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The Contender (season 3)
''The Contender 3'' is a reality television show based on the sport of boxing, but with an element of the (super middleweight) competitor's lives and relationships with each other within the show's living quarters, based in Pasadena, California. The first episode aired September 4 on ESPN, with a live finale on November 6 at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston. Full fight matches from the show air as bonus episodes on ESPN2. The programme is broadcast in the United Kingdom on digital television channel ITV4 and TV2 in New Zealand Contestants Winner *Sakio Bika (23-3-2, 15 KOs)The winner of the Contender 3 Contestants in Final *Sakio Bika (22-3-2, 14 KOs) Vs Jaidon Codrington (17-1, 12 KOs) Contestants Eliminated Eliminated in the Semifinals *Wayne Johnsen (16-1, 9 KOs) *Sam Soliman (33-9, 13 KOs) Eliminated in the first episode - did not fight. * La Farrell Bunting (16-3-1, 16 KOs) * Les Ralston (16-2, 9 KOs) *Danny Santiago (29-3-1, 19 KOs) *Roshii Wells (18-2-2, 10 KOs) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen along with his son Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices and auxiliary studios in Miami, New York City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. James Pitaro currently serves as chairman of ESPN, a position he has held since March 5, 2018, following the resignation of John Skipper on December 18, 2017. While ESPN is one of the most successful sports networks, there has been criticism of ESPN. This includes accusations of biased coverage, conflict of interest, and controversies with individual broadcasters and analysts. , ESPN reaches approximately 76 million te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Soliman
Sam Soliman (born 13 November 1973) is an Australian professional boxer, and former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. In boxing, he held the IBF middleweight title in 2014. Kickboxing career Soliman is a former world champion in kickboxing, and also competed in Muay Thai. Professional boxing career On 20 April 1997, Soliman made his professional boxing debut, defeating Heath Stenton by four-round unanimous decision (UD). In the first half of his career he won a multitude of regional titles, from light-middleweight to cruiserweight. Most notably he won the vacant Commonwealth middleweight title on 19 June 2000, scoring a ninth-round stoppage over Neville Brown. This reign was short-lived, as Soliman would lose a points decision to Howard Eastman a few months later on 16 September. His first world championship opportunity came on 7 March 2007, against Anthony Mundine for the vacant WBA super-middleweight title in an all-Australian showdown. After four knockdowns, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy McGirt
James Walter "Buddy" McGirt (born January 17, 1964) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1997, and has since worked as a boxing trainer. He held world championships in two weight class (boxing), weight classes, including the International Boxing Federation, IBF junior welterweight title in 1988, and the World Boxing Council, WBC and lineal championship, lineal welterweight titles from 1991 to 1993. As a trainer he has worked with multiple world champions, including Arturo Gatti, Antonio Tarver, Hasim Rahman, Paulie Malignaggi, and Sergey Kovalev (boxer), Sergey Kovalev. McGirt was named Futch–Condon Award, Trainer of the Year for 2002 by the Boxing Writers Association of America. He is presently the coach of WBO world champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly and though Janibek has claimed in Kazakh interviews that he is not fond of McGirt, they have a deep respect for each other. Professional boxing career McGirt's aspirations of becoming a professional boxe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Smith (boxer)
Paul James Smith Jr. (born 6 October 1982) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2017, and has since worked as a commentator. He held the English middleweight title in 2008, the British super-middleweight title twice between 2009 and 2014, and challenged three times for a super-middleweight world title. As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the light middleweight division at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Amateur career Smith started boxing at age nine with the Rotunda amateur boxing club and fought in South Africa, Uzbekistan, and Denmark representing England. He comes from a family of boxers and he and his brothers ( Stephen, Liam, and Callum) became the first group of siblings to all win ABA titles. Paul won silver medals for his country in the 2001 Copenhagen Cup and 2002 Commonwealth Games, losing to Jean Pascal by two points; Smith was then picked up by Frank Warren and turned professional. Professional career Early career Smith's caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Banks (boxer) (born 1956), American statistician
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David Banks may refer to: Sports *David Banks (cricketer, born 1961), English cricketer *David Banks (cricketer, born 1975), English cricketer *David Banks (rower) (born 1983), American Olympian *David Banks (soccer) (born 1967), English-American soccer player Others *David Banks (actor) (born 1951), British actor *David Banks (climate adviser), American political advisor *David Banks (journalist) (1948–2022), British newspaper editor and broadcaster *David C. Banks (born 1959), American educator, chancellor of the New York City Dept. of Education *David L. Banks David L. Banks is an American statistician. He is a former editor of the ''Journal of the American Statistical Association''; a founding editor of the journal ''Statistics, Politics and Policy''; and a co-editor of the monograph ''Statistical M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donny McCrary
Donny McCrary (born October 15, 1982 in St. Joseph, Missouri) is an Irish-American professional boxer. Professional career Known as "The Savage", McCrary began his professional career in 2003, and has lost to contenders Lucian Bute, Kofi Jantuah, Allan Green, and Yuri Foreman. In 2007 he won via 1st round TKO against Eric Regan. Donny is now trained by former IBF World Champion Cool Vince Phillips. On August 22, 2008, McCrary lost by 2nd-round TKO to Peter Manfredo. It was a terrible decision to stop the fight. Donny was not hurt and was ready to go. He was up at the count of two and responding and communicating with his corner. The fans were outraged by the stoppage. David Lemieux Fight On October 3, 2009, McCrary fought David Lemieux in Montreal. The fight ended two minutes and seven seconds into the first round with McCary being knocked out. McCrary did not fight for over 3 years after that, losing by 5th-round TKO to Steve Franjic in December 2012. Walid Smichet fight I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Hernandez (boxer)
Miguel Hernandez (born September 21, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American boxer. Professional career Known as "Macho", Miguel began his professional career in 2003. When he stepped up in competition, he lost both fights: to Raúl Márquez and to Luis Ramon Campas Luis Ramón "Yori Boy" Campas Medina (born August 6, 1971) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 2019. He held the IBF light middleweight title from 1997 to 1998. Background He is a native of Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico, ... in 2006. He won two titles, the WBC USNBC title and the Illinois state title. He is currently beginning his career as a boxing trainer. External links * 1974 births Boxers from Chicago Living people The Contender (TV series) participants American male boxers {{US-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Alexander (boxer)
Max Alexander (born May 11, 1981, in Camden, New Jersey) is an American boxer. Professional career Alexander began his professional career in 2004 as a cruiser weight. Whilst he was undefeated, he would have lost a bout to Marty Lindquist in 2006 via a 1st round KO, however the bout was later declared a no contest because Lindquist failed a drug test. Although they would re-match and Alexander won by decision. His current professional record is 15 wins, 6 losses and 1 no contest. ''The Contender'' Max Alexander was one of the featured boxers on the 3rd season of the boxing reality TV series '' The Contender'', which premiered September 4, 2007, on ESPN. He was defeated by Sam Soliman in that season's second episode. Roy Jones Jr. On December 10, 2011, after a 2-year pause from boxing, Alexander fought the biggest fight of his career when he faced the boxing legend: Roy Jones Jr. Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer who hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Vera
Bryan Lee Vera (born December 28, 1981) is an American professional boxer currently competing as a super middleweight. He is best known for his memorable and notable victories over then-undefeated Andy Lee in 2008, former world champion Sergio Mora (twice, in 2011 and 2012) and Serhiy Dzinziruk in 2013. Vera currently trains in Cedar Park, Texas. Personal Vera attended Westwood High School and lettered in football, a sport he had played since a child in Pop Warner. His brother, Gilbert "Boogie" Vera is also a professional boxer and his father was a two-time IBA champion in the heavyweight division. Amateur career Vera's amateur career saw him clash with (among others), Jonathon Banks (in a losing effort), and then saw him returning in December 2005 (after beginning his professional career in 2004), when he returned for one last amateur fight against Ivan Stovell (in a losing effort). Professional career Vera began his professional career in 2004 with a four-round unanimous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Buchanan
Henry Kanonta Buchanan (born August 5, 1978) is an American professional boxer. Professional career Known as "Sugar Poo", Buchanan began his professional career in 2004, and was undefeated heading into a ShoBox Super Middleweight eliminator tournament, and lost to Jean Paul Mendy. ''The Contender'' He was the featured boxers on the 3rd season of the boxing reality TV series, '' The Contender'', ''The Contender (season 3)'', premiering September 4, 2007 on ESPN. Episode that aired on September 11, 2007 said that for personal reasons, he would not participate in season 3 of ''The Contender''. Buchanan later revealed that it was a business and financial decision, as his promoter did not want to surrender Buchanan's promotional rights to ESP Notes He is the uncle of San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman Shawne DeAndre Merriman (born May 25, 1984), nicknamed "Lights Out", is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubin Williams (boxer)
Rubin Williams (born April 9, 1976) is an American professional boxer. He challenged for the IBF super middleweight title in 2005. Professional career Known as "Mr. Hollywood", Williams began his professional career in 2001, and in 2005 challenged the IBF super middleweight title holder Jeff Lacy, but lost via TKO. In 2007 he drew with contender Antwun Echols. After this fight he was sporting a record of 29-2-1. Since then, Williams has been on a long losing skid, as of 2018, owning a 29-33-1 record as a professional boxer. ''The Contender'' Williams was one of the featured boxers in Season 3 of the boxing reality TV series '' The Contender'', which premiered September 4, 2007 on ESPN. He was eliminated in the first episode. Mixed martial arts Williams was defeated, by submission (kimura), in his MMA debut against Kazushi Sakuraba on Dream 11 on October 6, 2009. Professional boxing record Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 0–1 , Kazushi Sakura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roshii Wells
Rhoshii Wells (December 30, 1976 – August 11, 2008) was an American boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight Division at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was born in Austin, Texas. Amateur career Olympic Results * Defeated Kourosh Molaei Kourosh Molaei Sefiddashti ( fa, کوروش مولایی سفیددشتی; born 27 November 1974 in Abadan, Iran) was an amateur boxer from Iran, who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of th ... (Iran) 24-7 * Defeated Ricardo Rodríguez (Brazil) 16-2 * Defeated Dilshod Yarbekov (Uzbekistan) 8-8, judges cards * Lost to Ariel Hernández (Cuba) 8-17 Pro career Nicknamed "The Great One", Wells began his professional career in 1997, and got off to a 17-0-2 start in the Light Middleweight division, setting up a shot at WBA Light Middleweight Title holder Alejandro Garcia in 2003. He was ahead on the scorecards before Garcia stopped him in the 11th round. In 2005, Wells got s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
