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Stick and Move - The
Contender Fan |
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By Ricardo Lois
Fight Night News Staff Writer
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September 27, 2006 - (My subject's
true name has been changed)
I walk into Sue's office, "Do you
know who Miguel Cotto is?"
"No," replies Sue.
"Do you know about Floyd
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"No, but I LOVE K-9," says Sue in an
excited tone, big blue eyes lighting up.
Sue, is one of my co-workers, she
absolutely loves The Contender series.
She could care less about Pay Per View,
H.B.O., or Showtime, but she knows The
Contender cast up and down and back
again.
"Sue, you know that mess is not real
boxing, they edit it down and take the
most exciting moments. Then they add
sound effects to the punches, right?"
Sue could care less, "Do you think K-9
could win it all?"
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I find it
interesting when
individuals involved
with The Contender
tout it as the
revitalization of
boxing for the
American masses,
when in all reality,
the fights they
present, are not a
true boxing product.
When The Contender
final was announced
for Staples Center,
here in Los Angeles,
Sue immediately
dropped a cool grand
for a pair of
ringside seats. I
tried to warn her.
"Sue, that is crazy,
you will not be
seeing edited
fights, you will be
seeing live fights.
Do you want to spend
that much money on a
sport you have never
seen live?" |
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"Do you think
Sugar Ray
Leonard will be
there,"
questioned an
excited Sue.
The big night
has come and
gone and Sue
loved The
Contender. The
competition and
brutality of
live boxing took
her in. Sue even
asked me when
there would be
more fights on
television and
when and where
she could attend
another live
fight.
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Maybe The
Contender is on
to something.
"I really think
K-9 could be
Champion one
day," commented
Sue
Nobody ever said
they were
producing
educated fight
fans. |
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