The Contender interfering with its fighters...it's gotta be

Okay, so I haven't watched this show since the first one, but last night when it was on I decided to have another look at it, just for the hell of it. What caught my eye was in the fight at the end how the fighters did so much showboating and playacting in the ring. It just didn't look right to me. Very few fighters play around so much in the ring...and since these guys are still up-and-comers I'm sure they would normally be against doing so much of that in what are still smalltime fights. The thing is that they must be getting coached by the show's producers to do this sort of thing. This gets me worried about how much the show interferes with the fights. In boxing you can't help but be a little paranoid, I guess. But the thing is that this is doing a disservice to the sport because it's making it look phoney and weird. If it comes out that the show was messing with the fights, that will just be another black eye for boxing. It also worries me how the fights go back and forth so much, and the "underdogs" seem to win so much. Also, how come we don't get to see the scores at the ends of each fight? The thing I'm worried most about is the acting lessons these guys are getting. No way should TV producers be telling a fighter how to act.

Comments (5)

EasyE

Sergio fought and thought at the same time if fighters dont recognize that its part of boxing then they'll never achieve what sergio's pretty lady said ("Greatness") before he tricked Ishe. this thread is from about five months ago...why the comment tody??????

20y ago

Gemini531

Um not many people do the showboatind during the fight but Ahmed is so cocky its just his style. And sergio, he was just making Ishe mad. Sergio fought and thought at the same time if fighters dont recognize that its part of boxing then they'll never achieve what sergio's pretty lady said ("Greatness") before he tricked Ishe.

20y ago

Bombardier

I doubt their is any foul play...I could be wrong...It is hollywood right? But if you had all the fights completely dominant than that would bring ratings down...Full proof shown the Bonsante vs Cooper fight failed in ratings hugely...To make it more intriguing they have to act likes it competitive. I am sure there are a good bit of politics playing in the background, in the beginning and towards the middle everyone was like ohh it is going to be coming down to ishe and manfredo and before Ishe even got eliminated I liked how the story got switched around to beef up Sergio...So I guess all we can do is speculate really. One thing crooked I noticed about the show...When Juan left and they had to bring in 1 other fighter by voting how come everyone voted for Lange and Ahmed and no others were voted back in? Also somebody must not be to bright on the show, when voting one spelled babyface-babby face...Humored me a bit. I guess maybe I'm getting a bit paranoid, but something about the fight just didn't look right to me. Now, it could have just been the editing, plus the Hollywood-style setting. I guess it would be impossible to fix the fights without it getting out but it still wouldn't surprise me if the fighters weren't "coached" a bit on how to act inside and outside the ring. Can't say for sure, though, but it's known that this happens in other "reality" shows, where people read scripts off-camera to get their lines. I'm not a regular viewer of the show, though, so I guess I can't start making assumptions now.

21y ago

spinksjinx

21y ago

Konstantin

Um not many people do the showboatind during the fight but Ahmed is so cocky its just his style. And sergio, he was just making Ishe mad.

21y ago