Abdel Moneim El-Gindy worked at a printing press from a young age, but trained in boxing in his spare time, having first tried weightlifting and wrestling. After his talents led to him securing a more comfortable position in the military, he began to train more regularly and captured five world military titles as a flyweight. He won a gold medal at the 1959 Mediterranean Games and was then selected to represent the United Arab Republic, due to Egypt’s union with Syria, at the 1960 Rome Olympics. There, he won a bronze medal after losing to upcoming champion Gyula Török of Hungary.
Nationally Gindy won several titles, including flyweight in 1957 and bantamweight in 1959, while in 1964 he became African Champion before retiring from active competition one year later. He never turned professional and instead worked at the military printing press for the remainder of his career, although he did have some brief stints coaching in the military and in his civilian club El-Olympi.
United Arab Republic