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Joey Gilbert upsets Jimmy Lange, as Juan de la Rosa quits on NBC's eighth 'The Contender' episode
April 18, 2005
In a double shocker, huge underdog Joey Gilbert (now 9-0, 7 KOs) defeated Jimmy Lange (now 24-2-1, 17 KOs), the boxer Anthony Bonsante was too chicken to fight, in a five-round unanimous decision to complete the first round of NBC's The Contender, while last week's winner Juan de la Rosa claimed sufficient injury to pull out of the competition, leaving just seven first-round winners left after eight episodes.
Juan de la Rosa defeats Tarick Salmaci in NBC's seventh 'The Contender' episode
April 11, 2005
With one fight in the first round still remaining, one thing is certain on NBC's The Contender reality competition boxing show : an Arab-American will not win the million-dollar first prize.
'The Contender's Anthony Bonsante TKO's Brent Cooper, but double-crosses his team
April 4, 2005
In the sixth episode of NBC's reality-competition boxing show The Contender, the West's Anthony "The Bullet" Bonsante (now 26-4-3, 15 KOs) stopped the East's Brent Cooper (now 20-3-2, 15 KOs) at 0:38 of the third round. However, the victory may have cost Anthony more than the place in the second round that he gained is worth.
Miguel Espino edged by resurgent Peter Manfredo in NBC's fifth 'The Contender' episode
March 28, 2005
The "angel on his shoulder" -- his wife Yamilka -- propelled the East's Peter Manfredo Jr. (now 22-1, 10 KOs) to a stunning come-from-behind win over the West's Miguel Espino (now 9-2-1, 3 KOs) in his "second chance" on the fifth episode of NBC's The Contender. All three judges scored the five-round bout 48-47 (3 rounds for Peter, 2 for Miguel), giving the East its first win in the series.
'The Bachelorette' alum Katie Thurston shares major update in her Stage 4 breast cancer battle
'American Pickers' Mike Wolfe and Leticia Cline split, Leticia claims he's different "behind closed doors"
'Dancing with the Stars' Val Chmerkovskiy suspended, Alan Bersten to replace him after Carrie Ann Inaba controversy
'Bachelor in Paradise's Jess Edwards shuts down speculation about cause of breakup with Spencer Conley
'The Bachelor' alum Shanae Ankney welcomes second child with husband Nate Ebner
'Survivor' host Jeff Probst addresses surprising Season 51 vote-off pattern
'The Bachelorette's Doug Mason claims Taylor Frankie Paul "instantly" rejected him after they got engaged
'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' star Jessi Draper announces new memoir -- I'm "pulling back the curtain"
Taylor Frankie Paul reacts to 'The Bachelorette' winner Doug Mason's shocking tell-all interview
