Quote Originally Posted by CFH
It's strange that they continue to pick established, somewhat high ranking, journeymen/gatekeeper type fighters. I liked the premise of the 1st show, and enjoyed watching it (aside from the bs editing), but I didn't like the 2nd one nearly as much because none of the guys they selected were really prospects. The ones that you could consider prospects in the 2nd season were pretty much no hopers or busts anyways who had already lost against lesser opposition...
What made the 1st one so compelling was that pretty much all of the boxers on it were up and comers with some chance at having a bright future in boxing... I don't understand why they don't go back to that format, its far more interesting than hearing the same goddamn sob story from every fighter.
Lucien Bute would've cleaned up if he had signed on, but his career is better off without the Contender.
The thing is the gatekeepers and journeymen are a good edition to the show as they provide credibility and some legitimacy to the up and comers on the show when they beat them.

We saw this on the first show with proven veteran fighters like Tarick Salmaci, Johnathan Reid and Anthony Bonsante being beaten by younger hungrier fighters and they were good names on their records.

However in the second show it misfired somewhat spectacularly when it ended up being the washed up old veterans who actually reached the latter stages. This in my book made the second show finale somewhat embarrasing. Steve Forbes would have been a worthy winner, especially in the light of his fine showing over D Hop but Brewer is just a joke champion. Thank God Noberto Bravo didn't win it at least!