Contender - The Rematch

paulyb · Post by **paulyb** » 05 Oct 2005, 09:15

The Rematch

http://contendercasting.com/rematch.html

Achybreaky · Post by **Achybreaky** » 05 Oct 2005, 10:48

Whats the point?

ILikeBeer · Post by **ILikeBeer** » 05 Oct 2005, 16:22

achybreaky wrote:Whats the point?

Somebody thought it'd be a good marketing ploy, I suppose.

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 06 Oct 2005, 00:37

The point is the people involved can make loads of money by further milking The Contender

Lenny · Post by **Lenny** » 06 Oct 2005, 03:34

This is a surprise!! I would never have thought they would have a rematch between these two, Sly certainly never gave that impression anyway during his commentary.

Gone right off the contender and the whole idea after Thomas Hauser's article on secondsout about it and Ishe Smith.

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » 06 Oct 2005, 04:50

Lenny Albert wrote:Gone right off the contender and the whole idea after Thomas Hauser's article on secondsout about it and Ishe Smith.

Does anyone know if Ishe managed to get out of his contract with the contender, i thought he was going to court in September but i have heard nothing on the matter since.

Achybreaky · Post by **Achybreaky** » 06 Oct 2005, 05:55

ILikeBeer wrote:
achybreaky wrote:Whats the point?
Somebody thought it'd be a good marketing ploy, I suppose.

Sad but true say goodbye to any credability you had peter and sergio. Two good boxers who should have be given the chance to get out and make some good fights but they are back fighting each other for the 'coveted' contender belt.

J · Post by J » 06 Oct 2005, 07:40

TOLD YOU LOT THIS WAS ALOAD OF BOLLOX AS SON AS MANFREDO GOT SUBBED BACK IN.

far too contrived for my liking.

BunglesFingers · Post by **BunglesFingers** » 06 Oct 2005, 07:48

Foggy wrote:
Lenny Albert wrote:Gone right off the contender and the whole idea after Thomas Hauser's article on secondsout about it and Ishe Smith.
Does anyone know if Ishe managed to get out of his contract with the contender, i thought he was going to court in September but i have heard nothing on the matter since.

I think that it is still going through the courts.

Smith has his own website and he regularly gets on the forum and tells everyone what is going on.

http://www.sugarshay.com/

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » 06 Oct 2005, 07:51

Ding_Ding wrote:
Foggy wrote:
Lenny Albert wrote:Gone right off the contender and the whole idea after Thomas Hauser's article on secondsout about it and Ishe Smith.
Does anyone know if Ishe managed to get out of his contract with the contender, i thought he was going to court in September but i have heard nothing on the matter since.
I think that it is still going through the courts.

Smith has his own website and he regularly gets on the forum and tells everyone what is going on.

http://www.sugarshay.com/

Cheers Ding Ding i'll take a look at that some time

nas7232 · Post by **nas7232** » 06 Oct 2005, 09:04

ishe has been released i think.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 06 Oct 2005, 09:14

Who the fornicate cares about this fight? Neither of them are world title material anyway.

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 06 Oct 2005, 09:58

nickd wrote:Who the fornicate cares about this fight? Neither of them are world title material anyway.

Ishe Smith will never be as long as he is forced to keep fighting out of his weight division.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 06 Oct 2005, 09:59

Neri1983 wrote:
nickd wrote:Who the fornicate cares about this fight? Neither of them are world title material anyway.
Ishe Smith will never be as long as he is forced to keep fighting out of his weight division.

I was talking about Mora and Manfredo. Smith is by far the best fighter on that show.

numpty · Post by **numpty** » 06 Oct 2005, 11:22

Are they still fighting a daft 6 or 8 rounds whatever it is! They could go for 25 rounds before Manfredo or Mora knocked either of each other out! They both cant punch for shit!

Rocky Balboa · Post by **Rocky Balboa** » 06 Oct 2005, 11:56

I enjoyed watching The Contender and will watch the second stint of it.

However, I hope there is no more of those silly challenges and more training footage. IMO, the first coming of The Contender lacked training and boxing footage.

Money is exactly the reason why the show is returning. As if Sylvester Stallone & Ray Leonard need it!

As for the rematch, Mora will probably win again.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 06 Oct 2005, 12:09

Its over 7 rounds.

As for the next series, they are doing away with the challenges and showing more of the fights and training. I read that somewhere cant recall where though.

Chris W 1982 · Post by **Chris W 1982** » 06 Oct 2005, 13:08

As this fight is being shown on ESPN in America, does that mean it will get shown on Channel 5 in England?

By the way, The Contender dvd is out this month.

nas7232 · Post by **nas7232** » 06 Oct 2005, 13:52

nickd wrote:
Neri1983 wrote:
nickd wrote:Who the fornicate cares about this fight? Neither of them are world title material anyway.
Ishe Smith will never be as long as he is forced to keep fighting out of his weight division.
I was talking about Mora and Manfredo. Smith is by far the best fighter on that show.

by far with manfredo... not with mora though.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 06 Oct 2005, 14:14

nas7232 wrote:
nickd wrote:
Neri1983 wrote: Ishe Smith will never be as long as he is forced to keep fighting out of his weight division.
I was talking about Mora and Manfredo. Smith is by far the best fighter on that show.
by far with manfredo... not with mora though.

Smith absolutely schooled Mora in their fight but was robbed that is common knowledge. If those two fought over 10 rounds Smith would absolutely TKO him to fornicate and Mora is 2 divisions bigger than him!

nas7232 · Post by **nas7232** » 06 Oct 2005, 14:38

have you been reading the ishe forum?

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 06 Oct 2005, 14:40

nas7232 wrote:have you been reading the ishe forum?

I had a look in there a while ago. Funny how the judging went for that fight, one had Smith winning every round, the other two were something like 49-46 for Mora. That smells fishy to me, and I read a report by someone who was there who said Smith won every round and nearly KO'd Mora in the 5th. They certainly didn't edit the fight like that. So all in all the Contender turned out to be an absolute farce, and the promoters who were going to revolutionise boxing have turned out to be more crooked than the guys they said they'd be replacing in the sport!

Rubio MHS · Post by **Rubio MHS** » 06 Oct 2005, 15:16

fornicate this show.

Lenny · Post by **Lenny** » 07 Oct 2005, 03:46

Just in case anyone missed it is interested

http://www.secondsout.com/USA/colhauser ... 8&cs=17212