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"OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by the_sweet_science on 10-12-05 at 06:52 PM
LAST EDITED ON 10-14-05 AT 02:52 AM (EST)

MAIN EVENT:

Peter Manfredo Jr. VS. Sergio Mora

UNDECARD BOUTS:

Aflonso Gomez VS. Luciano Perez <12W, 2L, 1D (11)>

Anthony Bonsante VS. Jesse Brinkley

Jonathan Reid VS. Miguel Espino

Juan De la Rosa VS. Jesse Orta <5W-5L-1D (4)>

* This is apparently the first of 3 cards before the start of "The Contender 2" in April 2006.


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"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by letsgetitstarted on 10-12-05 at 09:22 PM
THE CONTENDER REMATCH: MORA VS. MANFREDO

LIVE OCTOBER 15 ON ESPN

PATRICK, TESSITORE, ATLAS AND LOPEZ TO WORK FIGHT

The highly anticipated rematch between The Contender season one champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora and runner-up Peter “The Pride of Providence” Manfredo, Jr. will air live on ESPN Saturday, Oct. 15 at 11 p.m. ET from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. On a night that will include a fight card of former Contender contestants, Mora, the winner of the critically acclaimed series, will look to defend his title on his home turf.

Hosted by Dan Patrick, the two-hour special will be called by ESPN2 Friday Night Fights Joe Tessitore (blow-by-blow) and Teddy Atlas (analyst). They will be joined by ESPN Hollywood co-host and boxing enthusiast Mario Lopez.

The undercard will showcase match-ups featuring Alfonso S. Gomez vs. Luciano Perez, Anthony “The Bullet” Bonsante vs. Jesse Brinkley, Jonathan “Reid Dawg” Reid vs. Miguel Espino, and Juan De La Rosa vs. Carlos Orta.

Presented by ESPN, Inc., Mark Burnett Productions and DreamWorks Television, this first-of-three scheduled fights will set the tone for the series’ second season to be aired in April 2006.

THE CONTENDER

The Contender is an unscripted drama about the lives, fears and hopes of 16 professional boxers as they compete for the chance to change their lives and the lives of the people they love forever. The Contender will air under the ESPN Original Entertainment (EOE) banner and be executive produced by Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice, Rock Star: INXS), Jeffrey Katzenberg and Sylvester Stallone.

STAPLES Center doors will open at 6:00 p.m. PT with the first fight set to start at 6:45 p.m. The main event will launch at 8:00 p.m. when the ESPN telecast goes LIVE.

"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by Wacko Jacko on 10-13-05 at 01:51 PM
I got an email from the Contender. Says the undercard fights are:

The undercard match-ups include Alfonso Gomez vs. Luciano Perez, Anthony Bonsante vs. Jesse Brinkley, Jonathan Reid vs. Miguel Espino, and Juan Delarosa vs. Jesse Orta.

Who is Luciano Perez and Jesse Orta? Any info would help. Too bad they couldn't have just fighters from the series. What happened to Tarrick or Fraza?

"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by the_sweet_science on 10-13-05 at 11:29 PM
LAST EDITED ON 10-14-05 AT 02:53 AM (EST)

Luciano "El Gallo Bravo" Perez is a tough Mexican fighter based out of Chicago. He is apparently a hard-punching brawler and this could make for an entertaining fight as Alfonso also has this similar style. The bottom line however is that he is a replacement fighter. On the other hand, replacements have been mopping the floor with their opponents recently in the boxing world, though I don't think Alfonso will really care about those stats! So we shall see what Luciano is made of, as we already know about Alfonso! Perez is 12-2-1 (11KO), and in his last 6 he has won 3, lost 2 and drawn 1.

Luciano Perez:
http://boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=203600

As for Jesse Orta (previously and mistakenly named him as Carlos Orta), he is 5-5-1 (4KO), and he has lost 5 of his last 6, but he won his last fight by TKO in the 1st round. It is hard to tell what exactly that means as he has only fought in 4 rounders so far (except one fight), and he lost by DQ to Travis Scott back in February - Travis Scott sparred with Bernard Hopkins and has a good amateur background, and Orta was giving him some problems until he got DQ'd. Orta has fought in one 6 round fight however where he showed that he is tough, can take a punch and has heart as he got up from the canvas 3 times against Bernardo Guereca before losing the fight on the scorecards.

Jesse Orta:
http://boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=150205

As for Jeff Fraza, he was originally supposed to fight against Alfonso, however he re-injured his shoulder in training/sparring and had to pull-out. He originally injured his shoulder during his fight against Brent Cooper back in May in one of the daytime undercards for The Contender final. Tarick was not originally scheduled to appear on this card, so he probably was not training(?).

"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by Wacko Jacko on 10-15-05 at 10:25 PM
What the heck....Contender is supposed to be on in 15 minutes and they have a football game which is only in the third quarter on now. Horrible planning by ESPN!
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by JiveGuy on 10-15-05 at 10:56 PM
Same here. Damn it.
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by letsgetitstarted on 10-15-05 at 11:08 PM
Yeah................what's up with that????? I'm here ready and anxious for the "Contender Rematch" and football is still on.....Who plans these things at ESPN????? ?@#$%#%^$^$%%%%
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by JiveGuy on 10-15-05 at 11:49 PM
The main event is 8 rounds??
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by Wacko Jacko on 10-16-05 at 00:11 AM
Finally, it is on and Gomez looks very sharp. Very good fight so far thru 3.
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by Wacko Jacko on 10-16-05 at 00:15 AM
They should not of stopped that fight. Gomez was winning but Perez was not hurt enough to stop it. Perez was fighting back well. Bad decision but can't take it away from Gomez.
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by mjm1010 on 10-16-05 at 00:21 AM
Are all these fights live, or just main event?, looked like they were fighting when espn showed live shot during football game, need someone that is at the staples center?
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by Wacko Jacko on 10-16-05 at 00:24 AM
I believe the final three fights Gomez fight on are live. They had a few undercards fight before they came on the air. thos fights featured Derosa, Espina, and Reid.
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by mjm1010 on 10-16-05 at 00:27 AM
cool thanks, tough to find info on this.
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by Pvaulter1 on 10-16-05 at 00:32 AM
STAPLES Center doors will open at 6:00 p.m. PT with the first fight set to start at 6:45 p.m. The main event will launch at 8:00 p.m. when the ESPN telecast goes LIVE.
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by Pvaulter1 on 10-16-05 at 00:35 AM
LAST EDITED ON 10-16-05 AT 00:36 AM (EST)

I was looking for the winner of the non televised fights and got this Here are the fight results only go here if you want spoilers!!

SPOILERS! do not visit this link unless you want spoilers
http://www.fightnews.com

"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by Pvaulter1 on 10-16-05 at 00:39 AM
The Main Event is underway right now but here are the results of earlier fights...excluding the fight of Bonsante and Brinkley currently being shown.

Contender: Season One" semi-finalist Alfonso Gomez dropped Luciano Perez in round three and stopped him at 2:20 of round four. It seemed like referee Pat Russell halted this one a tad prematurely.
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In a battle of former "Contender: Season One" combatants, middleweight Miguel Espino recovered from a first round knockdown to outwork Jonathan Reid over the ensuing rounds, finally stopping Reid with 12 seconds left in the fifth and final round.
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In the first bout, "Contender: Season One" participant Juan De la Rosa pounded out a unanimous decision over Jesse Orta in a middleweight bout.

"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by Wacko Jacko on 10-16-05 at 00:55 AM
Gotta imagine that Bonsante has won against brinkley. Jesse just didn;t seem focused where Bonsante was. This outcome surprised me. I thought Brinkley was better than this and after seeing Bonsante fight Ishe I thought he was not too good.
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by Wacko Jacko on 10-16-05 at 00:58 AM
That sucks. Guess the crockness of boxing survives on the contender. Bonsante should've won.
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by mjm1010 on 10-16-05 at 01:00 AM
That was bs, to bad for boxing....
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by Pvaulter1 on 10-16-05 at 01:12 AM
That was crap. no way Brinkley won that fight. Hopng for the Main Event to be a War. I want to see Gomez fight Manfredo again or fight against Sergio. Hopefully he gets a shot at the "Contender" champion. Nice to see Ishe in the stands would have liked to see him fight as well.
"RE: OFFICIAL CARD FOR OCTOBER 15TH; STAPLES CENTER"
Posted by ssgtusmc on 10-16-05 at 02:18 AM
I was hoping Brinkley would get another knock out to be honest with you but he was out boxed. No,he got his ##### kicked, how they gave him the win I have no idea. But Manfredo beat the hell out of Mora and Mora kept the belt. Then to top it off he is already crying about a head butt. He was out boxed. PERIOD!!! Manfredo is the better boxer. My card shows Gomez winner, Bonsante Winner, Brinkley Needing much more conditioning. Manfredo Winner and Mora still the record holder for most girl scout cookies sold of any in the troop! This was a black mark on the sport. Very disappointing guys, you should be ashamed!