The Contender (Suger Ray/Sly Stallone Series)

ESPN ^ | 07/18/2006 | Me

[AmericaUnited]

Season two of The Contender starts tonight.

ESPN Classic 10:00PM EST

[AmericaUnited]

This is one of the few "reality type" shows that I've really liked and followed the players. The boxers are hand picked "good guys" and the shows emphasizes their families. Since it's win or go home, you usually get a real furious 5 rounds of boxing.

[jdm]

Did one of the contestants commit suicide?

[Hildy]

It's a good show. I enjoyed watching it last season. And the guy who won...he's a real player now, isn't he?

[Xenalyte]

What IS it with Sugar Ray Leonard? The guy has looked the same for almost 20 years.

Hell, I remember him in an episode of "Married . . . With Children" that had to have aired in 1992 - y'all remember, the one with "Too Tall" Jones and Steve Carlton - and he looked identical to the "Contender" commercial I saw last night.

[AmericaUnited]

Yes, in the last season. It was strange because after he lost, he sounded so positive.

[So Cal Rocket]

What IS it with Sugar Ray Leonard? The guy has looked the same for almost 20 years.

You should see the portrait he has of himself hanging in his house.

[AmericaUnited]

And the guy who won...he's a real player now, isn't he?

Segio Mora. Well he was a pro before the last season and winning all of the marbles if that's what you mean.

[Hugin]

I remember a reality show like that when I was a kid. They called it "Boxing".

[AmericaUnited]

Segio = Sergio