If Mesi fights this month, he lights up another local bum from the YMCA...it means nothing. He should fight as many more bums as he can line up while Rahman beats a more credible guy...then Mesi can cashout in Buffalo vs Rahman...
In my July issue of Ring it shows a photo of Mesi looking fat in his fight with Linberger.. I guess it's just a bad photo, or something.
At this point, it's pretty tough to say. Mesi's on a fairly good run with his last couple fights now, and Rahman was stale and extremely unimpressive against Sykes, but Sykes is better than anyone Mesi has beaten since returning from his hiatus. Since Mesi has been very active and has been improving in conditioning and form from performance to performance, while Rahman looks to be finished at this point, I'll favor Mesi.