Haye, Mesi got dropped by Jirov and Jirov got robbed, a Crusierweight who wasn’t even that skilled, Haye is levels above.
To be fair Jirov clearly hit Mesi in the back of the head in the 9th round that caused a brain bleed. Mesi was winning the fight handily until Jirov hit him with an illegal blow that caused the injury. Despite Mesi being down 3 times at the end and fighting through a brain bleed he still deserved to win a decision no controversy. Would I favour Haye against Mesi ? Probably but I think you need to take into consideration Mesi was hit with a clear rabbit shot vs Jirov that caused the brain bleed. Go to 44:08 timestamp and check out the rabbit shot. This content is protected
Agreed though Mesi also went life and death with monte Barrett. Barrett to his credit was a pretty dangerous fighter and beat some good opponents and took some undefeated records while David Haye is a fighter that I often criticized I think he has a little bit more to offer and would stop Joe