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    Default Joe Mesi vs Vassily Jirov Underrated Heavyweight Classic.

    Thought this was one of the best Heavyweight fights of the decade, never see this mentioned. Joe Mesi dominates the fight for the first 8 rounds, then gets knocked down 3 times in the last 2 rounds barely hanging up to edge out a razor thin close decision.

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    Say what you will of 'Baby' Joe Mesi, but he was an entertaining fighter. He was well on his way to a WBA title shot when he was injured & forced to retire. The fight between him and Monte Barrett was solid too. Mesi was never a world beater, but he was a fun fighter to watch. I still wished he and Guinn got the chance to fight, they were on a collision course before Guinn lost to Barrett, then Lyakhovich, then Thompson and was finished as a contender.

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    Yes Mesi was a good honest what was the reason for retirement? Head injury? Heard he is a politician.
    Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    Yes Mesi was a good honest what was the reason for retirement? Head injury? Heard he is a politician.
    Brain bleed after/caused by the Jirov fight

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    Default Re: Joe Mesi vs Vassily Jirov Underrated Heavyweight Classic.

    Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    Yes Mesi was a good honest what was the reason for retirement? Head injury? Heard he is a politician.
    Brain bleed after/caused by the Jirov fight
    So is he a republican now?
    Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.

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    Default Re: Joe Mesi vs Vassily Jirov Underrated Heavyweight Classic.

    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    Yes Mesi was a good honest what was the reason for retirement? Head injury? Heard he is a politician.
    Brain bleed after/caused by the Jirov fight
    So is he a republican now?
    Nope, Democrat

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    Default Re: Joe Mesi vs Vassily Jirov Underrated Heavyweight Classic.

    Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    Yes Mesi was a good honest what was the reason for retirement? Head injury? Heard he is a politician.
    Brain bleed after/caused by the Jirov fight
    It seemed like after the rabbit punch knockdown, Joe Mesi was totally done for. That punch seemed to effect him badly and was probably the cause of the injuries.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
    It seemed like after the rabbit punch knockdown, Joe Mesi was totally done for. That punch seemed to effect him badly and was probably the cause of the injuries.
    Yup, and also Jirov was completely finished after this fight as well. He went 5(3 KO)-1-1, getting KO'd by an ancient Michael Moorer directly after the loss to Mesi.

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    Mesi impressed me, he was well spoken and knew boxing top to bottom. Was sure he would get into announcing or calling fights. What is he doing? Never mind, he's into New York politics.
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    Last edited by beenKOed; 08-08-2012 at 08:56 PM. Reason: Googled Mesi

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    Quote Originally Posted by beenKOed View Post
    Mesi impressed me, he was well spoken and knew boxing top to bottom. Was sure he would get into announcing or calling fights. What is he doing?
    Good question, last I heard was the running for office of some sort. He was on Espn quite a few times talking about push to get his license back as well as in studio guest. Yeh, he was top notch calling action.

    Lyle you got me thinking. If a Golota or giant like McCline had the mentality of a Mesi, they may have mad much more noise, in a good way. Some guys have a taste for the fire and some don't I guess.

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    I saw jirov workout between the Mesi and Moorer fights.

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