\”The Contender:\” Reality TV Turns into a Hell of a Real Fight.

Who would have “thunk it?” What an awesome fight, fans. No slow motion camera tricks. No music during fights. No nonsense! All that the fans were treated to was a great seven round war between two young guns. Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora clearly out-thought, out-fought, out brawled, and out-classed the tough and determined Peter “Junior” Manfredo. Sergio really showed his class and pedigree as he boxed, and brawled beautifully. “The Latin Snake” switched in perfection from southpaw to orthodox, using sharp right hands, hooks to the body, and crunching uppercuts. Manfredo was game throughout and there was no quit in the Italian-American. Mora was able to take everything that “Junior” threw at him, stood there, and fought him back, getting the better of Manfredo. In the seventh and final round, Sergio took the fight to Peter, breaking his will, and seriously hurting Manfredo. At the end bell, “Junior” had to hold on to the referee as “The Latin Snake” ran to a corner where his family was, and jumped in the air. Mora took a unanimous decision, and $1,000,000 for his efforts. Manfredo, obviously disappointed, went down to his knees as the decision was read. Mora broke down into tears as he was presented his $1,000,000. Also, Mora was told that he would grace the cover of the “Ring” magazine because of his victory. It was a great one folks and I would pay to see a rematch.

Writer’s Note: Also, Alfonso Gomez defeated Jesse Brinkley to take $200,000 home. It was a solid pre-main event fight. As for the announcers, Sly Stallone should never be allowed to call another fight as long as he lives. He had nothing of value to say other than “OH! OH! OH! I can’t even say who is winning. This fight is impossible to score!”

Sergio Martinez can be reached at srg_mrtnz@yahoo.com