The Contender News

If it was authenticity they were after . . . The Contender is returning to TV - or the Versus channel, anyway - and the producer's first move was to replace previous host Sugar Ray Leonard with .

At news.google.com, I have a section for the top boxing news. It's fascinating what gets selected sometimes.

When the brass at NBC announced plans to air a boxing reality show back in 2005, emotions where mixed but the majority of fans and media firmly believed that the expose generated by the network giant would go a ...

The Lunch With Punch event held last Saturday afternoon at the Lake Gregory Coffee Co.

SINGAPORE : American hit reality series "The Contender" is back and this time, 16 professional boxers will battle for boxing supremacy right here in Singapore.

By Ray Kilgore: This Saturday, September 27, at Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California, Steve Forbes fights WBC 147 lbs.

Being undersized is nothing new for Steve Forbes. Having been born two months early weighing just two pounds, the Oregon native had to battle against the odds to make it into the world.

Sergio Mora celebrates his split decision win against Peter Manfredo Jr. after their middleweight fight in 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Sat, Sep 13, 2008 Crowning a New Champ The Mexican fight fans who filled the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday night, including New Mexico Gov.

It is now official. There will be a nationally-televised card coming to the Wicomico Youth And Civic Center in Salisbury, MD on Friday, October 3. The two televised bouts will feature all undefeated boxers.

It is an immediate rematch of a close points decision fight, but that hasn't stopped SecondsOut's team of fearless writers from making their confident picks for Saturday night's WBC junior middleweight world ...

Dec. 6 could be the final chance for video distributors to make some green off the Golden Boy.

Fernando Beltran Jr. and Takalani Ndlovu will garner most of the glitzy spotlight during Friday's nationally televised boxing title fight from Nashville.

Oscar De La Hoya has indulged in a "this time, it's personal" kick from from time to time, even on the flimsiest of excuses, like the kind he used as a motive to fight Manny Pacquiao, back when that fight ...

When people heard the name Joey Gilbert 10 months ago, it was synonymous with a middleweight boxer on the rise.

Two of The Contender reality television series most popular fighters, "The Pride of Providence" Peter Manfredo, Jr.

When the Aviator Sports and Recreation Center in Brooklyn, New York, was under construction several years ago, promoter Sal Musemeci envisioned it as a perfect boxing venue.

Lightweight Jorge Teron and 154 pounder Pawel Wolak will be featured on ShoBox August 1. Photo Credit: Sal Acquista ShoBox: The New Generation returns to New York City for the first time in four years on ...

Jerry Glick reporting: I was lucky to sit next to the former two time World Champion, former Olympic Gold Medal winner, and probably the greatest Golden Gloves fighter at any weight having won it five times, ...

Versus emerged as the winner in the battle for rights to "The Contender," landing a deal for the upcoming fourth season of the reality boxing series.