I agree with your opinions on Najai (sp??) and how his decision to take his own life was inexcusable. He spent so much time talking about how his daughter was the one person in this life that he could fully trust,....then he takes away one of the 2 people in HER life that she should have been able to count on 110%?? Not to mention that the fact that he committed suicide in front of his baby's mother, now SHE may be mentally messed up, perhaps feeling like she didn't do enough to stop him....in all liklihood playing the "what if?" game in here head for a long time to come. And that will translate to her being unable to give Anyae all that she needs emotionally, for who knows how long? I think what he did was an act of a desperately unhappy and lonely man, but he had a lot to live for, even if he didn't make it to the 2nd round on the Contender. In life you win some, you lose some, but I can say for certain, being a female, no matter what mistakes are made, or opportunities lost by your father, he will ALWAYS be a hero in his daughter's eyes. It's just too bad that he didn't realize that before he pulled the trigger. Because he obviously had problems that ran deeper than anything we can comprehend right now, I won't say he's my least favorite, but I'm genuinely disappointed that Najai didn't have the strength to attempt to work through his issues for his daughter's sake.

So my least favorite would HAVE to be Juan. What a pussy!! (and being a woman, that word makes me cringe, so i don't use it lightly) I get that he was hurting, his hand, his eye, blah blah blah, but so were ALL the others!! Look at Joey and Bonsante for instance, Joey had a pulled hamstring and won his fight against Jimmy Lange. Bonsante had a TORN hamstring and didn't drop out of the competition, because as he put it "they'll have to carry me out in a body bag before I'll quit" (i missed the episode last Sun, but from the second hand info it sounds like he might have even won if he hadn't gone so agressively into the 5th round..stupid stupid STUPID!!!)
Then you consider that both Sugar Ray and Sly thought Juan had the best technique of all the wannabe contenders, yet Juan failed to step it up in front of the other boxers due to his lack of confidence in his own abilities. What a waste. At least Tarrick wanted to be there, apparently more than Juan did. Perhaps Juan was only there for whatever publicity he might have gained from his short time on the show? Who knows...who cares.

My favorites are Alfonso, and a close second, Sergio. Both men have a deep love of their familes that they aren't afraid to show, and both want to win not for the sake of winning, or being famous, so much as they want to repay their families for all the sacrifices that were made to get them where they are today. It doesn't hurt that they are both great fighters also.

What I'm about to say next will probably make more than a few poeple laugh, but oh well. My other fav is Joey Gilbert. He may not have the experience of the others, or the technique either, but as we saw in his bout against Jimmy Lange heart can carry you a long way, as he beat Lange, a guy with an impressive win/ko record, even with a severe hamstring injury. Joey is one of my favs also because he shares that deep appreciation for his family, and their support of his boxing. He and Sergio share another thing that made them 2 of my favs, and that's their intelligence, something you don't find in a lot of sports these days where young people drop out of High School to pursue a career in professional athletics. Not only did Joey finish Law School and pass his bar exam recently, he served his country in the Air National Guard. I know lots of people found his manipulation and scheming to be distasteful, but don't forget, this IS a competition wrapped in a reality show, and I believe that the average person in the same situation would probably do anything possible to better their chances of winning that competition. I love how we all armchair quarterback situations we know nothing about...all the pressure, all the spectators, what do you think YOU would do?