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. …
The Contender 2‘s finale, during which Grady Brewer defeated Steve Forbes, was watched by 2.3 million people. That makes it “the highest-rated boxing telecast on ESPN in nine years, dating back to January 10, 1997,” the network said in a press release. The release suggests this may be good news for a possible Contender 3. …
Grady Brewer won The Contender 2 by split decision, defeating Steve Forbes in what the ESPN commentators called an “upset.” Two judges scored the fight 96-94, but one for Forbes and one for Brewer. The other judge scored 97-93 for Brewer. He won $500,000 and a truck. In the undercard fight, K9 won by knock-out …
At 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT tonight, Steve Forbes and Grady Brewer will face off in The Contender 2‘s finale for the title and the $500,000 prize. (Since its move to cable, the show has gotten a lot cheaper, shedding cast members, challenges, and a half million dollars.) Steve and Grady will fight 10 rounds …
Jeff Wald, an executive producer of The Contender, and the man who came up with the initial concept, tells FightNightNews that “NBC fucked up” the show last season. Specifically, he says, the network aired the show against “some incredibly strong competition,” and “put it on three different days in three different time slots the first …
Two bouncers were stabbed in a bar fight that broke out at a viewing party for The Contender 2 that Jeff Fraza attended. At River City Billiards in Haverhill, Mass., “fans started throwing their own blows, overturning tables and smashing bottles” after Jeff lost on-screen, the Boston Herald reports. “Two bouncers who jumped into the …
After debuting with what Variety calls “OK” ratings for a cable network, ESPN’s The Contender 2‘s ratings “[have] risen in each of the three subsequent weeks.” Last Wednesday, 1.88 million viewers watched on Tuesday. “Even more significant,” Variety notes, “1.32 million of that total were people 18 to 49, a gaudy 70%.” Despite that, “ESPN …