Monte Barrett
Monte Barrett was born in Greenville, North Carolina, United States on May 26th, 1971 and is the Boxer. At the age of 52, Monte Barrett biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Monte Barrett (born May 26, 1971) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2014.
He challenged once for the WBA heavyweight title in 2006, and fought many top heavyweight champions and contenders during his career.
Amateur career
Barrett had 40 amateur fights, finishing his amateur career with a 37-3 record. He was a pro in 1996 but later returned to Joe De Guardia and became a professional.
Professional career
Barrett won 21 straight games before losing to Lance Whitaker on August 28, 1998. He won a heavyweight title (but not a regional one) later this year. On April 3, 1999, Barrett met Phil Jackson for the vacant WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight crown. Barrett rose 5 times against Wladimir Klitschko, the current International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion, but he was ultimately disqualified after three knockdowns in the 7th round. He also battled opponent Joe Mesi in a fight that culminated in both fighters losing, but Mesi prevailed by a ten-round majority decision. Barrett defeated Dominick Guinn and Owen Beck, the former in an elimination match for a shot at either the IBF (then held by Chris Byrd) or the WBC (then owned by Vitali Klitschko). Barrett fought Hasim Rahman for the WBC interim title but lost by unanimous decision after 12 rounds after Klitschko hurt his back.
Despite his defeat, Nikolay Valuev, the World Boxing Association heavyweight champion, fought in Rosemont, Illinois, on October 30, 2010. In the 11th round, Barrett was disqualified due to a mechanical breakdown. Barrett was disqualified in the eighth and the eleventh rounds, but he managed to get up. After being knocked down for the second time in the eleventh round, his coach, James Ali Basheer, stepped in to put the fight on a halt.
In the second round of a match against Cliff Couser in July 2007, Barrett was defeated in the second round. Barrett recovered after his defeat in a December 2007 rematch in which he stunned Couser in the second round. Barrett knocked out Tye Fields in the first round on June 28, 2008, his last victory after knocking out Damon Reed.
After being knocked out five times in the fight, Barrett defeated former cruiserweight champion David Haye (who was also the promoter of the fight) on November 15, 2008, losing at 1:28 fifth round at the O2 arena in London. Haye then defeated Nicolai Valuev, who had been defeated Monte by an eleventh round stoppage in October 2006, to win the WBA's share of the world heavyweight championship.
Monte defeated Odlanier Sols on October 10, 2009, but the second round technical knockout ended the match. He then fought Alexander Ustinov in December 12, 2009, but lost by a unanimous decision after 12 rounds.
In his last fight, Barrett defeated David Tua on July 17, 2010. Tua dominated the early rounds by brutality, but Barrett took over in the later rounds and scored a knockdown in the 12th (knocking down Tua for the first time in his professional career). The match ended in a tumultuous draw (after Tua was suspended in round 12 for throwing Barrett to the canvas), with two judges scoring the match 113-113 and Tua's 115-111 score. Barrett resigned from the sport and said he wanted to work in private industry on August 7, 2010, ringside at a fight card at Aviator Arena in Brooklyn, New York. After the IBF World heavyweight champion Tomas Adamek secured a decision over Michael Grant on August 21, 2010, Barrett entered the ring at The Prudential Center in Newark. Barrett congratulated Adamek and challenged him to a 12 round match, seemingly desperate to come out of retirement. Barrett, who had lost to an eight-round draw in Virginia with Charles Davis in January 2011, began training for a rematch with David Tua, which was held in New Zealand. Barrett defeated Tua by majority vote on August 13, 2011 and captured the WBO Asia Pacific and WBO Oriental Heavyweight titles. Monte Barrett was found positive for banned stimulant methylhexanemine after a urine test in August after his September 13 points decision over the Kiwi-Samoan boxer. Blair Edwards Tua's advocate filed a lawsuit against the 40-year-old New Yorker who pleaded for the revival of Tua's WBO Asia-Pacific and Oriental titles as well as the restoration of ranking points.
On July 5, 2012, Barrett defeated New Zealander Shane Cameron, with the winner emerging as the number one contender to face NZPBA champion Sonny Bill Williams. He admitted that the Shane Cameron fight would be "a challenge," but that was what motivated him to win. Barrett also stated that after beating Cameron, he would fight David Tua for his third time. However, he was disqualified in the 4th round with a right hand and lost the titles he had won against David Tua the previous year.