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Weeniewhiner
Member
07-22-2005
| Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 1:29 pm
Seven of the boxers from 'The Contender' fight tonight (Sat. 10/15) on ESPN.
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Cokegirl
Member
03-08-2004
| Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 3:56 am
Darn I missed it!!! Can you please tell me what happened? Thank you!!!
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Weeniewhiner
Member
07-22-2005
| Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 1:06 pm
Ugh! Be glad you missed it, it was a very sad night for boxing. Alfonso Gomez won by TKO in the 4th, many think the ref called it too soon. Yes, Fonso was leading the entire fight but Luciano Perez wasn't out on his feet at all, it should have been allowed to continue. Jesse Brinkley lost every round to Anthony Bonsante but Brinkley won the fight! The crowd was booing and chanting "Bullshit." Before the fight, the crowd was definitely pro-Jesse, but afterward they all knew Jesse had lost. It certainly appeared that Peter Manfredo Jr. won 5 rounds to Sergio Mora's 3 rounds but Mora was "judged" the winner. The crowd was not happy but not as outrageously as at the Brinkley/Bonsante bout. The whole thing was just wrong.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 5:37 pm
Well, because of some football game going long, the two hours I taped were mostly football. I got to see the Gomez/Perez fight (and yes, I think the ref did call it too early, but I think Gomez would have won anyway) and part of the Brinkley/Bonsante fight. Then the tape ended. ARGH! Sorry to hear that the decisions were so controversial. I really wanted to see a real set of rematches.
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Makays
Member
07-12-2001
| Monday, October 17, 2005 - 6:45 am
I agree 100% with Weenie. Black eye on boxing. All 3 matches were called wrong. The first should of been allowed to continue while the other two the wrong person was called the winner. A comment I'd like to add on the 3rd. Since when do they allow a match to continue when one of the boxer's is bleeding all over the other boxer. Peter was covered with Sergio's blood by the end of the match. Sergio had this gash from round 1 on. He had a nice size gash over his left eye that bled down his face every round. If any match had been stopped, it should of been this one. This whole night stunk.
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Metoo
Member
02-22-2005
| Monday, October 17, 2005 - 8:55 am
I was looking forward to this fight for several weeks. Saturday, I even was doing my own countdown....6 hrs to go, 4 hrs to go...but my whoo hoo didn't last long after it started. All I can say is the Bonsante/Brinkley outcome was just wrong, wrong, WRONG! Very disappointing!!
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Cokegirl
Member
03-08-2004
| Monday, October 17, 2005 - 10:18 am
Thanks everyone for catching me up! Guess I'm glad I missed it.
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