The Contender Might Get A 2nd Season

[Tha Greatest]

If you noticed the audience at the Contender finals...

It looks like they have NEVER been to a real boxing match in their lives...LOL

I wouldn't call them boxing fans, but Contender fans...

[solo1bc]

I agree totally... I thought The Contender was a good show... It brought boxing to the masses and even gave an existing fan like me an insight into the boxers pre-fight preparation and also how much it means to someone either up and coming or last chance saloon like these guys and their families..

Even though there was too much editing of the fights (probably because of the poor boxing on display) it really showed the impact of of some of the hits that you can't see unless you watch a fight in slow motion..

Would love to see 'The Contender - Heavyweights' but hope they make a better 'finale' than last time cos that ******...

[Verbl_Kint]

We may hiss and boo at "The Contender" as we are afficionados of the sport. The average joe out there who couldn't distinguish a left hook from an uppercutlooks at the show differently. Bringing in more fans is always good for the sport, be they educated boxing die-hards or the occasional ppv buyer. The important thing is that more people see this as a sport.

A lot of personalities have been preaching the so-called "barbarity" of boxing, that it is really just a brawl funded by ******** and not a true sport. And most of these people have not really followed boxing or even tried punching mitts. With the contender, they can see the amount of preparation behind a fight, how technique, strength and heart all play a vital part in a fighter's victory or defeat, much like any sport.

[solo1bc]

If you noticed the audience at the Contender finals...

t looks like they have NEVER been to a real boxing match in their lives... LOL

THAT is exactly the point! They've never been to a boxing match in their lives and now they have! If even 10% of them start showing an interest that's a whole lot more new fans that without The Contender.

I think there are a lot of ways to improve the show (more fighting and less fluff! More analysis of the fights, fighting styles and training techniques) but I think it's a great thing for the sport.

[welshwales]

need a few brits in the mix though

[Verbl_Kint]

It would be ultimately better for the sport of boxing if an international cast was chosen. Maybe some latinos, europeans and asians in the mix could really ****e it up.

[solo1bc]

Yeah maybe make it international... Get some South Africans, Europeans and best of all the Mexicans!!