Quote Originally Posted by albsur2006
F*** the Contender. Who cares? ESPN doesn't really want a true contender. They just want a good-mid level guy that they can trick viewers into thinking is a star. I mean come on, Sergio Mora? Don't let his 18-0 record fool you, he's only got 4 KOs and was dropped by that slow handed chump in his last fight and got a gift TKO because the ref probably was told by ESPN to stop the fight if Mora ever pinned that Shark guy against the ropes. He's the Paulie Malignaggi of 160, just a big mouth nobody. Except I actually like Paulie and he fought courageously against Cotto. Do you think ESPN would put Mora against someone like Taylor or Winky or Sturm, hell even Duddy? Hell no, they are fooling the F****** public with that bullshit Contender championship S***. That's the problem with Manfredo, ESPN had him fight a shot Pemberton, Manfredo won and got confident and wanted a real fight against a true contender, notice he's not fighting now because ESPN realizes that if Manfredo fought a true SMW contender he'd get blown out of the water. It's not like ESPN is protecting or hand picking opponents for like a Cotto or a Julio or someone with true star power and potential, they are protecting trash. It's insulting to our intelligence to keep hearing about the undisputed Contender championship.
A few good points there mate. Maybe the contender is about fighters who may not have went on to be great fighters so the series is another way of getting them recognised. I enjoyed the first series though despite agreeing with some of your comments.