Contender 2
 

Sylvester Stallone will not appear on-screen for The Contender 2, which debuts on ESPN in July. Stallone “was busy filming Rocky Balboa,” according to Entertainment Weekly. Thus, Sugar Ray Leonard is left to host awkwardly all by himself.

The magazine also reports that, for the second season, “producers have stripped away the silly truck-pulling and cinder-block-lifting challenges from the first season.” However, it will retain its “heart.” Executive producer Mark Burnett says, :Stallone advised me correctly that Adrian was the key element in Rocky.”

Burnett is content with the move to ESPN. “NBC is a very wide audience; ESPN is a sports audience. It’s probably the correct home for Contender,” he said.


Anyone know when it's officially starting? I'm so not a boxing fan, but I LOVE how the edited the show to make it so interesting.

I'm mad that it is not coming back on NBC...but I will be watching it on ESPN...

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Scheduled to air Tuesday July 18th on ESPN at 10PM

Thanks!

And I'm mad it's not on NBC too... oh well though I suppose.