• Sergio Mora edges Ishe Smith, Alfonso Gomez whips Ahmed Kaddour on NBC's 'The Contender'

  April 25, 2005
  In the ninth and tenth episodes of NBC's reality-competition boxing show The Contender, both the good and the bad parts of the show's formula were on display, and not necessarily to the show's best advantage.
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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.
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  'Contender' boxer Joey Gilbert signs nutrition endorsement pact with host Sly Stallone

  April 14, 2005
  During the first seven episodes of NBC's reality-competition boxing show The Contender, co-hosts Sylvester Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard have made several references to the fact that contestant/lawyer Joey Gilbert (who will be fighting in this week's episode against Jimmy Lange) is the best and best-conditioned all-around athlete in the show's sixteen boxer field. Now, it appears that Stallone has found a way to use Joey's athleticism to his advantage.
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  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 - Episode 6 summary

  April 6, 2005
  "Stray Bullet Takes Out The Disciple," our episode summary for the sixth episode of NBC's The Contender, written by PhoenixMons, is now available.
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  '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.
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  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.

• NBC to air special Easter Sunday 'The Contender' recap episode

  March 25, 2005
  NBC announced today that it would add a special "recap edition" of its The Contender reality-competition boxing show, to be shown on Sunday, March 27 (Easter Sunday) at 7PM ET/PT. This special edition will serve as the lead-in to the show's regularly scheduled 8PM broadcast of its fifth episode..

• The Contender - Episode 4 summary

  March 25, 2005
  "An American Tragedy," our episode summary for the fourth episode of NBC's The Contender, written by ARnutz, is now available.

• Ratings: NBC's 'The Contender' rallies in its second Sunday night broadcast

  March 24, 2005
  It looks like NBC's The Contender may not be down for the count on Sunday nights after all, despite last week's debacle.

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