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I see this guy just retained his WBA Super-Bantam title for the fifth time. It really was one of the all-time calamities of British match-making when they brought this guy in to give Michael Alldis an easy marking-time comeback fight. At the time Monshipour was a harmless-looking 16-2-2 and had never fought for a title. Since that fight he has now gone 12-0 (11 KO) having picked up the French, European and WBA titles on the way!

Now he's got a unification with Oscar Larios!

Ahhh, I remember that fight - sure I have it on tape.

He caught Aldis cold didn't he (or that was the excuses at the time from the Sky team).

Its not as if he has had it easy as a champion, his opponent wasn't the greatest of champions - Brodie dominated Medjkoune a few years ago.

However, Zarate was a good bantamweight who should have got the decision vs Siderenko last time out. So obviously some huge improvement from his early days.

Looked like a good champion for Wayne and Esham too look at, but maybe not now. That win over Zarate is impressive.

I remember brodie putting a beating on this man

tcwilliams wrote:I remember brodie putting a beating on this man

Then you remember wrong, Brodie beat Salim Medjkoune in 1999, who was subsequently beaten by Monshipour when he was WBA champion.

Hesketh wrote:

tcwilliams wrote:I remember brodie putting a beating on this man

Then you remember wrong, Brodie beat Salim Medjkoune in 1999, who was subsequently beaten by Monshipour when he was WBA champion.

sorry, is was in 99 when i was living in england and it was one of Brodie's 122 european title defences,I got it mixed up

Medjkoune had improved a LOT since the Brodie fights...Monshipour is simply unbeatable for the moment : he is a special fighter...prolly unique....there are some things i know about him that nobody else klnow :
before being a boxer, Mayar used to be a physical preparation trainer, and he has a very special physical preparation which which he does on his own, and is more instance than any other...Monshipour can therefore throw over 150 punches per round without tiring or slowing down and keep the pressure...this causes his opponents to tire, get psychologicaly detroyed...
having in front someone who keeps throwing at insane pace, targetting the body a lot, taking every punch and smile back at you after being hit, throwing bacck 4 punches when you land 1...that is exactly what happened with Zarate...

Raff The Frenchman wrote:Medjkoune had improved a LOT since the Brodie fights...Monshipour is simply unbeatable for the moment : he is a special fighter...prolly unique....there are some things i know about him that nobody else klnow :
before being a boxer, Mayar used to be a physical preparation trainer, and he has a very special physical preparation which which he does on his own, and is more instance than any other...Monshipour can therefore throw over 150 punches per round without tiring or slowing down and keep the pressure...this causes his opponents to tire, get psychologicaly detroyed...
having in front someone who keeps throwing at insane pace, targetting the body a lot, taking every punch and smile back at you after being hit, throwing bacck 4 punches when you land 1...that is exactly what happened with Zarate...

After watching many of his fights, this does make sense. He does just wear his opponent down, then goes in for the kill. Kinda like Phillip Holiday did in his prime. Good GOD did that guy have a work rate or what????

Interesting that Floyd mayweather does 15 rounds sparring and often 4 minute rounds, he has sparring sessions which last 30 minutes not stop as well, with fresh opponents coming in for every round.

if he keeps up that level of training he's going to be fornicating hard to beat.

That is a tough session. Having said that, I sometimes (depending on energy levels / training beforehand) find that a long sparring session is easier than rounds. If that minute break is not long enough it is bloom hard to continue for the next session.

Whereas a long session you tend to start a little slower and almost like get used to the work - if you know what I am saying.

In this weeks edition of KOTV (shown in Denmark friday) there were clips of Monshipour's fight with Nakazato, what a fight, too bad they didnt show it all, looked to be fight of the year.

Raff The Frenchman wrote:Medjkoune had improved a LOT since the Brodie fights...Monshipour is simply unbeatable for the moment : he is a special fighter...prolly unique....there are some things i know about him that nobody else klnow :
before being a boxer, Mayar used to be a physical preparation trainer, and he has a very special physical preparation which which he does on his own, and is more instance than any other...Monshipour can therefore throw over 150 punches per round without tiring or slowing down and keep the pressure...this causes his opponents to tire, get psychologicaly detroyed...
having in front someone who keeps throwing at insane pace, targetting the body a lot, taking every punch and smile back at you after being hit, throwing bacck 4 punches when you land 1...that is exactly what happened with Zarate...

I kike Monshipour quite a bit - But I do have to question his chin a little - Zarate put him down and he isn't the biggest hitter (nor a top guy) - Was Manny hurt? (would you say?)

no he has very hard chin, ZArate came much heavier than Monshipour and sure wasnt at batam when they fought, else Zarate was putting all his power behind each punch looking for a 1 punch KO and to finish Monshipour was pretty off balance and got up right after to come back strong...that was the 1st time he went down in his entire career...

>>>if he keeps up that level of training he's going to be fornicating hard to beat<<<

There's no doubt about ti! Say what you will about Mayweather, and I say a lot as to his shitty character, but he is very dedicated and until there is a lapse in that dedication...it will be virtually impossible for anyone to beat him...unless he gets caught with a lucky punch, or just simply moves up to a weight that is just too heavy!

Agreed Freiheit. KOTV, also did a good interview with Lovemore N'Dou.

The bit's of the Monshipour bout they did show were cracking. Hands down, chins up and putting every ounce of strength in every shot they hurled at each other. Real edge of the seat stuff.