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Najai Turpin and Jeff Fraza depart 'The Contender', as Peter Manfredo Jr returns
March 21, 2005
In the fourth episode of NBC's reality-competition boxing show The Contender, chicken pox ended up giving one boxer a second chance, while two other boxers left without the $1 million first prize.
Ishe Smith eliminates Ahmed Kaddour in the third episode of NBC's 'The Contender'
March 14, 2005
The grudge match that everyone wanted to see in the third episode of NBC's reality-competition boxing show The Contender is over, but the complete domination of West boxers over East boxers continues unabated.Jonathan Reid becomes second straight East star ousted in NBC's 'The Contender'
March 11, 2005
Will East Coast boxing survive NBC's The Contender?
Peter Manfredo Jr. loses undefeated record in premiere of NBC's 'The Contender'
March 8, 2005
One of the real surprises when the cast for NBC's The Contender was announced was that Peter Manfredo, Jr., a promising middleweight with a 21-0 record who was ranked #3 in the world by the World Boxing Organization, had agreed to become one of the 16 contestants on the reality-competition boxing show. A bigger surprise, shown on the March 7 premiere episode of The Contender, was that Peter became the first contestant eliminated from the show, as he suffered his first pro defeat at the hands of Alfonso Gomez, Jr. (now 11-2-1 as a pro).NBC's 'The Contender' comes out swinging hoping to be Mark Burnett's next reality knockout
March 5, 2005
For the first time since 1976 and only the second time ever, a motion picture focused on the world of boxing, Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby, won the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards. Will that success translate into a wider interest in (or even a wider tolerance of) boxing? NBC's new reality-competition boxing series, The Contender, which premieres at 9:30 PM ET/PT on Monday, March 7, certainly hopes so.
Taylor Frankie Paul says leak of assault video is forcing daughter to relive what happened
'The Bachelorette' alum Katie Thurston pauses cancer treatments, to undergo double mastectomy 
New 'Mormon Wives' spinoff starring Jen Affleck and new California women reportedly in the works
'Bachelor Mansion Takeover': Noah Erb, Dean Unglert and Sam McKinney advance to finale as judges save a standout
'90 Day: The Single Life': Gino takes Natalie romance to "next level," Kim comes clean, Sophie fights with Pedro's sister
Former 'So You Think You Can Dance' winner Joshua Allen's death ruled a suicide
'Mormon Wives' star Jessi Draper's husband Jordan Ngatikaura files for restraining order amid divorce
Mike White still upset about 'Survivor 50' vote off, believes Christian Hubicki conned him for years
Former 'The Bachelorette' bachelor James McCoy Taylor arrested again
