LAST EDITED ON 08-13-07 AT 09:57 PM (EST)A BRAND NEW season of The Contender is on its way starting September 4th! Follow the link below and read it for yourself:
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-thecontenderreturnstoespn,0,3341761.story?coll=zap-news-headlines
Super middleweights this year instead of welterweights, which is good because they need a fresh start. The ONLY drawback I can see is that there is no mention of Sylvester Stallone coming back and co-hosting with Sugar Ray Leonard, which the show desperately needs. Sugar Ray hosting by himself in Season 2 was a DISASTER. The show needs the flamboyance and superstar power of Sly to capture the greatness of Season 1 that was severely lacking in Season 2, IMO.
Here's hoping that they return to the winning formula of making sure that each fighter is a human interest story first and a boxer second. Thanks for the news!
LAST EDITED ON 09-05-07 AT 01:30 PM (EST)This makes me very angry. What is with ESPN and promotion? I found out about this today Sept 5th. The day after the premeire, now if I want to watch I missed the first show! URGH!
If I had heard anything at all about a new season I would've watch out for the premeire but This was the first I heard of it.
Anyone know if there is a replay or somewhere on the net I can watch?
I'm SURE it will be on again. And the first episode this year was a 'selection show' where we saw the initial 16 candidates cut to just 10 who will fight, so you didn't miss too much. I kinda like the change as it gives you a managable number of fighters to keep track of and get to know.
And it probably helps the bugdet too.