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The word is that Joe Mesi suffered a blood clot on the brain after the Vassiliy Jirov fight and will never fight again.

source??

Hope thats all it is for the boxers sake!

Wales wrote:source??

Source is VERY reliable and has been in the business 45 years. That's as much as I can reveal.

So its not general knowledge or come from close to the mesi camp?

i just hope its not true thats all, not too keen on him as a fighter but its not too good for the image of boxing as a whole and you shouldnt wish it on anyone.

bennie wrote:The word is that Joe Mesi suffered a blood clot on the brain after the Vassiliy Jirov fight and will never fight again.

This is terrible news if it turns out to be true.

If your a fan or not he's still a young fighter just earning a living for himself and following a dream.

If it is true I hope they can treat him to save his health even if it means the end of a promising/lucrative career.

sounds like bullshit to me.

horrible if it is true, poor joe, but as far as boxing goes he had already found his limit. and it wasn't very far.

Maybe Mesi is the "top heavyweight contender with a serious health condition " (I'm paraphrasing) ESPN's Teddy Atlas was referring to in his cryptic quote of a few weeks ago.

Eric the Viking wrote:Maybe Mesi is the "top heavyweight contender with a serious health condition " (I'm paraphrasing) ESPN's Teddy Atlas was referring to in his cryptic quote of a few weeks ago.

Ping.

bennie wrote:

Eric the Viking wrote:Maybe Mesi is the "top heavyweight contender with a serious health condition " (I'm paraphrasing) ESPN's Teddy Atlas was referring to in his cryptic quote of a few weeks ago.

Ping.

It seems likely to me.......poor fighter, whatever his skills, he sold tickets and was due to start making at least a decent payday or two.

just concussion from that rabbit punch apparently...

I want to give the guy the benefit of the doubt, he seems like such a decent bloke. Having said that, the constant bullshit stories that are used by people surrounding fighters to explain away losses or poor performances have made me very cynical about this type of rumour.
If this rumour turns to fact then i'll wish Mesi all the best for his life outside boxing, but my gut feeling is that his camp have made their money and are now making their excuses.

glittermonkey wrote: If this rumour turns to fact then i'll wish Mesi all the best for his life outside boxing, but my gut feeling is that his camp have made their money and are now making their excuses.

You really think they would make up a story like that just because they have made their money I really would not like to think anyone could sink that low.

Surely they would (and I believe do) realise he is an improving fighter who could continue to do well in a relatively wide open division.

This rumour must have come from elsewhere.

Any sport that has Don King as it's main man can't possibly be whiter than white.
I hope i'm wrong, but as i've said thats just my gut feeling.

Close source says it's not true.

Eric the Viking wrote:Maybe Mesi is the "top heavyweight contender with a serious health condition " (I'm paraphrasing) ESPN's Teddy Atlas was referring to in his cryptic quote of a few weeks ago.

He may have been referring to Wladimir Klitschko, or Mesi.

No doubt all will be revealed in the fullness of time.