According to the Niagra Gazette and iNDEMAND, heavyweight Joe Mesi will return to action on August 5, 2006 against Brazilian Adenilson Rodrigues in Cape Town, South Africa. Rodrigues is 19-4 with 14 knockouts. He will serve as Mesi’s third opponent in his comeback from an extended medical suspension. Mesi, 31-0 with 25 knockouts, has already defeated Ron Bellamy and Stephane Tessier after two years out of the ring. Laila Ali is scheduled to fight Gwendolyn O’Neil on the same show.