"Baby" Joe Mesi and Hasim Rahman will do battle, but in separate bouts on February 22nd at the Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort in West Virginia. Rahman will fight in the ten-round main event and Mesi will box in a ten-round co-main event with opponents yet to be named. Top Rank will promote the show with the two bouts being televised on the Versus Network. With both Mesi and Rahman on the same card, a possible showdown read more ...

Congrats on the comeback win Joe. Most of us weren't able to catch the fight, what can you tell us about it? "It went very good. It was a eight round unanimous decision and a very easy victory. I won every round and didn't really get touched too much. I got a little mouse under my right eye because it kind of rubbed his arm, the wrong way. I took a few shots from a big guy and I think we silenced some critics read more ...

Although you can't blame him, Joe Mesi's first fight after two years of medical suspension will be against a very safe opponent. For his April 1 comeback date in Puerto Rico, the 29-0 heavyweight has apparently selected Ron Bellamy, according to the Associated Press. Bellamy is 41 years old with a modest 14-4-4 record. His last fight was a loss to someone named Earl Ladson. On the other hand, Mesi sustained at least two subdural hematomas read more ...

But after two years, 752 days and many headaches (both literally and figuratively) later unbeaten heavyweight contender Joe Mesi will finally return to the ring in an April 1st bout in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The immensely popular Buffalo, New York-based heavyweight has been inactive since Nevada doctors discovered bleeding on his brain following his tougher than expected win over Vassiliy Jirov in March '04. After the discovery Mesi was placed read more ...

Heavyweight Joe Mesi, sidelined since suffering bleeding on the brain after a 2004 bout, won a chance Monday to return to the ring when a state judge ruled his medical suspension expired when his Nevada boxing license expired. read more ...

A panel of medical experts Monday recommended heavyweight Joe Mesi stop boxing after he suffered bleeding on the brain during a brutal fight last year. ``You're at significant risk of cranial injury and dying in the ring,'' said neurosurgeon Dr. Albert Capanna before the Nevada athletic Medical Advisory Board voted unanimously not to lift a medical suspension for the unbeaten Mesi. The Nevada State Athletic Commission will consider... read more ...