Mahyar Monshipour (Persian: مهیار منشیپور; born 21 March 1975 in Tehran, 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.
After his minor amateur career, Mayhar Monshipour turned professional on October 26, 1996 by knocking out Karim Azagzaoui during the 6th round in a rather rough fight.
At the time, his style was already that of a slugger, but he started boxing on his opponents without protecting himself and his only technique was to “jump headlong”.
The first to confront this is the British, Michael Adlis who exhausted by the roller abandoned the fight in the fourth round.
On January 18, 2002, he won the title Champion of France super bantamweight by knocking out Salem Bouaita in the 9th round.
He faces a friend, the world champion super bantamweight WBA Salim Medjkoune at Futuroscope in Poitiers.
In the last round, the challenger Mahyar Monshipour (leading Salim Medjkoune to two of the three judges, 107-102 and 106-104 to 104-104) continues the pace.
On December 16, 2003, he defended his title for the first time against Jairo Tagliaferro, a hard to fight Venezuelan, Monshipour forced him down in the 8th recovery.
After a good start to the fight, Salim Medjkoune was gradually worn down by the wide hooks of the titleholder.
After an eight count by the referee, Medjkoune continues the battle to later return to the ground and his corner threw in the towel.
Against all odds, the lanky Mexican chooses to attack from the start, and surprised the defending champion several times, especially with very good uppercuts to the body and face.
From the seventh round, the juggernaut starts suffocating Zárate who uses other resources including his head to try to slow the advance of Monshipour.
On July 4, 2009, he faces world title WBA of bantamweight reigning champion Anselmo Moreno but lost points in Poitiers.