| Injured heavyweight Joe Mesi's bid to lift his suspension is on hold for at least another month while Nevada boxing officials await additional medical records. Keith Kizer, Nevada's chief deputy attorney general, said the boxer's father and manager, Jack Mesi, agreed this week to submit the records regarding Joe Mesi's brain injury. But Kizer said the reports requested by the Nevada State Athletic Commission still need to be reviewed. He added it will be another three to five weeks |
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commission can hold a hearing to determine whether to allow Mesi to resume fighting. The commission and Mesi camp had originally hoped the hearing would be scheduled this month.
"It could be April,'' Kizer said. "We want to have this hearing as quickly as possible, as do Joe and Jack Mesi.''
Mesi (29-0) was the WBC's top-ranked contender before falling out of the ratings entirely in October. The suburban Buffalo native has been suspended indefinitely, pending a review of his medical records, since winning a unanimous decision over Vassiliy Jirov in Las Vegas last March.
Mesi hung on for the win, knocked down three times in the final two rounds, and sustained a subdural hematoma - bleeding on the brain.
Any sign of bleeding could lead the Nevada commission to issue a permanent fighting ban, which would be enforced throughout the country.
Mesi, backed by noted sports neurosurgeon, Dr. Robert Cantu, insists he's fully recovered and prepared to resume fighting.
With the commission's approval, Mesi began working out in Houston last week with his trainer Juan DeLeon. Mesi is allowed to run and hit a punching bag, but not allowed to spar.
Jack Mesi said Wednesday he sent out the requested medical reports earlier in the day.
"I'm biting my nails, waiting for it all to happen, get to Nevada,'' Mesi said. "And now we wait for the commission. It's all we can do is just wait and pray that they do the right thing.''
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