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"The Contender" (2005) More at IMDbPro »TV series 2005-2007


Overview

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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 full episode list
Release Date:
7 March 2005 (USA) more
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Who will roll? more
Plot:
Hosts Sylvester Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard give 16 young boxing hopefuls a shot at the big time... more
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. more
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Mixed feelings more (22 total)

Cast

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Sugar Ray Leonard ... Himself - Host / ... (43 episodes, 2005-2007)
Jeff Connor ... Himself - Ring Announcer / ... (32 episodes, 2005-2007)
Alfonso Gomez Jr. ... Fighter / ... (32 episodes, 2005-2007)
Tommy Gallagher ... Trainer / ... (27 episodes, 2005-2006)
Jeremy Williams ... Trainer / ... (27 episodes, 2005-2006)
Sergio Mora ... Fighter / ... (27 episodes, 2005-2007)
Jeff Fraza ... Fighter / ... (27 episodes, 2005-2006)
Peter Manfredo Jr. ... Fighter / ... (25 episodes, 2005-2007)
Jesse Brinkley ... Fighter / ... (22 episodes, 2005-2007)
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USA:90 min (pilot episode) (including commercials) | 120 min (season finale) (including commercials) | 60 min (including commercials)
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Sylvester Stallone's brother Frank Stallone participated as a boxing scout while looking for contenders in spring 2004 in the United States. more
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Jesse Brinkley: Ishe, this cat right here can fight. more
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Mixed feelings, 4 June 2006
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Author: gil_roitto from Sweden

I feel happy but still confused about this show. It has everything I could dream of from a good show. GOOD boxers, Stallone and Sugar Ray, tactics and psyching.

But I can't stand the dramatizing music, slow motions and empty bombastic phrases. And I hate the filming of the matches - lots of audience filming on family and friends, lots of slow motion and the from below angle never gives you a possibility to understand how the fight goes. And I feel uncertain all the time if these fights are really just the boxers doing their best, or following a script to dramatize the match - the matches are swinging forth and back a bit much.

But I just can't help loving the show. I hope that I'm not tricked, but that this show is actually the real thing.

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