The Contender (2005)

Genre

reality television, game show

Country

United States

Length

5 seasons, 67 episodes

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Boxers compete in an elimination tournament. The show also follows their personal lives and relationships with their families.

competitiveemotionalintensedramaticinspirationalpersonal

What happens

The Contender is an American reality television series that initially aired from March 3, 2005, to January 7, 2009, on NBC, ESPN, and Versus and later revived on Epix. Each season of the series follows a group of boxers as they compete with one another in an elimination-style competition, while their lives and relationships with each other and their families are depicted. The first three seasons of the show were hosted by Sugar Ray Leonard, who shared hosting duties in the first season with actor Sylvester Stallone. Leonard departed the series after season three and Tony Danza joined as his replacement. On January 22, 2018, it was announced that the series was being revived by premium cable network Epix for a fifth season which premiered on August 24, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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