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Shane Cameron vs Monte Barrett: Fight Signed For May 30 in New Zealand
After a brief stint as a cruiserweight, New Zealand's Shane Cameron will return to the heavyweight division for a fight with American veteran Monte Barrett on May 30, the Sunday Star Times reports. After months of negotiation and a late attempt to stage a third fight between Tua and Barrett, the...
Monte Barrett Reportedly Fails New Zealand Drug Test, David Tua Appealing August Fight
On August 13 in New Zealand, heavyweight veterans David Tua and Monte Barrett fought for a second time, and put on a pretty good show overall considering the state of both fighters and their ages. Now, almost four months later, news has come out of New Zealand that Barrett, 40, failed his...
Monte Barrett Going Forward With WWE Opportunity
Ryan Songalia reports at BoxingScene.com that 40-year-old heavyweight veteran Monte "Two Gunz" Barrett is on his way to WWE training camp: "I gotta call [WWE senior director of talent relations] Ty Bailey this week and go through some of the particulars, but I know whatever it's gonna be, it...
Video: Monte Barrett Discusses Win Over Tua, Possible WWE Future
Ryan Songalia caught up with heavyweight Monte Barrett to talk about Barrett's recent win over David Tua, and a possible WWE future for the 40-year-old fighter: I've said it before, but there's basically no way that Barrett, at 40 and without any major name in boxing, makes a viable career with...
Monte Barrett, David Tua Interested in "Settling Feud" at WrestleMania XXVIII
To those who hate pro wrestling, first of all, I don't really care, but second of all, I apologize. It's just that the stuff keeps coming up. You have likely heard by now that 40-year-old boxer Monte Barrett, who is friends with WWE's main man John Cena, is interested in trying a WWE career. I...
David Tua Outpointed by Monte Barrett in Dramatic Rematch
38-year-old David Tua and 40-year-old Monte Barrett may not have delivered a beauty this morning in New Zealand, but they delivered roughly five thousand times more drama than did Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye in their mega-hyped July fight. Barrett survived a dramatic late rally by Tua to hang...
Bad Left Hook Live Results and Coverage: David Tua vs Monte Barrett II
For those up early or still up late, Bad Left Hook is just about to go live with coverage of David Tua's rematch with Monte Barrett on Sky New Zealand. Tua (52-3-2, 42 KO) is one of the more popular heavyweight boxers of the era, but has never quite achieved elite status over his lengthy career. In...
The Bad Left Hook Pick'em Game: Season 7 - Week 10
It's been a slow crawl over the last few weeks - but thankfully there's a big fight happening this weekend to close out the season with Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko tangling in the Showtime bantamweight tournament final. We've also got two other fights on the line-up, with Kermit Cintron stepping...
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