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The BIOFILE Monte
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By SCOOP MALINOWSKI
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Status: Heavyweight contender
will challenge WBA champ Nikolay
Valuev on October 7th in Chicago,
LIVE on HBO.
Ht: 6-3
Wt: 220
Born On: May 26, 1971 In:
Greenville, North Carolina
Childhood Heroes: "Muhammad
Ali, that's it."
Hobbies/Interests: "Spend
time with my kids. Play chess. Play
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Nicknames: "A thousand
aliases [smiles]...Two Gunz, The
Banger, Raw Dog, The
Executioner...so many, I can't
remember."
Favorite Movies: "Oh man,
Star Trek trilogy. Godfather
trilogy. Ghost with Patrick Swayze
and Demi Moore. And I'm missing one
- Sanford & Son and Good Times are
my favorite TV shows. And Planet of
the Apes was my favorite TV movie."
Early Boxing Memory: "First
time out I won the Golden Gloves
(age 22). I think that was my
biggest amateur boxing moment. (Who
did you beat?) I remember his first
name was Carmelo, from PAL in the
Bronx. The energy was so enormous
for me. It was like, so big. And it
was fun then, I had fun."
First Job: "Working in a park
(age 14). Cleaning up the park for
youth. Baisley Park in Queens."
First Car: "1989 green Jeep
Wrangler, when I graduated from high
school."
Childhood Dreams:
"Successful. I didn't know how I was
gonna be it. But I knew I was gonna
become it."
Favorite Meal: "Italian."
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Favorite Ice
Cream Flavor:
"Vanilla."
Funny Boxing
Memory: "My
whole life is
comical. But I can't
really think of one
off-hand. But I'll
come back to that
question. I'll think
about that one."
Pre-Fight
Feeling: "My
spirit is good.
Laughing, joking,
singing, playing
around. Just being
silly."
Greatest Sports
Moment: "I would
have to say Dominick
Guinn fight (in
March 2004)." |
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Most Painful Moment:
"Losing to Klitschko. No,
correct that - losing to
(Lance) Whitaker (by split
decision in 1999). That was
my first loss. I lost a lot
of credibility, even though
it was a close fight. So
that was the most painful
loss. Because at that time,
I felt like I didn't want to
box anymore. But you go
through a stage when you
lose your first fight."
Worst Injury: "Broken
hand in 6th fight (KO 1
Russell Perry in '97). And
next fight, the other broken
hand (W6 Ron McCarthy also
in '97)."
Favorite Boxers To Watch:
"I like Bernard Hopkins.
Oscar. Zab. Floyd
Mayweather. Floyd's
phenomenal. To describe this
guy - he's just the epitome
of boxing."
Favorite Fights: "Aw
man, I would say
Brewster-Klitschko. I would
say James Toney and Jirov.
And I would say Floyd
Mayweather and Corrales. And
I would also say
Trinidad-Hopkins."
People Qualities Most
Admired: "People with
integrity. People who speak
their mind. And people who
are also genuine people, not
plastic or phony."
Funny Boxing Memory:
"Personal moment is just
after the Guinn fight. I
took all four of my kids to
Disney World. And my
daughter was going down the
water slide at the park. And
I put my son on my shoulder,
to let him watch. And he's
two-years-old. And I said,
Brandon, how you gettin' the
water, why are you so wet?
And I look and he's peein'
down my neck [smiles]. So
that's my favorite funny
moment, my son is peein'
down my neck when my
daughter's ridin' down the
water slide [laughs]."
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