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Message: <blockquote data-quote="neg" data-source="post: 2277646" data-attributes="member: 4431">ContenderBig boxing fan here Glassjaw.  But I am seeing Star Wars tonight! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I thought the fight was really solid, difficult to score in some rounds, but I think Sergio did get the better of Peter.  The scores were too wide in my opinion, but the result was correct.Big hats off to Peter for being a class act.  I read some of his gracious acknowledgements to Sergio.  Peter has mastered being a classy loser, something that very few fighters ever learn to do.   Even the very best of them.I hope all of the fighters get some more TV exposure and we see some of them again.  Some I could do w/o, some I would love to see gain more prominence and success.Rumor has it that Mark Burnett, the executive producer, will be shopping Contender around for another network.  I would hope it gets picked up by ESPN, Showtime, HBO, or at least someone.  If he did this again in the heavyweight class, that would be fantastic.  We need to see another generation of heavyweights emerge beyond the last one of Tua, Ruiz, Rachman, etc...I hope we get a chance to see it, I would definitely watch again.  Great drama, great stores, and actually really good TV.-neg</blockquote>