They call Miguel Vazquez “The Puppet,” but an initially perplexed Argenis Mendez found a way to control Vazquez’s strings. Outhustled, roughhoused and beaten to the punch by his Mexican rival through the middle rounds Tuesday night, Mendez staged a late rally behind his jab and left hook for a unanimous-decision victory in a 135.75-pound clash of former champions at Cowboys Dancehall in San Antonio, Texas. In a battle of boxers competing for the second time since being dethroned as titleholders, Mendez (23-3-1, 12 KOs) won by scores of 99-90, 97-92 and 95-94. Vazquez (35-4, 13 KOs)—a 28-year-old Mexican whose unorthodox style is atypical of his countrymen’s traditional warrior search-and-destroy mentality—actually outlanded Mendez 111-101 overall. He also briefly shook Mendez with a third-round, right hand-left hook combination before later being stunned himself by a right-left combo at round’s end. Until that point, Mendez struggled to land his jab or establish a rhythm with hi