Joe Mesi

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

People need to stop saying that he is going to get hurt. He is at no greater risk than any other fighter. Look at the interview I did with him last year, I did the research and found all of the doctors who agree. In fact there is NOT ONE doctor who says he should not be fighting.

I also don't get it why no one had a problem with Barrerra fighting and his injury was far worse. He had to have a metal late placed in his head.

I am under no assumption that Mesi is the greatest out there right now. I know that there are a lot of fighters who would beat him. However his level of competition was (before the injury) far better than a lot of up and coming heavyweights. I have seen Arrrelo fight live on numerous occasions and his opponents are more hand picked than a bin of strawberrys. And Valuev fought NO ONE until Ruiz.

He had 2 years off. Who do you expect him to fight? He was legally not allowed to even work out during that time.

If he scores an impressive win on April 4 on ESPN he will be ranked in the top 10 of the WBC. He is now #15.

I just feel that he is a nice humble guy and he has a dream. Everyone knows the risk when they step into the ring. His fights are exciting and when we see fights like Wlad gave us a few weeks ago we need some excitment. Just because you get knocked down does not mean you are not a good fighter. Wlad was down 3 times against Peter. If anyone has no chin it is him.

Hey Mike, I hope you're right... I would love to see that but I don't think title hopes are possible. I think against a fighter like Maskaev... But Peter will take that option away