We've discussed the effect of editing with the fights on The Contender in other threads. To emphasize that, here are the results of the three fights shown on TV so far, according to the judges' scorecards. Note that we've actually only had ONE close fight (the first one) -- and Peter would've needed a knockdown in the last round to get a draw.

Oh, the fights take place every 3 days, and scoring is on a "10-point must" system (meaning that the winner of the round gets 10 points):

Fight 1: 8-18-04, Alfonso Gomez Jr. v. Peter Manfredo Jr.
Scores
Judge 1: 48-47 (in other words, 3 rounds for Alfonso, 2 for Peter -- the winner of the last round won the fight)
Judge 2: 49-46 (4-1 Alfonso; Peter would've needed to win the last round by "10-8" on this card to tie on this card; that normally requires a knockdown)
Judge 3: 50-45 (5-0 Alfonso. Huh?)

Fight 2: 8-21-04, Jesse Brinkley v. Jonathan Reid
Scores
Judge 1: 50-45 (5-0 Jesse)
Judge 2: 50-45 (ditto)
Judge 3: 49-46 (4-1 Jesse)

Fight 3: 8-24-04, Ishe Smith v. Ahmed Kaddour
Scores
Judge 1: 50-45 (5-0 Ishe)
Judge 2: 50-45 (ditto)
Judge 3: 49-46 (4-1 Ishe)

Ishe and Jesse just had to stay on their feet in Round 5 and they won in dominating fashion.

I'll post these as the series goes on, so that we can keep track of how much we're being misled....