Monte Barrett, game was't able to neutralize the height and weight advantage of the acromegaloid Nikolay Valuev. Barrett, 6'3", 222lb was dwarfed by 7'2", 328lb Valuez. Barrett's trainer jumped into the ring during round eleven to save his fighter from further assault calling a halt to the bout. Recently, on December 6, 2007 at the Paradise Theater in the Bronx, Barrett fought and beat Cliff Couser by a 2nd round TKO avenging his 2nd round TKO loss to Couser on July 7, 2007.
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Monte "Two Gunz" Barrett
Monte Barrett, heavyweight contender from Queens was lost to the undefeated Joe Mesi by majority decision in a see-saw battle on December 6, 2003 at Madison Square Garden in New York. In 2004 Barrett beat undefeated Dominick Guinn by split decision. In 2005 Barrett went on to beat undefeated Owen Beck by a 9th round TKO. These wins lined up Barrett for his title shot against lifelong friend Hasim Rahman after reigning champion Vitali Klitschko was forced to cancel his defense against Rahman due to a knee injury. Rahman beat Barrett by a 12 round unanimous decision in the WBC heavyweight interim title fight. On October 7, 2006 Nikolay Valuev beat Monte Barrett by an 11th round TKO.