Mahyar Monshipour

Mahyar Monshipour
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Real name	Mahyar Monshipour
Nickname(s)	Little Tyson
Rated at	Super Bantamweight
Nationality	French
Born	March 21, 1975 (1975-03-21) (age 36) Bam, Iran
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	33
Wins	28
Wins by KO	19
Losses	3
Draws	2
No contests	0

Mahyar Monshipour (born 21 March 1975 in Bam, Iran) is an Iranian-born French boxer who was the World Boxing Association's super bantamweight champion for nearly three years between 2003 and 2006. He lost his belt to Thai Somsak Sithchatchawal on 18 May 2006, in a match that won The Ring Fight of the Year and Harry Markson Awards, the latter the prize for "fight of the year" awarded by the Boxing Writers Association of America.

See also

• List of WBA world champions

External links

• Mahyar Monshipour's official website
• Professional boxing record for Mahyar Monshipour from BoxRec

References

Preceded by Salim Medjkoune

WBA Super Bantamweight Champion 4 July 2003 – 18 March 2006

Succeeded by Somsak Sithchatchawal

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Name	Monshipour, Mahyar
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Date of birth	21 March 1975
Place of birth	Bam, Iran
Date of death
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