Anyone remember "Baby" Joe Mesi???

[Sugar Adam Ali]

He was a hype job... would have been a heavyweight version of jeff lacy..

Jirov and Barrett both should have beaten him...

Mesi would have been beheaded by klits, brewster, rahman..


Though i would have loved to seen in 04-05 mesi vs tyson and toney

[beez721]

He was a hype job... would have been a heavyweight version of jeff lacy..

Jirov and Barrett both should have beaten him...

Mesi would have been beheaded by klits, brewster, rahman..


Though i would have loved to seen in 04-05 mesi vs tyson and toney

wouldn't say he was a hype job as most didn't consider him a future champion from what I recall. he was a descent offensive fighter with good combinations and descent pop but his chin and stamina were suspect. I agree that hed get knocked out badly by any puncher such as the ones you mentioned

[Sugar Adam Ali]

wouldn't say he was a hype job as most didn't consider him a future champion from what I recall. he was a descent offensive fighter with good combinations and descent pop but his chin and stamina were suspect. I agree that hed get knocked out badly by any puncher such as the ones you mentioned

He was hype,,,, was supposed to be showcased vs a cruiser (jirov) and a journeymen (barret) and got exposed badly..


Mesi was a 4 round fighter... Exciting, crowd pleaser, but nowhere near worthy of HBO grooming him to be a star

[beez721]

He was hype,,,, was supposed to be showcased vs a cruiser (jirov) and a journeymen (barret) and got exposed badly..


Mesi was a 4 round fighter... Exciting, crowd pleaser, but nowhere near worthy of HBO grooming him to be a star

I still don't recall him ever being considered a potential star. he was a good lookin white kid so that probably helped him with getting exposure but he also had a lot of detractors. I wouldn't call him getting exposed as barret was fairly well respected and ranked at the time and mesi wasn't a big clear favorite to win either fights

[Sugar Adam Ali]

I still don't recall him ever being considered a potential star. he was a good lookin white kid so that probably helped him with getting exposure but he also had a lot of detractors. I wouldn't call him getting exposed as barret was fairly well respected and ranked at the time and mesi wasn't a big clear favorite to win either fights

Mesi was on HBO, he was being groomed to be a cash cow,, they were gonna match him soft, maybe target a tyson fight...

Barrett was a journeymen who made a career out of exposing wanna-be contenders like mesi and owen beck

[LouIE G]

Just rewatched the jirov fight and it was a damn good fight!