Fuck judging the fights. I enjoyed the show. It was the bomb.

The Contender was a way for regular people to get into boxing. The sport itself is dying. Think of it as one last chance to bring it back into the mainstream. Don't whine like a girl because it was edited. Theres plenty of non-edited boxing for you to blow your load on.

I probly would have liked non-edited matches better, but it didn't take away anything from the show. I enjoyed all the crazy ass camera angles, the Hans Zimmer score, and the final round in which everything depended on. It made it look as if the person you were routing for had an equal chance at the final round, even if he was getting his ass handed to him the entire fight.

Regular people who don't know shit about boxing call it boring. The Contender gave the average person Gatti/Ward style fights.