Monte Barrett Boxing News

By Simon Hirst: Last weekend, David Haye defeated Monte Barrett after knocking him down five times before the referee stopped it. Haye came in the ring looking calm and confident and throughout the fight, never looked in huge trouble. Barrett was largely ineffective with his wild throws and Haye used his speed to avoid the [...]

By Jim Dower: Right about now the Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko must be licking their chops after seeing David Haye’s performance against heavyweight Monte Barrett on Saturday night. While Haye did what he had to do, knocking the 37 year-old Barrett down five times in the fight and scoring a knockout victory, he looked very [...]

By Michael Lieberman: In one of the worst refereed fights that I’ve ever seen in my life, British heavyweight David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) stopped American Monte Barrett (34-7, 20 KOs) in the 5th round at the O2 Arena (Millenium Dome), Greenwich, in London. Haye, 28, dropped Barrett five times in the fight, although only [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: With David Haye’s heavyweight battle with Monte Barrett (34-6, 20 KOs) only a short period of time away, one has to wonder whether or not Haye fully understands how desperate the 37 year-old Barrett is in wanting to win this fight. According to Barrett, “This is my last hoorah. I’m desperate and [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Tomorrow night, former cruiserweight champion David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) will be making his biggest step of his new heavyweight career in a battle against Monte Barrett (34-6, 20 KOs) in a 10-round bout at the O2 Arena (Millenium Dome), Greenwich, in London. Haye, 28, has a tremendous amount of things riding [...]

By Jordan Taylor: David Haye. How he is not ranked in the pound for pound list is beyond me. With the greatest respect to Ivan Calderon and Paul Williams who have started surfacing in many lists, they do not come close to the Hayemaker. An explosive boxer who successfully unified the Cruiserweight division by annihilated [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former cruiserweight champion David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) will be making his first and most crucial step this Saturday against contender Monte Barrett (34-6, 20 KOs) in a 10-round bout at the O2 Arena (Millenium Dome), Greenwich, in London. Haye, 28, has set out what may ultimately impossible goal of winning the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If this were a bodybuilding contest, former cruiserweight champion David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) would win hands down over heavyweight contender Monte Barrett (34-6, 20 KOs). However, this is going to be an actual heavyweight bout in which punches will be thrown with knockout intentions, and that’s where things get a lot [...]

David Haye’s next opponent Monte Barrett is backing Joe Calzaghe to triumph over Roy Jones Junior. The pair clash this Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Speaking to Setanta Sports News Barrett tipped Calzaghe to succeed.

Undefeated light middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (37-0-1, 29 KOs) will be looking to make a statement against Matt Vanda (39-7, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Chavez Jr., 22, the son of boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, is hoping to look better than [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Heavyweight David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) is on an express trip heading for a fight with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in early 2009. Before doing so, Haye is going to cut his teeth on journeyman Monte Barrett, a fighter that Haye is hoping he can beat easily and impressive enough to [...]

By Michael Lieberman: After watching the latest interview of David Haye on the Steve Bunce show, I got to say I’m really starting to lose whatever little respect I had Haye. He’s all over his November 15th opponent, Monte Barrett, giving him a lot of sweet talk on Bunce’s program. “I’ve been going on about [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Looking a lot less confident than I’ve seen him before on the Steve Bunce Boxing show, heavyweight David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) gave a hint at retirement if he’s unable to get by Monte Barrett, his first real test as a heavyweight, on November 15th at the O2 Arena in London. “If [...]

Setanta Sports News, the rolling 24-hour sports news service, will broadcast a special heavyweight edition of Steve Bunce’s Boxing Hour at 2pm on Thursday 3 October. The straight talking pundit will be joined by David Haye and Monte Barrett, who are set for an explosive clash at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday 15 [...]

By Michael Lieberman: I got to be honest with you all, I’m less than impressed with David Haye’s choice of opponent for his November 15th fight at the O2 Arena. I see Monte Barrett as a nominal top ranked challenger, who besides his recent 1st round TKO over a badly unproven Tye Fields, has done [...]

After what seemed like ions for former cruiserweight champion David Haye to make his decision for his next opponent for his November 15th bout, only his second as a heavyweight, he finally made up his mind with today’s announcement that he will be fighting top contender Monte Barrett at the O2 Arena in London. Barrett, [...]

David Haye has announced his first heavyweight opponent. His trainer and manager Adam Booth today confirmed that the Hayemaker will take on Monte ‘Two Gunz’ Barrett at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday 15th November. Speaking exclusively on Steve Bunce’ Boxing Hour on Setanta Sports News Booth revealed that the deal had been done [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: According to Dan Rafael from ESPN, the manager Adam Booth and his promoter for heavyweight contender David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) are speaking with heavyweight contenders Eddie Chambers and Monte Barrett as potential opponents for Haye’s next fight on November 15th at the O2 arena in London. Haye, 27, recently was close [...]

By Tony Krebs: 37 year-old heavyweight Monte Barrett (34-6, 20 KOs) pulled off a stunning 1st round KO of the giant 6’8″ Tye Fields (41-2, 37 KOs) tonight in a bout scheduled for 10 rounds at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fields, 33, who has built up an impressive knockout [...]

Heavyweight Monte Barrett (32-6, 18 KOs) gained his revenge last night for a prior loss, defeating Cliff Couser (26-14-2, 14 KOs) by 2nd round TKO of a scheduled six-round bout at the Paradise Theatre, in Bronx, New York. Barrett, 36, was previously stopped in the second round by Couser, 36, in July. This time, however, [...]