In the fifth installment of "The Contender", Miguel Espino made a strategic blunder in selecting Peter Manfredo Jr. as his opponent. Manfredo suffered his first professional defeat in episode one, ... Read More

Former champ Fernando Vargas made his return from a 15 month layoff a successful one with a tougher-than-expected decision over Raymond Joval. Joval was the busier fighter throughout but demonstrated ... Read More

Love him or hate him, everyone watches when "Ferocious" Fernando Vargas fights. Vargas is revered by his fans as a proud and confident warrior who gives his all in each ... Read More

Reality TV doesn't get any more real than the fourth episode of NBC's "The Contender". This week's bout was between Sergio Mora and Najai Turpin. Turpin is the contestant who ... Read More

Last night, boxing fans tuned in (and shelled out $44.95 for PPV) hoping to see a great fight between Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao. Fight fans have been conditioned to ... Read More

On Saturday, Erik Morales takes on Manny Pacquiao and it will shock no one if their battle produces an early candidate for fight of the year. All 14,500 seats at ... Read More

In the third installment of "The Contender", NBC's boxing reality-show, Ishe Smith won a unanimous five round decision over Ahmed Kaddour. The escalating rivalry between these two fighters was a ... Read More

Jesse Brinkley defeated Jonathan Reid by decision in the second episode of NBC's reality-series "The Contender". The fight appeared to be relatively close, but that may have as much to ... Read More

Boxing is entering a transition period -- a changing of the guard. Which fighters will be among the next generation of boxing superstars? We select 12 young fighters who have ... Read More

NBC's much-hyped "The Contender" made its debut last night. As expected, the latest entry in the already crowded reality show field is more soap opera than sporting event. The show's ... Read More

A new boxing reality show, "The Contender", debuts tonight on NBC at 9:30 PM ET/PT. NBC is banking on reality show wiz Mark Burnett and co-hosts Sylvester Stallone and Sugar ... Read More

Light weight champ Jose Luis Castillo was just too big and too strong for Julio Diaz, stopping the former champ in ten rounds to retain his WBC title. Diaz was ... Read More

The heavyweight division is presently on life support and the public scarcely seems to care. The same could be said about the NHL but at least with the heavyweight division ... Read More