Monte Barrett

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Monte Barrett
Real name	Monte Barrett
Nickname	2 guns
Weight	Heavyweight
Nationality	American
Birth date	May 26, 1971
Birth place	Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Style	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	36
Wins	31
Wins by KO	17
Losses	5
Draws	0
No contests	0

Monte Barrett (born May 26, 1971, Greenville, North Carolina) is a professional heavyweight boxer.

He was 37-3 as an amateur.

WGR SUcks Monte later was dominated, but showed heart in rising five times, against future champion Wladimir Klitschko.

Barrett also later locked horns in a memorable battle with hard-punching but chinny Joe Mesi, which was an exciting see-saw battle in which Mesi almost had Barrett out, but Barrett battled back spiritedly and nearly took the undefeated Mesi out. Both fighters were down.

Monte doesn't have a particularly distinct style or a lot of power, but has an above average chin and good work ethics and finds ways to craftily win fights. He defeated prospects Owen Beck and the then-highly-regarded Dominick Guinn, both of whom were undefeated at the time, to line up the title shot.

He dropped a lackluster decision to WBC Heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman. Barrett is promoted by Don King, and as a result is still heavily in the heavyweight mix.

Despite his loss, he fought WBA Heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev in October at Rosemont, Illinois in what was billed as Valuev's "coming out party" to American boxing fans. 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.