ESPN 2 Plugs The Contender 2

ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights, again plugged 'The Contender 2'

Mark Burnett said he want's to help bring back the sport of boxing to the main stream media. He went on to say that ESPN was the perfect venue to help achieve their objectives.

Sylvester Stallone said:
I have no idea what Sylvester Stallone said. I can't understand what he says. It was something like mummble, mummble and that he is making Rocky 6 and that filming should begin in December. Rumors are George Foreman will be the person he fights in the final film. Thank God. Rumor has it that Adrian and Rocky die in this film.

Sugar Ray Leonard said he has been inundated with e-mails from boxing fans from all over the world. He said he got the messege and that they are going to make the show more about boxing.

No more lame competitions? No more edited fights? God I hope so.

This was the first big plug by ESPN.