Monte Barrett
(born May 26, 1971, Greenville, North Carolina) is a professional heavyweight boxer.
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Amateur career
Barrett was 37-3 as an amateur.
Pro career
As a professional, Barrett lost his first against
Lance Whitaker on August 28, 1998, after 21 consecutive wins. On July 15, 2000, Barrett rose 5 times against future
International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion
Wladimir Klitschko, but ultimately was knocked out after 3 knockdowns in the 7th round alone. He also fought contender
Joe Mesi in a fight that saw both fighters go down but one in which, ultimately, Mesi prevailed by a ten-round decision.
Barrett defeated prospects
Dominick Guinn and
Owen Beck, the latter an elimination bout to be in line for a shot at either the IBF title (then held by
Chris Byrd) or the WBC title (then held by
Vitali Klitschko). After Klitschko injured his back, Barrett fought
Hasim Rahman for the WBC interim title and lost by unanimous decision after 12 rounds.
Despite his loss, he fought
World Boxing Association heavyweight champion
Nikolay Valuev in October at Rosemont, Illinois. Barrett lost via technical knockout in the 11th round. Barrett was knocked down in the eighth and eleventh rounds, but managed to get up. After being knocked down for the second time in the eleventh round, his trainer, James Ali Basheer, jumped into the ring to stop the fight.
Barrett was beaten in the second round in a July 2007 bout against
Cliff Couser. Barrett avenged this loss in a December 2007 rematch in which he stopped Couser in the second round. After knocking out Damon Reed, Barrett knocked out
Tye Fields in the first round on June 28, 2008.
He lost to the former cruiserweight champion
David Haye (who was also the
promoter of the fight) on November 15 2008, at the
O2 arena in London, by knock-out after 1min 28secs of the fifth round after being put down five times in the fight.
His next fight will be against Sheldon Hinton on
September 12 2009.
Personal Life
Barrett has five children.