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Brawl between NBC's 'The Contender' and FOX's 'The Next Great Champ' heats up
May 6, 2004
Boxing matches are known for their embarrassing pre-fight "brawls," which typically take place at press conferences and weigh-ins. It looks like the boxing-focused TV shows will follow in their footsteps.Sly Stallone & Sugar Ray Leonard outline NBC boxing reality show 'The Contender'
April 2, 2004
Is it Rocky? Is it Spartacus? Or is it the beginning of the end for Don King, Bob Arum and the other big-time boxing promoters?
George Foreman join NBC's 'The Contender' team
March 22, 2004
NBC has announced that World Heavyweight Champion and Olympic gold medal winner George Foreman will appear on NBC's new upcoming The Contender series, which is set to premiere in January 2005. George joins Contender's ever-growing team of Hollywood heavy hitters which include Mark Burnett, Sylvester Stallone, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Sugar Ray Leonard.Sugar Ray Leonard joins NBC's upcoming 'The Contender' series, first audition dates announced
March 15, 2004
NBC announced Saturday that five-time world champion fighter Sugar Ray Leonard has signed on to star in The Contender, the network's new upcoming unscripted series that will launch a competitive search for the next boxing superstar. Additionally the network also announced the program's first audition dates.Mark Burnett and Sly Stallone to produce 'The Contender' reality boxing show for NBC
February 23, 2004
Mark Burnett, Sylvester Stallone, and Dreamworks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg have announced that they are teaming up for a new reality boxing series called (what else) The Contender.
'The Bachelor' alum Abigail Heringer gets candid about when she and Noah Erb are having kids
Jessica Shannon splits from wife Shyann McCant two weeks after wedding airs on 'Mama June'
'The Bachelorette' alum Hannah Brown shares distressing medical procedure
'Survivor' alum Ken McNickle reveals cancer diagnosis and mental health spiral
'The Bachelor' couple Zach Shallcross and Kaity Biggar close on their house
Marciano Brunette says he's falling in love with 'Mormon Wives' star Jessi Draper
Ashley Iaconetti talks 'The Real Housewives of Rhode Island' and how it affects her marriage
Mary Bonnet slams rumors she got fired from Oppenheim Group after leaving 'Selling Sunset'
'Love Island USA's Vasana Montgomery breaks silence after removal over racial slur
