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"Contender - what happens after the show?"
Posted by JayT on 04-03-05 at 09:32 PM
Did anyone else hear that they (Sly & Sugar) are going to start a new boxing league (or belt perhaps?) with the fighters from the show? I saw it in an interview about Najai Turpin's death and how he was on the verge of changing his life by being a part of this new league.

They where saying things like "no promoters" and "bringing boxing back to how it should be" ect...

Did I understand this right...and can they really possibly do anything like this?

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"Yes"
Posted by AyaK on 04-04-05 at 09:55 AM
Actually, the people behind the "new boxing" idea are Mark Burnett and Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks. Yeah, they can do this -- IF they can get the TV networks (especially HBO) to go along with them. But that's easier to say than to do.
"RE: Yes"
Posted by JayT on 04-05-05 at 03:19 PM
Is there anything in the works with any network?

I hope this dosn't have XFL written all over it!

"RE: Yes"
Posted by VegasFightWriter on 04-05-05 at 03:25 PM
From what I understand, Burnett and NBC are jointly looking at the possibility of keeping the 16 together, and fighting for a Contender belt on various cards. I believe that the plan is contingent on the success of the show; I have no idea if they feel the show has been sufficiently successful to this point or not. Presumably, I'll get my chance to ask at the season finale; whether Burnett or anyone will actually reveal anything is a different matter!
"RE: Yes"
Posted by FarwestChips on 04-05-05 at 04:40 PM
VFW you have got to get me a press pass lmao.
BTW after seeing Manny for the first time live, I am so off the band wagon, his fans are to much for this old man to hang with.
But I did get to see alot of old friends and I got a short wink off the Erik just after the fight, You could see the glow in his eyes (well eye the other eye was a bit swallon), that kid was flyin after the fight.
"RE: Yes"
Posted by VegasFightWriter on 04-05-05 at 04:48 PM
From what I can ascertain, I don't think they're doing the standard press pass routine for the finale. I believe they're staging it in much the same way as the fights we've seen so far: all bleachers, no press tables on the floor. I'm worming my way in as a member of Team Smith.

Yeah, Manny's fans are something, huh? The Filipino journalists aren't too fond of adherng to the "no cheering in press row" rule, either.

"RE: Contender - what happens after the show?"
Posted by Agman2 on 03-19-15 at 02:18 PM
Unfortunately, that never happened.
"RE: Contender - what happens after the show?"
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