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12 episodes

The Contender - Season 3

First aired Sep 4, 2007Season 3

Browse all 12 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

The Contender Tryouts

NR
Sep 4, 200760 min

Sixteen super-middleweight boxers vie for a $1 million purse as the bell sounds for Season 3 of this reality show, hosted by Sugar Ray Leonard and produced by Mark Burnett ("Survivor," "The Apprentice"). Each episode ends with a five-round elimination bout. Buddy McGirt and Jose Correa are trainers.

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Episode 2

We're at the Dance Now, Baby!

NR
Sep 11, 200760 min

Conflict erupts between two old rivals; the fighters receive a visit from Oscar de la Hoya.

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Episode 3

Don't Tell Me Who You Are. Show Me Who You Are.

NR
Sep 18, 200760 min

The second first-round bout is on tap, with the Gold team owning the "power of choice." Sugar Ray Leonard hosts.

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Episode 4

The Big Guns

NR
Sep 25, 200760 min

One fighter gets bad news from home while another looks to prove himself against a tough foe in the third elimination bout. Seven boxers will remain. Sugar Ray Leonard hosts.

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Episode 5

There Ain't No Quitting

NR
Oct 3, 200760 min

The last two first-round matchups are determined as the boxers feel pressure to advance to the semifinals. Sugar Ray Leonard hosts.

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Episode 6

Gunnin' For the Knockout

NR
Oct 9, 200760 min

The final first-round bout is held, after which four semifinalists will be determined. Host: Sugar Ray Leonard.

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Episode 7

No Turning Back

NR
Oct 16, 200760 min

The semifinal matchups are set; season 1 favourite Alfonso Gomez battles Ben Tackie in a welterweight bout from Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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Episode 8

Bringing the Pain

NR
Oct 23, 200760 min

Jaidon Codrington vs. Wayne Johnsen in an eight-round semifinal bout.

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Episode 9

Nothing Will Stop Me From Winning This Fight

NR
Oct 30, 200760 min

Australian countrymen Sam Soliman and Sakio Bika square off in an eight-round semifinal. The winner makes the Nov. 6 final in Boston. Host: Sugar Ray Leonard.

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Episode 10

The Contender 3 Finale

NR
Nov 6, 200760 min

Jaidon Codrington and Sakio Bika square off in the 10-round Season 3 finale in Boston. A $750,000 grand prize is on the line. Sugar Ray Leonard hosts.

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Episode 11

One More Step to the Big Show

NR
Feb 18, 2009

Troy Ross vs. Akinyemi "A.K." Laleye; Ehinomen "Hino" Ehikhamenor vs. Rico Hoye.

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Episode 12

Finale

NR
Feb 25, 2009

Troy Ross vs. Ehinomen "Hino" Ehikhamenor; from the MGM Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut.