UK v USA contender thread

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Looking forward to this
http://www.frankwarren.tv/contenders/

[ICB]

whos fighting first and is it on itv 2 ??

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Contender-UK v USA on ESPN and ITV

ESPN is bringing back The Contender, sort of, for a six-episode all-star series that will have boxers from the first two seasons fighting boxers from the UK.

The Contender Challenge debuts April 10 on ESPN and ITV, and will feature fights from a single night of boxing, March 30. On that day, Sugar Ray Leonard “will captain a team American fighters from the first two seasons of the series,” and “[t]hey will box against a team of seven Warren-promoted British fighters, which will be captained by Hall of Fame former featherweight champion Barry McGuigan,” according to ESPN’s Dan Rafael. Even though “the fights will all take place on one night, they will be recorded and serve as the basis for” the series, he reports.

The series’ executive producer “Jeff Wald said Team USA isn’t finalized, but he expects it to include Freddie Curiel, Alfonso Gomez, Cornelius Bundrage, Walter Wright and Vinroy Barrett.”

This new season will not be edited like the first two seasons; instead, the full eight-round fights will be shown. ESPN VP Ron Wechsler said, “We’ll capture the fights like we do with the World Series of Poker. We’ll have the fights and some behind-the-scenes stuff to go with them, but primarily it will be the fights. We know some of our fight fans have an issue with the way ‘The Contender’ fights are edited. On this series, they will certainly be shown in their entirety.”

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Big shame it's gonna be 10/11 days old when we get to actually see it,we're gonna know the results before we watch

[superheavyrhun]

I was just looking around for this....and the whole evening's boxing is not going to be on tv at all? What kind of BS is this, it's not like it is really like the Contender series, this is a one-off evening of boxing.

Dumbass balls IMO.

[beerjelly]

What the hell are they thinking? How pointless is this going to be. I was really looking forward to this as I thought the whole thing would be shown live, why else would they bother getting it all together in one night. Doubt Ill even bother with it now.

[Fenster]

It's not aimed at us (boxing nuts) it's for the casual fan and will attract new fans, for sure.

[superheavyrhun]

It's not aimed at us (boxing nuts) it's for the casual fan and will attract new fans, for sure.

Yes, but will they just show one fight per week, and are all of the fighters living in a big brother style house in the build up or something?
I'm not sure how it'll play out on TV

[Fenster]

It's not aimed at us (boxing nuts) it's for the casual fan and will attract new fans, for sure.

Yes, but will they just show one fight per week, and are all of the fighters living in a big brother style house in the build up or something?
I'm not sure how it'll play out on TV

No it's none of that living together shit.

As far as I know all the fights happen Friday.

Then over the coming weeks ITV 1,2,3 or 4 will screen a program showing one fight per week with a Contender styleee mushy-get-to-know-the-characters-type-thingy

[AdamGB]

I'm going so I'll let youz know how heavily edited the bouts end up being... if at all.

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Adam
Glad someone is attending as i know how they edit these fights

[CutMeMick]

Big shame it's gonna be 10/11 days old when we get to actually see it,we're gonna know the results before we watch

Stay in your house palying board games for 11 days....
No TV, no internet, no newspapers....

[superheavyrhun]

Big shame it's gonna be 10/11 days old when we get to actually see it,we're gonna know the results before we watch

Stay in your house palying board games for 11 days....
No TV, no internet, no newspapers....

Sorry Mick, but we can't all be like you We have jobs which mean we have to leave the house, go to work.....and then look at boxing websites to fill the time!

[leftylee]

Lookin forward to this so much and My father was recently speaking to Paul Smith (member of UK team) at a family duo and he told him he was up for it.

First fight: PAUL SMITH V JONATHAN REID (19:00 HOURS)


Can't wait and come on PAUL SMITH