Contender Boxing set to Return on ESPN

[Rikk]

Originally posted by POJO_Risin
I'm not fucking anti-american...but I want an american to win it...

:confused:

[Rikk]

SMITH will take it. Of course, Pretty Boy could be the big surprise. They are spending an awful lot of time setting him up as the villain. That means the audience may have something to hate for more than just one more episode...

If I were editing the show, I would have set it up the way it is because Pretty Boy beats Smith and brings down the spirit of the West team. That's how I see it just based on the editing they've shown so far.

BTW, SMITH was not a pussy for backing out. He was smart to not be pushed into it.

Anyway, I really don't know. At the very least, it will be those two just based on the editing that leads up to it. No other possibly contenders have been set up for next episode.

I was really shocked to see REID lose. I really wanted him to win.

This show will NOT go the De Hoya route. It's already much better.

[POJO_Risin]

I don't know what the De La Hoya Route is...lmfao...since I don't even remember that show was on...

I'm wondering what kind of crack these guys are going to get after this show is over...

hopefully...they'll come out with some Sugar Ray sponsored management...and won't get wrung into a big payday...big loss fight with someone that will outclass them...

you gotta do this show...fight one lead in fight that's more than 5 rounds (although I'm assuming the contender crown fight will be a full 10 rounds)...

then capitalize on that win with a title shot...

you have to wonder though...how much the winner of this whole deal will be helped by the fact that you don't have time to train for the guys you are fighting...

does anyone think that Reid or Manfredo lose with a full 3 months of training?

no way...

[Rikk]

Yeah, but don't you think these guys have probably been doing hardcore training for the months leading up to the show anyway? How is that different from training for a normal big fight? The only focus they DON'T have (which is admittedly major) is the focus on that one single opponent, with months of studying moves, weaknesses, etc.

[Rikk]

Okay. Showtime (again).

I hope Smith fights, and I hope he kicks PRETTY BOY's ass.

[POJO_Risin]

Originally posted by Rikk
Yeah, but don't you think these guys have probably been doing hardcore training for the months leading up to the show anyway? How is that different from training for a normal big fight? The only focus they DON'T have (which is admittedly major) is the focus on that one single opponent, with months of studying moves, weaknesses, etc.

And that makes a difference...

I think it truly takes a good bit of time and shit talk to get good boxers away from taking a fighter lightly...like the first fight...

I think...no doubt in my mind...the guy that won...wasn't the better fighter...just the more hungry...

Of course...GREAT fighters are always ready...

you know...imagine the money in some of the rematches this show will spawn...

Christ...if I was Sugar Ray...I'd already have the fucking card set and ready to go on the undercard of the main fight...

or...for the winner of the shows first title fight...

[POJO_Risin]

I'm not going to watch at 8:00...taping it...

going to watch it much later tonight...

[Rikk]

Yeah, it's on an hour earlier in Toronto.

[Rikk]

Originally posted by POJO_Risin
And that makes a difference...

I think it truly takes a good bit of time and shit talk to get good boxers away from taking a fighter lightly...like the first fight...

I think...no doubt in my mind...the guy that won...wasn't the better fighter...just the more hungry...

Of course...GREAT fighters are always ready...

you know...imagine the money in some of the rematches this show will spawn...

Christ...if I was Sugar Ray...I'd already have the fucking card set and ready to go on the undercard of the main fight...

or...for the winner of the shows first title fight...

Oh no doubt. I still think REID was a better fighter than JESSE. These reality shows are more than anything great promotion for tons of products. And no show has better promotion for characters as products than this one. THE APPRENTICE may be advertising for usually good executives...but in terms of entertainment or sports figures to sell later, this is it.

[POJO_Risin]

It's really hard to say about Reid...He looked better physically...

but Jesse is an unknown...and he was fucking tenacious...he kept Reid from dancing away...and charged him...was in better overall shape I think...

He's a darkhorse...

you watch...

The guy that won the first fight...will get sandblasted in the second fight...

Jesse will be around...unless one of the top guys goes after him...and DOESN'T take him lightly...

like Sugar Shay...

if Shay wins tonight...I think he becomes the #1 guy...and they'll start building up the rivalry between the two...

I saw a special on the dude that killed himself...and they showed a flash of him in the ring with Peter Manfredo in his corner...

It looks like some of the old guys come back throughout...interesting...

[Troy]

Great show. Even the loon is into it.

[ALinChainz]

Ishe and Ahmed (sp?) is a go ...

[ALinChainz]

Amhed ... and a pretty smokin' girlfriend ...

[MAX]

Originally posted by ALinChainz
Amhed ... and a pretty smokin' girlfriend ...

Yeah,

She was hot fo sho. However, that fight blew goat balls. That was pretty weak and not exciting whatsoever.

[Rikk]

I kind of enjoyed watching pretty boy get his butt whupped. I like how he declared himself the winner when it was all over. Some people need to allow themselves a bit of shame...

Excuse me, I'm just turning my MOLLY HATCHET CD up a bit. I haven't heard this thing in years...just inspired by the death of Danny Joe Brown.