The Contender Season 4 Finale MGM Foxwoods Casino, Connecticut 25th February 2009 Rico Hoye (22-3) vs. Akinyemi “AK†Laleye (12-2) The live broadcast opened with Rico Hoye taking on Akinyemi “AK†Laleye over eight rounds in the Bronze medal match. AK started off fast, closing down Rico, and throwing a lot of powerful shots on…
Read MoreThe live finale is next week so this is the last regular episode of this seasons Contender. We have our two semifinal match ups as Troy faces off against AK in the first bout, while Hino squares off with Rico in the second.
Read MoreThis week on The Contender we have the two remaining quarter final match ups. Hino faces off against Deon in the first bout, while Rico will compete with Joell for the last spot in the semifinals. All the members of the blue team have now been eliminated, and the gold team is left alone in…
Read MoreTroy has established himself as the man to beat with two impressive knock outs in his first two fights. Tommy Brooks tells him that this tournament is now his for the taking. The pressure is now really on for the other contenders, particularly AK and Alfredo – one of whom will go on to fight…
Read MoreThis week on The Contender we have our first Quarter Final match up as Felix takes on Troy. Ryan is pretty beat up after his fight last week. He is taken to the hospital to get his cut attended to. He has to get stitches, and they tease that he may not be healed in…
Read MoreThis week we have the final two first round match ups. The gold team is up 4-2 thus far, winning four straight after having suffered back to back defeats at the start of the series. The blue team is demoralized after yet another loss. The pressure is on Ryan and Mike to turn the ship…
Read MoreI’m posting this weeks recap of The Contender a few days latter than usual as i was busy with live shows all weekend. Anyway lets get straight into it with episode 6. The show starts off with Hino gloating about his victory last week. At training Tommy Brooks mocks him for crying during his celebration….
Read MoreNeither Deon nor Tommy Brooks are particularly satisfied with the fight last week. Despite winning, Deon has injured his hand, and the feeling in the gold team is that he made things hard for himself. Darnell is caught sneaking into the kitchen by John Bray. He is still way over weight, and is eating everything…
Read MoreThe Contender is back from the Christmas break with episode 4. After a brief recap of what has gone down so far in the series, Danza meets with AK to give him his winner’s necklace. He says that last week’s fight was one of the best fights ever on the Contender. AK feels that the…
Read MoreThe Contender is in the midst of its forth season now on the Versus network. This time 16 cruiserweights will battle it out for the honor of becoming Contender champion. The series was taped earlier this year out in Singapore . Tony Danza takes over hosting duties from Sugar Ray Leonard this season. The coaches…
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