The Contender

Are any of you guys watching this programme? I have to say i'm addicted. A little bit less now that Ahmed has been knocked out, the guy was such a cocky bastard and his rivalry with Ishe was good fun to watch. Awesome fight between those two as well :biggrin:

Can't say I've seen an episode, but I'd probably catch it if I knew when it was on. Sounds pretty interesting from what I heard from Stallone on the O'Brien show.

The teams are split into East coast vs West coast. There are some good rivalries, though less so now that Ahmed has been knocked out. His fight with Ishe was the best so far, rivalled only by the first one where this Mexican dude called Alfonso beat up a guy ranked #3 in the world, Peter Manfredo. Great fight, big upset.

The scenes where the losing boxer goes back into the dressing room are fucking depressing, i really felt bad for Peter and this other dude who lost called Najai, who went on to commit suicide. Apparently not related to the defeat, but who knows... :shakehead

Now Peter's been given a second chance, because one of the boxers was eliminated from the tournament (health reasons) and Peter was voted back. He was nominated for a fight on his return and won, showed big balls. So Alfonso is pretty pissed that he's back :lol:


Anyway, catch the programme if you can, the fight scenes are edited which makes it more dramatic to watch, Sly is a joker, and check out the website (http://www.nbc.com/nbc/The_Contender/) to see the boxers' profiles and good clips of previous fights :thumbsup:

Fight night!

Is anyone else watching this? Tonight Peter Manfredo takes on Sergio Mora in the final of the Contender. Should be a good fight :D