TKO2 (1:10) Charles Wade (1-8, 1 KO)
Willie Monroe, Jr. (9-0, 3 KOs) TKO3 (3:00) Loren Myers (7-9-1, 2 KOs)
Stivens Bujaj (1-0, 1 KO) TKO2 (2:00) Calvin Rooks (1-2-1)