The Contender: Where are they now?

[Eaner0919]

You are right. Drummed those up real quick. Did so because K9 is current champ and Mora bores Us. Do you think Mora would beat Ishe in a 10 round rematch?

Also, I'd love to see a season 5 at Heavyweight.

Oh uea, I think Troy Ross will rise to be a top cruiserweight

Mora is boring but successful

Heavyweight could be really bad considering the current crop of top heavyweights we have.....then realizing the guys selected for the show would be below that level.

there is a story that their fight on season 1, Mora was gassed at the end and that Ishe came on strong but they didn't show it in that manner.

Ishe is slept on skill wise but shot himself in the foot by not staying the path and changing way too many aspects of his career

[HitBattousai]

From an overall perspective, I'd say since the show:

1. Sergio Mora
2. Alfonso Gomez
3. K-9 Bundrage
4. Sakio Bika
5. Ishe Smith

I think Gomez is the best of the bunch from a P4P perspective and is the most entertaining, but Mora has the win over Forrest for the WBC Light Middleweight belt and the draw over Mosley(in a terrible fight), so from an overall standpoint he has the edge despite being inactive for long stretches since the show. Gomez has been involved in a FotY candidate, gotten a lot of solid wins since the show, and retired Gatti in a great performance. He got dominated by Cotto(fought him coming off a serious illness and with a broken hand going into the fight), came back with solid wins over Jesus Soto-Karass and Jose Luis Castillo. Bundrage is not very good, he is physically strong and has a lot of heart, but has a weak chin and few skills. However, due to good timing he got a fight with a far-faded Cory Spinks, and won the IBF Light Middleweight belt, so he merits third. While relatively inactive since the show, Bika annihilated Peter Manfredo and gave Andre Ward arguably the toughest fight of his career. Lastly, Ishe might have been the most talented of the Contenders, but he's become basically a high-level gatekeeper since the show because of his overly defensive style. However, he's fought many rising prospects(Julio, Jacobs, Guerrero, Wolak) and given them all rough fights, beating Wolak.