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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.
'Survivor' host Jeff Probst addresses Liz Wilcox's "upsetting" meltdown
'Bachelor in Paradise' alum Kylee Russell reveals where she and Aven Jones stand now
'Bachelor in Paradise' couple Abigail Heringer and Noah Erb reveal wedding plans
Maria Georgas admits she lied to Joey Graziadei about why she wanted to quit 'The Bachelor'
'Vanderpump Rules' will reportedly not film new season this summer as usual
'The Bachelorette' couple Charity Lawson and Dotun Olubeko celebrate one-year anniversary
'The Bachelorette' alum Hannah Brown predicts where she'd be now if she'd picked Tyler Cameron
Cheryl Burke reveals she had to "fight" for farewell 'Dancing with the Stars' performance
Ashley Iaconetti slams Maria Georgas' theory that Ashley and Nick Viall "conspired" to make her 'The Bachelor' villain
