News - Monte Barrett

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While preparing for his showdown with David Haye on November 15 at The O2, Monte ‘Two Gunz’ Barrett has immersed himself in all the research and information he can muster on England’s hard-hitting heavyweight hope. It’s the 21st century and an old-school veteran like Barrett is enjoying all the perks read more ...

Former undisputed cruiserweight champion David Haye has promised to show the boxing public on November 15 that his chin is better than many think. Haye will face ranked heavyweight Monte "Two Gunz" Barrett at Greenwich’s 02 Arena in London. Because Haye was dropped and rocked a few times at the cruiserweight level, many experts believe that he's going to struggle against hard punching heavyweights read more ...

After months of speculation and numerous pull-outs, former world cruiserweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye has today been able to officially name the heavyweight opponent he will face on November 15 at The O2 Arena in London. The chosen heavyweight is New York contender Monte ‘Two Gunz’ Barrett, ranked at number six by the WBO and a former WBC and WBA world heavyweight title challenger read more ...

Heavyweight Kevin “King Pin” Johnson (20-0-1, 7KOs) is putting money on the table - for everyone. During a recent appearance on the Talkin’ Boxing radio show on Wednesday, Johnson continued to call out David Haye (21-1, 20KOs) dispite the fact that Haye may have moved on to other opponents for his November bout in England read more ...

Hoping to land Ray Mercer a fight against wold cruiserweight champion David “The Hayemaker” Haye (21-1 with 20 KOs), Sal Musumeci’s Final Forum Boxing has petitioned the WBO to get Mercer (36-7-1 with 26 KOs) ranked by the governing body. Haye's British television reportedly requires Haye to fight a top ten opponent. Final Forum claims that Haye’s promoter has stated it likes a fight against the 47-year old former WBO heavyweight read more ...

Sources close to the situation have informed MaxBoxing/BoxingScene.com that former cruiserweight champion David Haye (21-1, 20KOs) may possibly face veteran Monte Barrett (34-6, 20KOs) on October 18 at the O2 Arena in London. On the undercard of Saturday's Pacquiao-Diaz pay-per-view in Las Vegas, it only took Barrett 57-seconds to blow out the giant-sized Tye Fields. Haye is moving up from cruiserweight and plans to makes the heavyweight read more ...

Local fight fans along with boxing fans in town for the Super Bowl had an opportunity to see an interesting fight card on Saturday afternoon outdoors in Scottsdale, Arizona. In a heavyweight bout, Giant fans appreciated New Yorker Monte Barrett (33-6, 19 KOs), subbing for Shannon Briggs, scoring a second round KO over Damon Reed (43-13, 30 KOs). Reid was down in rounds one and two. Time was 2:47 read more ...

Undefeated Yuri Foreman (24-0, 8 KOs) survived some early problems and a bad cut over his right eye to dethrone NABF junior middleweight champion Andrey Tsurkan (25-3, 16 KOs) on Thursday night at Utopia's Paradise Theater in the Bronx, New York City. The aggressive Tsurkan had the fight going his way through four rounds, but was unable to catch the fleet-footed Foreman thereafter, as Foreman jabbed his way to read more ...

Two-time world title challenger Monte 'Two-Gunz' Barrett got caught two times by righthands from journeyman Cliff Couser. Barrett crashed to the canvas from a right to the chin as the first round ended and barely beat the count and made his way to the corner. The rest did him little good as Couser once again landed big with a right to the chin sending Barett down to the canvas for a second time. The bout was quickly read more ...