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"Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by salsa king on 05-15-05 at 06:02 PM
This might not make a difference but its worth a try right?

Please consider this petition, thank you!

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/wato/petition.html

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"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by thecontender2 on 05-15-05 at 07:30 PM
Thank you.
Please note there are 2 petitions

http://www.petitiononline.com/wato/petition.html

http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/TheContender

I signed them both. It wont hurt to try.


Comming soon....??

"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by salsa king on 05-16-05 at 01:19 PM
please tell your friends to sign as well!!!!!!!
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by wrappingpanda110 on 06-01-05 at 07:59 PM
it's a 3200 now. we should totally mass e-mail this man to get everyone aware of what unjustice NBC has done to us!!! lol
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by thecontender2 on 05-17-05 at 08:09 AM
Things that go BUMP in the night!

Comming soon....
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by Superbad on 05-17-05 at 01:41 PM
I signed the petitions...

C'mon people, sign em' and report here. That way we can get on those who ain't signed yet. We only have a limited amount of time for our voices to be heard. If we love the show as much as we say we do then we should try our hardest or do what we can do, however small, to save it.

Let's go, there are 4 people so far that have signed or acknowledged the petiions here. That number should be much higher considering how many people this forum has.

"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by AlgeCrumpler on 05-17-05 at 02:38 PM
I signed also.
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by eeler1 on 05-17-05 at 04:13 PM
I signed, and was #210 I think, its going to take a lot more that a couple hundred to get any attention.
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by PagongRatEater on 05-17-05 at 05:03 PM
Signed up for both as well as sending a letter to the network at TheContender@nbcuni.com.

I don't have high hopes but I do want to try.



"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by Superbad on 05-17-05 at 11:56 PM
That's what I'm talking about!!!

I know it'll take a lot of signatures but if we keep at it, those numbers are bound to rise. Don't give up without a fight I always say. If we don't win that's alright, at least we didn't go quietly into the night. We let them know that there were many disatisfied mfers out there who didn't appreciate what they did.

Who knows, maybe they really had no clue about how popular the show really was and were blinded by the problematic, innaccurate ratings system. I think a lot more people watched the program than what the "ratings" showed. This may, may get them to reconsider. But it's up to us in any regard to put plant that seed in their head.

"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by salsa king on 05-18-05 at 11:28 AM
its up to 339
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by RealityDisciple on 05-19-05 at 11:12 AM
I signed the second petition. Salsa King, I couldn't get your petition to load. Sorry!
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by chick on 05-19-05 at 01:54 PM
Signed both, #403 on salsaking's.........
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by Italian Stallion on 05-19-05 at 02:30 PM
I signed it twice, # 46 and 309 or something
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by eup on 05-20-05 at 03:44 PM
hell yah im singin it this show is 2 good 2 be off air bc the dumbass nbc people put it on at the wrong time
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by eeler1 on 05-21-05 at 01:34 PM
And now they put the final match on a TUESDAY, not the regular sunday, and air it at the same time as the American Idol final performance show. THen say the ratings are too low, how smart is that?

I hope the show moves to ESPN or HBO or somewhere else where it can prosper. I'd think for any ESPN show to get 5 or 6 million viewers , then they would be pretty happy about it.

"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by salsa king on 05-21-05 at 02:03 PM
its at 500!
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by McCloskey22 on 05-24-05 at 11:38 PM
847 baby keep em coming make up names if you have to...fidn anyone that will do it we need this show!!!!!!!!!
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by McCloskey22 on 05-24-05 at 11:39 PM
is there any chance that this could work?
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by DnJ on 05-24-05 at 11:58 PM
I hope they bring the show back. I am going to tell everyone to sign the petition. I hope it's not too late.
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by Markopolo100 on 05-25-05 at 03:37 AM
It's too late for Contender 2. No way is NBC going to bring back the most expensive reality show ever for a 4.5 rating.

"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by dump on 05-25-05 at 05:55 AM
signed.
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by Wacko Jacko on 05-25-05 at 09:08 AM
If you haven't already done so please sign the Contender Petition.

If NBC doesn't want it back no reason why another network could not pick it up. I think almost every cable station has a reality show now.

"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by pollardsvision on 05-25-05 at 11:20 AM
MB made a comment at the press conference to the effect of "there will be more contender fights to come" What does that mean exactly? The guy has a lot of clout and I could see another network picking it up in a heartbeat.

Heck, CBS could pick it up and piggyback behind survivor or the amazing race for a year and it would get top 20 ratings and develope a bigger following.

"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by lmp on 05-25-05 at 11:17 AM
PLEASE bring back the Contender! This was the most awsome event I've seen in a long time! I'm begging you to bring this show back.
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by salsa king on 05-25-05 at 12:55 PM
Man the event was the most fun I've had in a LONG time. Everyone there was chanting "Season 2"
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by stephs47 on 05-25-05 at 01:00 PM
I signed the petition and so did my boyfriend. I thought I heard Sly saying last night, to go to Yahoo alerts to find out where or when the Contenders would be fighting again, but I can't find anything there.........anyone know what I'm talking about?
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by 3twinkles on 05-25-05 at 04:22 PM
ok I signed it. and yes I know what your talking about I heard sly say the same thing. I will keep following. I never would have followed boxing if I did not see this show. I have mentioned in other threads I started watching simply as a stallone fan but quickly grew to really like the boxers and had my favorites etc.
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by salsa king on 05-25-05 at 10:03 PM
I;m trying to find info on the next fights at yahoo but no luck, has anyone been successful?
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by salsa king on 05-27-05 at 02:05 PM
almost 2000!
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by salsa king on 06-01-05 at 02:36 PM
3000 and counting
"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by Wacko Jacko on 06-01-05 at 02:47 PM
The petition may or may not work with NBC. I hope it is also being sent to other networks. Many times shows have been cancelled by one network and brought back by another. I can remember Taxi and Batman to name a few.

ESPN for example may be interested in this show (in additon to Fox, CBS or ABC). CBS already has some other Burnett reality shows and the others haven't had much success in reality programs. The Game Show Network is another. Many places where this show might work.

"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by suzzer on 06-03-05 at 12:09 PM
According to The OC Register, Burnett is in negotiations with ESPN.

http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/05/26/sections/sports/boxing/article_534895.php

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"The Contender" couldn't deliver the kind of numbers NBC expected, but it still got 6 million to 8 million people to watch every week. Stallone and Leonard are in negotiations with ESPN for a second season of the program.
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"RE: Petition to bring The Conteder Season 2!!!!"
Posted by eup on 06-03-05 at 12:32 PM
Scence alot of people dont have regsterd names for that web cite heres the artical


The Contender' has another round in it


By CARLOS ARIAS
The Orange County Register


The Sylvester Stallone-Sugar Ray Leonard reality boxing series "The Contender" got TKO'd on network television by "Extreme Makeover," but boxing is known for comebacks.

Don't count "The Contender" out yet.

Leonard had more comebacks than one can count, and Stallone brought his "Rocky" character back for four sequels. These guys are not quitters, and it looks like they might be picking "The Contender" off the canvas for a comeback.

"The Contender" couldn't deliver the kind of numbers NBC expected, but it still got 6 million to 8 million people to watch every week. Stallone and Leonard are in negotiations with ESPN for a second season of the program.

There also has been talk of a "Contender" pay-per-view card in July that would feature a rematch of the million-dollar final between Sergio Mora and Peter Manfredo Jr. in the main event.

There were a lot of positive things about the show. It exposed non-boxing fans to the sport. It did a great job showing the different personalities of the fighters involved in the tournament.

The matchmaking was good. There weren't any big names in the tournament, but they were able to find a solid group of fighters with different styles that made for action-packed fights.

Alfonso Gomez's underdog story was enthralling. Mora's non-stereotypical lifestyle outside the ring made him very interesting to watch. Jesse Brinkley's over-the-top personality made for some of the show's best moments.

So here are some helpful suggestions if "The Contender" is to return for a second season.

The biggest problem many boxing fans had with the show was the fights weren't shown in their entirety with the exception of the finale. The drama of boxing is the fight itself. Any fight can end with one punch. That is the drama. That is the part that doesn't need to be edited or shown in slow motion. Let the fights speak for themselves.

Another issue is every show dealt with how the fighters were doing everything for their families. By the third show we got it. It got hammered into our heads like a left hook from Mike Tyson.

We want to know about their families and their backgrounds, but we also want to know about the rivalries that developed between the fighters. What kind of mind games were going on in the house?

They showed a little bit about how these guys deal with living and training with each other then trying to knock each other out. Let's see more of that.

The final suggestion is don't use heavyweights for the next season. Nobody wants to watch clinch fests or two big guys wrestling around the ring.

There is a wealth of talent from 130-140 pounds. That is the place to find the kind of talent that will create excitement.

STAPLES CENTER FIGHTS

The pay-per-view portion of Saturday night's card at Staples Center begins at 6 p.m., but local fight fans who attend the card can get a look at a number of top prospects when the live card starts at 4 p.m.

The pay-per-view portion of the card features middleweight prospect Jesus Gonzales (16-0, 11 KOs) vs. Dewey Welliver (16-15-1, 5 KOs), IBF bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez (33-3, 30 KOs) vs. Ricardo "Chapo" Vargas (37-10-3, 12 KOs), Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (18-0, 13 KOs) vs. Adam Wynant (9-3-1, 3 KOs), former IBF super-featherweight champion Carlos "Famoso" Hernandez (41-4-1, 24 KOs) vs. former WBC champion Jesus Chavez (40-3, 28 KOs) and Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. (107-5-2, 87 KOs) vs. Ivan Robinson (32-9-2, 12 KOs) in the main event. There are five more fights on the non-televised portion of the card. Tickets are $25-$200.

FIGHT OF THE WEEK

Jesus Chavez vs. Carlos "Famoso" Hernandez: A rematch with Erik Morales and the No. 1 challenger spot for WBC 130-pound champion Marco Antonio Barrera is on the line in this one. Hernandez pulls out a hard-fought victory.

Record in 2005 predictions: 16-6.

he artical