Mesi Lands New Opponent

•Jun 23, 2006

MONTREAL -- Heavyweight Joe Mesi will have a new opponent for his six-round bout Friday night after Daniel Frank encountered visa trouble in Brazil.

Frank (17-11-1) was unable to receive his visa on time to make it to the bout, promoter Yvon Michel said.

He will be replaced by Stefan Tessier (3-7-0), who is from St-Philippe-de-Laprairie, Quebec.

Mesi (30-0), a former No. 1 ranked heavyweight, is on a comeback after sustaining a serious head injury in 2003.

The featured bout has super-welterweight Joachim Alcine (26-0) of Montreal against Javier Mamani (28-4-1) of Argentina.

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