This is strange.

chado · Post by **chado** » 26 May 2005, 08:01

I own a pub and its not a big boxing pub, infact quite the opposite. If I have the boxing on sometimes they ask me to turn it off coz no one is watching it. However I cant believe how many of them are watching the Contender series, they love it.............strange.

Not sure why this is.

Dynamite Dean Phillips · Post by **Dynamite Dean Phillips** » 26 May 2005, 11:08

chado wrote:I own a pub and its not a big boxing pub, infact quite the opposite. If I have the boxing on sometimes they ask me to turn it off coz no one is watching it. However I cant believe how many of them are watching the Contender series, they love it.............strange.

Not sure why this is.

Commercial entertainment

Jamie Sanigar · Post by **Jamie Sanigar** » 26 May 2005, 11:43

Think how frustrating it is for us small hall promoters. I chat to people in Bristol who say how great the contender is and how they can't wait to see next weeks fight. Then when it comes to a local prospect like Lee Haskins who is 12-0 and lives 3 streets aways from them they can't be bothered to come along and support him on a local show.

PS i am a fan of the Contender

J · Post by J » 26 May 2005, 11:45

i suppose its a way of introducing folk to the game but i packed up watching it when Manfredo was re-introduced.

shwo started to stink in my opinion from then on.

kevo · Post by **kevo** » 26 May 2005, 11:47

You should play 'dramatic' music during your fights, and get the boxers to land 'meaningful punches' in slo-mo for that true to life 'Contender Experience'.

somerstown · Post by **somerstown** » 26 May 2005, 12:16

Kevo wrote:You should play 'dramatic' music during your fights, and get the boxers to land 'meaningful punches' in slo-mo for that true to life 'Contender Experience'.

Dont forget the punch sound effects and the Rocky comiseration after a loss............
I LOVE IT, great show

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 26 May 2005, 12:36

The whole format is carefully geared to create theatrical style suspense, and they have the bonus of editing the boring crap out of the boxing world. For those who don't know boxing it's ideal, the characters are packaged and analysed and carefully presented, the participants are hand picked to start with, and the production values are far higher than anything real boxing can offer.

The problem with real boxing (and this is no reflection at all on any individual promoter) is that you have to sit through a lot of boring rounds to find the excitement. If you understand boxing it's different, because you can see the nuances, but for most people, they don't want to even probably watch whole fights, unless they are 'world' title fights which have been hyped up.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 26 May 2005, 12:37

I hate the contender, have seen better acting in Sunset Beach, those sound effects are cheesy, they should add in captions saying "pow" and "biff" like on the old Batman series

This is strange.

This is strange.

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