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Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You have to understand the mentality..."To be the best, you have to beat the best."

Look at all the respect the guy got who beat him the first time. It might be smart to vote back the weakest link, but it is more "macho" to vote back the strongest.

For these guys, it's not just about the money, it's also about pride.

Sunshyne4u
Member

06-17-2003

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - 1:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
mmmmmmm but I feel bad for Gomez. You gotta wonder if these two are going to meet again...maybe for the FINAL bout. WOW that would be something. The first contenders who stand up and fight then make it to end and the Finals

Carlito
Member

03-26-2004

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - 4:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good point Sunshyne. The fighters decided on Peter probably because he has been beaten once pretty convincingly and therefore may be the weakest fighter mentally. Losing like he did against Gomez might have messed up his head.

Kiersten_love
Member

08-03-2001

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - 8:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
SBG, I agree with you as well...I can't stand
ishe at all, he has a big mouth. He'll get his soon. LOL

Katbry
Member

10-27-2004

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 3:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What is wrong with Gomez SweetBaby? I thought he has always been nice, sincere and very gracious. Did I miss something?

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ROFL, it's hilarious to hear y'all say that Ishe has a big mouth when Ahmed had and still has the biggest ego and biggest mouth. Ishe at last can back it up, Ahmed ... meh ...

Sweetbabygirl
Member

08-31-2002

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 12:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kat, Gomez came off as a bit cocky when he fought Manfredo....guess I should have mentioned that I'm partial to Manfredo, hee!!

And Lady, I agree that Ahmed had a big ego....and luscious body, with sweat dripping, oh, where was I?

Anyway, Ishe reminds me of a bully....while he may be able to back it up, I didn't like him picking on Ahmed. If you see the beginning of their beef, Ahmed was always minding his own business; it was eventually that he tired of Ishe and started throwing back what was thrown at him.

Sunshyne4u
Member

06-17-2003

Friday, March 25, 2005 - 1:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ROTFL Sweet!!

I found Ahmed was the protaganist to Ishe's antagonistic mocking. Ahmed could have just kept his mouth shut but do you really think that the producers wanted that??

Considering that Sly and the other guys were talking about how good Ahmed was compared to the others, well, I am surprised if Ahmed doesnt show up again before the end.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 8:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Why is this on so early tonite?

Karuuna
Member

08-31-2000

Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 8:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can't watch this show any more. It's too hard to see the broken-heartedness of the losers, and how they feel like they have let their families down.

I feel their huge disappointment, and at the same time I want to shake them and say damn it, your family still loves you!

Obviously, I'm much too emotional.

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 8:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pamy, it's two hours tonight... first hour is recrap ...

Karuuna
Member

08-31-2000

Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lady, it may depend on what market you are in. Only one hour here and it was a new fight/elimination.

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 9:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
really? that's interesting ... the first hour here recapped all the the past stuff with Sly and Ray talking and the second hour was a new show.

eta: a friend in SF said she got the recap show, too.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 10:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
yep, that's what it was 1 hr recap and then the show

Sunshyne4u
Member

06-17-2003

Monday, March 28, 2005 - 1:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I heard the ratings werent doing well so no doubt the RECAP show was trying to get people interested.

This show was kind of boring tonight. I really enjoyed the other ones but tonight seemed too 'set up'. I didnt like how Manfredo was supposed to fight right away again....and that scaredlooking guy was told he was the one to do it.

Some of this show is about psyching out your opponent but I cant figure out why the Yellow short guy(Name has slipped my memory) was told in the corner that Manfredo was 'done for' and tired out. It seemed to me that Manfredo got stronger each round in his FIRST fight against Gomez and this night was no difference.

ALSO, how come Manfredo got that older bald man ??trainer in HIS CORNER and the other guy ONLY had his teammate giving him advice?? How was that fair?

What broke my heart was the loser's father giving him heck in the lockerroom afterwards. Accusing him of "starting and NOT following thru" was a slap to the face of that kid. After all, the score was 46 to 47!! No one should be ashamed of nothing!

Mind you, that $$$ would have really helped his family. SIGH too much of a big burden on these young guys, in my opinion.

Marysafan
Member

08-07-2000

Monday, March 28, 2005 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, we were going crazy watching Michigan State go into double overtime so I have no idea if there were one or two shows.

I was all for Peter getting ousted in round one as he seemed to be the favorite, but when he came back, he was so out of his head after the defeat that I wanted him to be able to come back.

I really appreciated Sugar Ray Leonard's words to him before the bout about how he was down after the first loss to Duran, but how he dug deep into his heart and his head to come back to beat him. I was rooting for him to be able to do the same.

I loved that little girl! She was trying so hard to cheer him up. How she loves her Dad!

It was a great fight...and I was happy with the outcome.

"In order to be the man...you have to beat the man." Peter is going to be tough to beat now.

Sassynegal
Member

01-21-2005

Monday, March 28, 2005 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved when the other fighters said 'we just voted a Tiger back in'. I was truly pulling for Peter, but it broke me heart to hear the other guy talk at the end. I just hope that the face time they get right now is going to help thier boxing careers. I admire him for taking on Peter.

What a great match and for once I was fooled on who was going to win - I thought Peter was a goner when they spent so much time with his family. I loved how his wife came up to him after the 2nd round and gave him encouragement - she's a better woman they I am, I don't think I could even watch my husband fight.



Sassynegal
Member

01-21-2005

Monday, March 28, 2005 - 12:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Does anyone else watch the Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV??? I like that show too but I like how the Contender shows you these guys outside of fighting by focusing on thier family and thier backgrounds, where Ultimate Fighter spends to much time with stupid house drama.

Sweetbabygirl
Member

08-31-2002

Sunday, April 03, 2005 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Very good show tonight....I didn't see the betrayal that the others saw because bottom line, this is a game. Loved how Anthony stood up for himself, fighting for his kids.

It breaks my heart to see the winners/losers with their families though, I always get misty-eyed over it.

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 8:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, it's a game and you do what you have to do to win, but I can see the other guys point of view, too. Yes, he played them ...

Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 9:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got the feeling that Anthony was not really part of the larger group that got together to setup the final match ups. When he was told who he was "supposed" to fight, he did good not to argue with them. His only chance was to go along with the plan, win the right to make the choice and then ask to have the next fight. If the East won the choice or another fighter was allowed to fight next, he may have lost his chance for his desired match up.

If he was honest with them right away, I get the feeling that the West would have thrown the competition for choice and Antony's "designated" opponent would have challenged him.

I guess Ishe forgot about how he bailed on the West team in just the second episode and did what was best for Ishe.

Except for the reward given to the entire "team" of the winning fighter, there is really no reason for any of the fighters to worry about being part of the team. Boxing may be the ultimate individual sport, with your team being your trainer, manager and others in your corner.


Sassynegal
Member

01-21-2005

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 9:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I missed it last night - anyone wanna give me a recap?

Kritofer
Member

10-26-2004

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anthony is right about choosing for himself and his family, and not just for the team. But he's still a coward who picked someone easier for him so he can advance. We haven't seen much of Brent - and he always looked a little nervous sometimes when the West starts picking, but he was not in any way one of the better fighters.

Anthony said some nonsense about Brent being the most physically fit of everyone, but that wasn't true. In almost all the competitions he was near the end of the pack. He definitely didn't have a lot of endurance. So, Anthony was trying to make excuses for picking a fight that he pretty much knew he could win. Which, if you read between the lines, he pretty much admitted to when giving the reason "the best for his kids". The best thing was for him to pick an easy fight and win. And the coward, of course, did.

Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Why is it fair for the 2 weakest of the remaining 6 fighters to fight each other?
That just guarantees one of them will move on and indirectly a better fighter will have to go home.

Should the 2 weakest fighters of the final 8 also fight so one of them can move on to the final 4?

Why is Jimmy so mad?
He will get to fight a weaker fighter and he will still have time to prepare for that fight.

Hopefully we get to see Anthony and Jimmy fight in the next round. That should be good.


Sassynegal
Member

01-21-2005

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 2:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Who decided the match ups for the rest of the guys? Was everyone present or were people just informed of who they were fighting by a few of the other guys?