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First of all, this isn't going to include those bunch of wusses from The Contender (with Stallone tugging off Ray Leonard in the background, natch). Nor is it going to include anything from "At Home With The Eubanks", so I'll expect Bad Karma from JuyJuy at any moment.
What I'm asking is - what is the most entertaining reality show programme you've seen a boxer on? Was Holyfield dancing any good? Let me know.
Here's my top two pics:
1. Nigel Benn on I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! Well, slap me hard and call me JuyJuy! I'm talking about Nigel Benn. I believe this format has been sold to the US since, but basically a group of C-list celebrities get together in a jungle and have to do bug-eating exercises for charity. Mostly tedious, but the first series was pure comedy gold for how much the "celebrities" hated each other. Genuine animosity, with loose cannon Benn (interviewed afterwards "I acted like a real jerk") kicking off at every opportunity.
Too many to list, but favourite bits included:
* Benn doing a "grab a necklace from a snakepit" challenge and squealing like a girl when bit.
* Benn arguing with the only "celeb" US members may have heard of, Uri Geller. Geller tries to appease him by putting his hand on Nigel's shoulder. "Don't you tousssscccccch me! Don't you tousssssssscccccccch me!"
* Nigel arguing with lesbian comedian Rhona Cameron. "I wish you were a man ssssssso I could knock you ssssssssspark out!"
* Exploding after being accused of being ****phobic (he isn't). "I'm not ****ppppppphobic! Ssssssssshut up, ssssssss****** woman! Ssssssssshut up!"
2. Frank Bruno on "Celebrity Sleepover". A simple format: a celebrity spends an evening in the home of a normal family. By all accounts Bruno is almost as affable as his onscreen persona, but this was filmed just before he had a mental breakdown. When his words to his agent were "what the ****ing hell am I doing this crap for?" before he even got to meet the family the signs were bad. Calling the assistant director a "****ing ginge" in front of the auburn-haired wife of the family wasn't a good touch either, and Frank's summation of their living in a public house - "a den of sin" - was a clear indication that it wouldn't go well. With much of it unable to be screened, rumours that Frank brought the wife to tears cannot be verified.
What I'm asking is - what is the most entertaining reality show programme you've seen a boxer on? Was Holyfield dancing any good? Let me know.
Here's my top two pics:
1. Nigel Benn on I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! Well, slap me hard and call me JuyJuy! I'm talking about Nigel Benn. I believe this format has been sold to the US since, but basically a group of C-list celebrities get together in a jungle and have to do bug-eating exercises for charity. Mostly tedious, but the first series was pure comedy gold for how much the "celebrities" hated each other. Genuine animosity, with loose cannon Benn (interviewed afterwards "I acted like a real jerk") kicking off at every opportunity.
Too many to list, but favourite bits included:
* Benn doing a "grab a necklace from a snakepit" challenge and squealing like a girl when bit.
* Benn arguing with the only "celeb" US members may have heard of, Uri Geller. Geller tries to appease him by putting his hand on Nigel's shoulder. "Don't you tousssscccccch me! Don't you tousssssssscccccccch me!"
* Nigel arguing with lesbian comedian Rhona Cameron. "I wish you were a man ssssssso I could knock you ssssssssspark out!"
* Exploding after being accused of being ****phobic (he isn't). "I'm not ****ppppppphobic! Ssssssssshut up, ssssssss****** woman! Ssssssssshut up!"
2. Frank Bruno on "Celebrity Sleepover". A simple format: a celebrity spends an evening in the home of a normal family. By all accounts Bruno is almost as affable as his onscreen persona, but this was filmed just before he had a mental breakdown. When his words to his agent were "what the ****ing hell am I doing this crap for?" before he even got to meet the family the signs were bad. Calling the assistant director a "****ing ginge" in front of the auburn-haired wife of the family wasn't a good touch either, and Frank's summation of their living in a public house - "a den of sin" - was a clear indication that it wouldn't go well. With much of it unable to be screened, rumours that Frank brought the wife to tears cannot be verified.