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"Will The Contender air in Canada?"

Posted by PsychoJason on 10-13-05 at 06:20 PM
Will anyone in Canada air any episodes of The Contender or its specials now that the show has moved to ESPN (which Canadians CAN'T get!)? Global aired the first Contender, but I would guess they would never air that again. TSN is partially owned by ESPN, so will it air there or anywhere else in the CTV universe?

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"RE: Will The Contender air in Canada?"
Posted by the_sweet_science on 10-13-05 at 10:23 PM
I am also from Canada, and I certainly hope we will get season 2.
I think TSN is probly our best and only hope to see it as they are the only sports network in Canada who seems to give a damn about the sweet science. I asked Russ Anber if he knew anything about the next season being aired on TSN but didn't get any definitive answer so he probably also does not know yet (or he cannot tell)! If we can take this upcoming fight on the 15th as a sign, then things may look promising as TSN is scheduled to be showing The Contender rematch on October 15th, live starting at 8pm. I think the only reason that Global aired last season was because it was being shown on a major network; NBC.

On TSN's boxing schedule page, it states:

Oct 15 ESPN - The Contender Special: East vs. West - Mora vs. Manfredo Jr 11:00 p.m. et

You can go to this site to see the TV schedule for boxing on TSN:

http://tsn.ca/boxing/tv_schedule.asp?sport=BOXING