Quote Originally Posted by Majesty
What Bilbo said

"'You know what Peter, that first fight with Mora, it wasn't even competative but we are going to give you a rematch anyway because we are in the habit of giving you extra chances. We also like your family, your little daughter is adorable and besides you are quite goofy looking and strike a kind of sympathetic resonance with our target audience, especially housewives and grandma's who just go 'Ahhh isn't he a little sweety', whenever you fight. So you can fight Mora again. To hell with Gomez, he may be more deserving of a fight with Mora having already beaten you and finished in third place. But it's the fight fans who appreciate him, he hasn't got a daughter and he's good looking and confident so grandma's don't go 'Ahhh' when they see him so he can fight Jesse Feliciano in the rubber match and you can have another go at Sergio.'"

IS why I don't like Manfredo, it's like he's being forced down out throats.

I thought Manfredo lost both Mora fights, I guess that makes me a Manfredo hater? Eventhough I said he would knock out the Sandman(who had his sleeping pills even before the Lacy fight) Manfredo should fight Omar Sheika next then. And see if he wins against someone who is actually ranked.
Nice to see a few people agree with me and to you Danny G

It's not that I don't like Peter I just feel and obviously am not alone in this that there were other Contenders on the show who showed just as much potential as Manfredo. Unfortunately because Peter fitted so well the kind of family orientated kid the Contender people needed to reach their target demographics he was promoted way above the others.

I'm not saying his return to the show was rigged, I'm not saying his many controversial wins on the show were fixed either, but I do feel that the Contender marketing people recognised that with Peter Manfredo they had a product that could target as many of the demographic audience as possible. Remember they wanted this show to be family orientated and by far he was the best example, trained by an over domineering dad, a young wife, his cute little daughter. Plus the fact he looked the least like a fighter and was softly spoken he was marketing dream.

Personally he didn't deserve a rematch with Mora, just like he didn't deserve a second chance on the show anyway. Alfonso should have got a shot at Mora but as I said Alfonso only targets the fight fan audience, not the fightfans girlfriends and mums.