Beibis Antonio Mendoza is a professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

. He is a former WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 light-flyweight champion.

Amateur career

Mendoza was a member of the 1996 Colombian Olympic Team as a Light Flyweight. His results were:

• Defeated Domenic Figliomeni
  Domenic Figliomeni
  Domenic Filane Figliomeni is a former boxer from Canada, who competed for his native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992....
  
   (Canada) 12-1
• Lost to Oleg Kiryukhin
  Oleg Kiryukhin
  Oleg Kiryukin is a Ukrainian boxer, who won the light flyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:*Defeated Abdul Rashid Qambrani 17-3*Defeated Beibis Mendoza 18-6...
  
   (Ukraine) 6-18

Professional career

Mendoza turned professional in 1996 and captured the vacant WBA light flyweight title with a DQ win in 2000 over Rosendo Alvarez

Rosendo Álvarez

Rosendo José Álvarez Hernández is a flyweight boxer, and is well known for giving Mexican legend Ricardo Lopez two tough fights. He is the only person to hold the undefeated flyweight champion to a draw....

. In the fight Alvarez suffered two point deductions and was eventually disqualified for low blows by referee Mitch Halpern

Mitch Halpern

Mitchell Howard "Mitch" Halpern was a renowned boxing referee who officiated some of boxing's biggest matches....

, who committed suicide 8 days after the fight.

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