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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: NiCc_FrUm_ThA_nO on July 18, 2006, 12:45:47 PM
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Once knocked to the canvas, every honest boxer struggles to get back up and continue the fight. The Contender is no different.
The boxing reality series from Mark Burnett Productions (Survivor, The Apprentice, Rock Star: INXS, Rock Star: Supernova) garnered critical acclaim during its run on NBC in early 2005 but struggled to get network-sized ratings. When NBC opted not to renew, executive producer Burnett bounced back and found the series a new home on sports cable network ESPN.
The Contender has its two-hour season premiere tonight at 10. The series, with additional content provided on ESPN.com, ESPN360, ESPN Motion and Mobile ESPN, culminates in a live finale bout from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 26.
Last season's host, Sylvester Stallone, remains an executive producer, but since he's off working on the sixth installment of the Rocky movie franchise, sole hosting duties fall on boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard. As he did last year, Leonard also acts as a mentor to the 16 welterweight boxers.
From the show's five-round bouts to its cinematic look and sound, much remains the same, but missing this time around are the reality-show-style challenges that determined who got to choose the boxers in each bout of the early rounds of the tournament.
"We're on ESPN," Burnett said, "and we're really focused on pleasing that audience and keeping the drama, keeping the emotion, very much like Rocky, where you really felt that emotion. This time, we're making it much more pure."
With the boxers split into opposing teams, the winning team in each bout gets to choose who fights whom the next time.
"We're removing the challenges, which didn't really fit," Burnett said. "Now, we're focused on the more important stuff, which is three things: the relationships in the loft between the 16 boxers, the relationship of each boxer to his family and, of course, the fights."
Anyone else gonna watch this I know I am, last season wuz fuckin tight, cant wait for this one.
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wow those are some small ass guys... the majority is under 5'8. they would still beat my ass though.
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i liked the challenges. what are they gonna do and how are they gonna choose without them?
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Its on right now on the west coast.
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shits cool , i dont like hearing the fake ass glove noises every punch though
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They're all welterweights, that's why they're so small. Prob. so Sugar Ray can train them and be relevant.
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That 2nd fight was good. K-9 shut that foo up tho for real. But then again look at the size difference.
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Noberto Bravo (the guy who one the second fight) is a janitor at my dads work. my dad says he sees him all the time.
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Noberto Bravo (the guy who one the second fight) is a janitor at my dads work. my dad says he sees him all the time.
Custodian dick...lol j/p. But that's some crazy shit man. Dude has a mean uppercut.
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lol @ how i spelled "won".
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lol @ how i spelled "won".
haha.
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Noberto Bravo (the guy who one the second fight) is a janitor at my dads work. my dad says he sees him all the time.
Custodian dick...lol j/p. But that's some crazy shit man. Dude has a mean uppercut.
Hell yea.
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Well, Tuesdays fight was another good one, very entertaining. Before the fight I thot for sure Gary Balletto was gonna knock out Aaron Torres, wow I was wrong, Torres was beating his ass 2nd round, 4th round, and in my mind I saw him geting the 5th. He made some mistakes like not capitolizing on Balletto when his arms were down and walking towards him he just backed up. It looks like Grady and Vinroy are gonna fight next week, should be interesting.
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Torres might have been the best fighter in the whole contest. But he fucked it up by not concentrating enough on the fight. He could have easily beat Balletto, he was making him miss on his power punches and had a good mix of power and speed himself. His punches were coming to quick for Balleto to block but he kept on losing concentration.
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Torres might have been the best fighter in the whole contest. But he fucked it up by not concentrating enough on the fight. He could have easily beat Balletto, he was making him miss on his power punches and had a good mix of power and speed himself. His punches were coming to quick for Balleto to block but he kept on losing concentration.
Took the words right out of my mouth. He was also hella tired by the 5th round.
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Torres might have been the best fighter in the whole contest. But he fucked it up by not concentrating enough on the fight. He could have easily beat Balletto, he was making him miss on his power punches and had a good mix of power and speed himself. His punches were coming to quick for Balleto to block but he kept on losing concentration.
Yea he kept looking at the crowd and smiling n all that bullshit, his trainer had to keep on putting him in check, "put ur arms down" then he'd smack him lol.but yea he culdve won, he was making Balletto miss ALOT. Balletto was tired by the third or 4th round, and busted open.
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Well, this week I wasnt able to catch the full episode because I was caught up in Medal Of Honor but I was able to watch the fight, the fight was borderline of bad, you could obviously tell who was gonna win, dude from the blue team got some shots in there, I had him winning the second round and thats about it, the fight was boring in my eyes so I lost concentration sometimes but yea I saw more than enough to determine the winner lol.
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Well, this week I wasnt able to catch the full episode because I was caught up in Medal Of Honor but I was able to watch the fight, the fight was borderline of bad, you could obviously tell who was gonna win, dude from the blue team got some shots in there, I had him winning the second round and thats about it, the fight was boring in my eyes so I lost concentration sometimes but yea I saw more than enough to determine the winner lol.
i'm kinda mad because monday somebody on big boy said he had seen the episode and it was a good fight. Basically i got a lot less than what i expected
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This weeks contender, I was excited to finally see Vinroy Barrett vs. Grady Brewer, before this I thought Vinroy was gonna beat the shit out of him, WRONG!!! I watched the fight and I was in shock and awe I saw up to the third round and said it was a wrap and went back to playing Medal Of Honor, good job by Brewer, I thought it was kinda funny when he had Vinroy in the corner throwing wild shots and completely missing and connecting with his punches, of course I was so caught in MOH so I missed the beginning but was able to watch the fight. Good fight overall wasnt expecting so it was cool. And it looked like the head-butt was no accident either ;)
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This weeks contender, I was excited to finally see Vinroy Barrett vs. Grady Brewer, before this I thought Vinroy was gonna beat the shit out of him, WRONG!!! I watched the fight and I was in shock and awe I saw up to the third round and said it was a wrap and went back to playing Medal Of Honor, good job by Brewer, I thought it was kinda funny when he had Vinroy in the corner throwing wild shots and completely missing and connecting with his punches, of course I was so caught in MOH so I missed the beginning but was able to watch the fight. Good fight overall wasnt expecting so it was cool. And it looked like the head-butt was no accident either ;)
I didn't really like the fight...I don't think either of them could fight. I think the final is goin to be Bravo vs Walter.
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This weeks contender, I was excited to finally see Vinroy Barrett vs. Grady Brewer, before this I thought Vinroy was gonna beat the shit out of him, WRONG!!! I watched the fight and I was in shock and awe I saw up to the third round and said it was a wrap and went back to playing Medal Of Honor, good job by Brewer, I thought it was kinda funny when he had Vinroy in the corner throwing wild shots and completely missing and connecting with his punches, of course I was so caught in MOH so I missed the beginning but was able to watch the fight. Good fight overall wasnt expecting so it was cool. And it looked like the head-butt was no accident either ;)
I didn't really like the fight...I don't think either of them could fight. I think the final is goin to be Bravo vs Walter.
Has anyone chose to fight bravo in the semi's?
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This weeks contender, I was excited to finally see Vinroy Barrett vs. Grady Brewer, before this I thought Vinroy was gonna beat the shit out of him, WRONG!!! I watched the fight and I was in shock and awe I saw up to the third round and said it was a wrap and went back to playing Medal Of Honor, good job by Brewer, I thought it was kinda funny when he had Vinroy in the corner throwing wild shots and completely missing and connecting with his punches, of course I was so caught in MOH so I missed the beginning but was able to watch the fight. Good fight overall wasnt expecting so it was cool. And it looked like the head-butt was no accident either ;)
I didn't really like the fight...I don't think either of them could fight. I think the final is goin to be Bravo vs Walter.
Has anyone chose to fight bravo in the semi's?
Yeah that white dude from the yellow team...I don't remember his name.
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This weeks contender, I was excited to finally see Vinroy Barrett vs. Grady Brewer, before this I thought Vinroy was gonna beat the shit out of him, WRONG!!! I watched the fight and I was in shock and awe I saw up to the third round and said it was a wrap and went back to playing Medal Of Honor, good job by Brewer, I thought it was kinda funny when he had Vinroy in the corner throwing wild shots and completely missing and connecting with his punches, of course I was so caught in MOH so I missed the beginning but was able to watch the fight. Good fight overall wasnt expecting so it was cool. And it looked like the head-butt was no accident either ;)
I didn't really like the fight...I don't think either of them could fight. I think the final is goin to be Bravo vs Walter.
Has anyone chose to fight bravo in the semi's?
Yeah that white dude from the yellow team...I don't remember his name.
Gary Balletto?
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This weeks contender, I was excited to finally see Vinroy Barrett vs. Grady Brewer, before this I thought Vinroy was gonna beat the shit out of him, WRONG!!! I watched the fight and I was in shock and awe I saw up to the third round and said it was a wrap and went back to playing Medal Of Honor, good job by Brewer, I thought it was kinda funny when he had Vinroy in the corner throwing wild shots and completely missing and connecting with his punches, of course I was so caught in MOH so I missed the beginning but was able to watch the fight. Good fight overall wasnt expecting so it was cool. And it looked like the head-butt was no accident either ;)
I didn't really like the fight...I don't think either of them could fight. I think the final is goin to be Bravo vs Walter.
Has anyone chose to fight bravo in the semi's?
Yeah that white dude from the yellow team...I don't remember his name.
Gary Balletto?
That's the guy. I think that's goin to be a good fight. Both dudes have power.
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This weeks contender, I was excited to finally see Vinroy Barrett vs. Grady Brewer, before this I thought Vinroy was gonna beat the shit out of him, WRONG!!! I watched the fight and I was in shock and awe I saw up to the third round and said it was a wrap and went back to playing Medal Of Honor, good job by Brewer, I thought it was kinda funny when he had Vinroy in the corner throwing wild shots and completely missing and connecting with his punches, of course I was so caught in MOH so I missed the beginning but was able to watch the fight. Good fight overall wasnt expecting so it was cool. And it looked like the head-butt was no accident either ;)
I didn't really like the fight...I don't think either of them could fight. I think the final is goin to be Bravo vs Walter.
Has anyone chose to fight bravo in the semi's?
Yeah that white dude from the yellow team...I don't remember his name.
Gary Balletto?
That's the guy. I think that's goin to be a good fight. Both dudes have power.
Hell yea thats gonna be a good fight. I dont know bout walter tho, goin to the final is a little farfetched, how far u think K-9 will go?
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This weeks contender, I was excited to finally see Vinroy Barrett vs. Grady Brewer, before this I thought Vinroy was gonna beat the shit out of him, WRONG!!! I watched the fight and I was in shock and awe I saw up to the third round and said it was a wrap and went back to playing Medal Of Honor, good job by Brewer, I thought it was kinda funny when he had Vinroy in the corner throwing wild shots and completely missing and connecting with his punches, of course I was so caught in MOH so I missed the beginning but was able to watch the fight. Good fight overall wasnt expecting so it was cool. And it looked like the head-butt was no accident either ;)
I didn't really like the fight...I don't think either of them could fight. I think the final is goin to be Bravo vs Walter.
Has anyone chose to fight bravo in the semi's?
Yeah that white dude from the yellow team...I don't remember his name.
Gary Balletto?
That's the guy. I think that's goin to be a good fight. Both dudes have power.
Hell yea thats gonna be a good fight. I dont know bout walter tho, goin to the final is a little farfetched, how far u think K-9 will go?
I don't know it's hard to say cus he's fighting Walter next. I think Walter is a good fighter even Sugar Ray was very impressed. That is also goin to be a good fight. I think Walter will win because he is more of a boxer.
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He's fighting walter in the semi's? tight. K-9 just needs to get him with 1 good shot like he did with first dude he fought.
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Walter's good but i think he needs to shut up. I laughed when that dude Micheal Clark talked all that head to K-9 and then got dropped. It's funny when they talk mess and then lose
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Walter's good but i think he needs to shut up. I laughed when that dude Micheal Clark talked all that head to K-9 and then got dropped. It's funny when they talk mess and then lose
Yeah that's why I don't really like him (Walter) cus he talks too much, but he is a good fighter. I want K-9 to beat his ass but I don't know if he will.
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All K-9 needs is one good shot. He's the most muscular out of the bunch.
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All K-9 needs is one good shot. He's the most muscular out of the bunch.
Yea, he looks the most muscular out of all of em but look at the fight against Michael Clark, he struggled at times, knees buckeled a few times he won cuz the one lucky shot. Wait is K-9 gonna fight Walter?
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yep, that dude walter is no joke. i wouldn't be surprised if he took the whole thing. that dude grady is nothing special though...
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Grady has beat some commercial dudes tho, i think they had said he beat Anthony Thompson and Schewell Powell, but look at what happened to Powell on saturday against my boy Kassim "The Dream" Ouma. Ouma = Next big star, dude is one of the best out right now. And rumors are flying around that Jermain Taylor could either face Sergio Mora or Giovanni Lorenzo on December 9th in Little Rock, Arkansas. And other sources are saying that Cory Spinks vs. Floyd Mayweather on November 4th. Floyd Mayweather could be moving up in weight to face Spinks.
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FUCK, I missed this season.
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FUCK, I missed this season.
It ain't over yet...still a while to go they play it on espn now. You should check espn cus they play reruns every once in a while.
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i'm behind in boxing right now. i thought the mayweather spinks fight was already set. i also heard about mora and taylor and i think a fight like that is way too early for mora
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FUCK, I missed this season.
only like 4 or 5 fights have happened, the first 3 fights were GREAT. since none have really had the interest the first 3 had.
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i'm behind in boxing right now. i thought the mayweather spinks fight was already set. i also heard about mora and taylor and i think a fight like that is way too early for mora
/yea if Mora fights Taylor he'll get killed, but it'll be a nice payday ;)
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i think the only reason they're doing it is the payoff. it definitely won't be a good fight
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It would be over fast, Jermain Taylor has too much speed for him to handle. It is the payday and the ppv buys.
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I saw two fights they replayed on espn. What nights is it on? Is it still on NBC or Espn?
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ESPN 10pm eastern 7pm pacific, tonight on ESPN 2 they're showing 3 previous episodes, starts at 8pm pacific time.
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^^^ I messed up, its on Tuesday nights at 10pm eatern 7pm pacific.
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^^^ I messed up, its on Tuesday nights at 10pm eatern 7pm pacific.
Thanks a real lot.
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yep, that dude walter is no joke. i wouldn't be surprised if he took the whole thing. that dude grady is nothing special though...
Oh and Walter isnt fighting K-9, he said he wanted to, but he wanted to fight in the first fight in the semis.
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That's bullshit, I think Walter's a little scared of K-9. K-9 is, after all, mentall ill and might kill the guy in the ring.
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yep, that dude walter is no joke. i wouldn't be surprised if he took the whole thing. that dude grady is nothing special though...
Oh and Walter isnt fighting K-9, he said he wanted to, but he wanted to fight in the first fight in the semis.
He is fighting him bro. At first he had put his name for the first fight but then k-9 said smart choice and he took it off and put it next to K-9.
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yep, that dude walter is no joke. i wouldn't be surprised if he took the whole thing. that dude grady is nothing special though...
Oh and Walter isnt fighting K-9, he said he wanted to, but he wanted to fight in the first fight in the semis.
He is fighting him bro. At first he had put his name for the first fight but then k-9 said smart choice and he took it off and put it next to K-9.
Oh ok, koo then.
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Oh, my bad. We'll see then.
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Finally get to see Ebo fight.
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Great fight, Ebo took control of the first 3 rounds but you could see he was punching himself out. After Stewart landed that big shot during the 4th it was evident Ebo was shook.
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I hoped Ebo would win, but it wasn't to be. The contender keeps it really good at not being able to figure out who's going to win. Ebo's wife was hot. She had nice breasts; could anybody tell if they were fake? I don't think they would be, because he said he'd known her from the 1st grade, and they were both extremely religious and seemed to be sincere about it... so I don't think they'd be the typical type to go spend a ton of money on implants, she'd probably be all like 'this is my body the lord has blessed me with' and he'd be like 'I love you even though you've got a flat chest'.... so it may just be that he could tell in the 1st grade she was gonna be hot when she grew up, or it may be that he just lucked out and the little girl he dug in the 1st grade grew up to be a MILF. I dunno, but at least I have something to think about now... kinda crappy though that they're off the show now, she was nice.
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I hoped Ebo would win, but it wasn't to be. The contender keeps it really good at not being able to figure out who's going to win. Ebo's wife was hot. She had nice breasts; could anybody tell if they were fake? I don't think they would be, because he said he'd known her from the 1st grade, and they were both extremely religious and seemed to be sincere about it... so I don't think they'd be the typical type to go spend a ton of money on implants, she'd probably be all like 'this is my body the lord has blessed me with' and he'd be like 'I love you even though you've got a flat chest'.... so it may just be that he could tell in the 1st grade she was gonna be hot when she grew up, or it may be that he just lucked out and the little girl he dug in the 1st grade grew up to be a MILF. I dunno, but at least I have something to think about now... kinda crappy though that they're off the show now, she was nice.
Exactly what I thought when I saw her :laugh: But yea I doubt people that religious would get implants.
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I hoped Ebo would win, but it wasn't to be. The contender keeps it really good at not being able to figure out who's going to win. Ebo's wife was hot. She had nice breasts; could anybody tell if they were fake? I don't think they would be, because he said he'd known her from the 1st grade, and they were both extremely religious and seemed to be sincere about it... so I don't think they'd be the typical type to go spend a ton of money on implants, she'd probably be all like 'this is my body the lord has blessed me with' and he'd be like 'I love you even though you've got a flat chest'.... so it may just be that he could tell in the 1st grade she was gonna be hot when she grew up, or it may be that he just lucked out and the little girl he dug in the 1st grade grew up to be a MILF. I dunno, but at least I have something to think about now... kinda crappy though that they're off the show now, she was nice.
Exactly what I thought when I saw her :laugh: But yea I doubt people that religious would get implants.
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Ebo disapointed me, I thought this foo was gonna go in and clean house, wrong. I was excited to see dude fight but disappointed at the outcome. Good fight nevertheless.
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Missed the first fight last week was able to cath the ending of the fight and was able to see the Curiel-Forbes fight, good fight on Curiel's part for being 4 years out of the ring, Forbes went in did his thing came out victorious, good fight. Semi's have now begun, waiting to see who fight in the first bout.
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BEAUTIFUL FIGHT!!!!!!! What a way to kick off the semi's. Too bad Acevedo ran out of gas, fight would've been much better but it was awesome anyways. Another good fight fought by Forbes, Next weeks fight is K-9 Vs. Walter, tension is growing, looking forward to next week.
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Great fight...If Acevdo wouldn't have got tired he would have won the fight. Forbes had a great fight though one of the best fight yet.
I can't wait till next week they were really talking shit to each other in the previews. I still think Bravo will take it all.
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I cant pick anyone to take it all, all good fighters too close to call. I think K-9 gonna win next week, Bravo vs. Balletto should be another great fight this season.