Contender 2 fighter Norberto Bravo “was arrested on suspicion of beating his fiancee in front of the couple’s 4-year-old son, Tucson police said Thursday,” according to the Tucson Citizen. Norberto “Nito” Bravo Jr. was arrested “on misdemeanor charges of domestic violence assault, domestic violence criminal damage and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, Sgt. …
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The third season of The Contender concludes tonight with a live fight at 9 p.m. ET. After three undercard fights, Sakio Bika and Jaidon Codrington will fight in Boston Garden for $750,000. The two “could conceivably battle to a draw,” but one comes into the fight with recent emotional trauma: “[d]uring the filming for the …
Mark Burnett’s Contender begins its third season tonight on ESPN, the series’ second on the network. The show debuts at 10 p.m. ET, concluding November 6 with a live fight finale. The new season focuses on 16 super-middleweight boxers, a new weight class. Also new this year is a $1 million prize and two new …
The new season debuts Sept. 4 at 10 p.m. ET and will be “the first to feature the full, uncut fights that will air on ESPN2,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The 16 boxers will compete for $1 million, a $500,000 increase (although ESPN says the prize is $750,000). Also increasing will be the contestants’ …
Tonight at 9 p.m. ET, ESPN debuts The Contender Challenge, a six-episode competition series that pits veterans from the show against UK fighters. The series also airs on ITV in the UK, and features fights that took place March 30. The US fighters, led by Sugar Ray Leonard, will fight in eight-round bouts. The one-hour …
ESPN will soon air The Contender Challenge, a series of fights between veterans from the US show and UK boxers. But a third season of the reality series is also apparently in the works, and it may involve two major changes. The Contender 3 will leave ESPN and focus on heavyweight, not middleweight, fighters, Boxing …
The seven Contender boxers who will take part in the upcoming Contender Challenge have been revealed. The show will feature fighters from the US series fighting UK boxers. The US series boxers who will participate are Jesse Brinkley, Cornelius Bunderage, Michael Clarke, Freddy Curiel, Alfonso Gomez, Jonathan Reid, and Walter Wright, according to frankwarren.tv. An …