The Contender: Round 4
by David Thomas, posted Mar 21st 2005 5:24AM
I'm catching up on my watching here.
Last night's Contender was tough to watch. Knowing that Najai
committed suicide last month meant it was going to be painful to
follow this week's action. It also meant we knew the outcome of the
fight between Najai and Sergio. I'm just glad Najai had that amazing second round and wasn't completely outboxed. The show did a good job of addressing
what really happened but left the episode itself full of painful
Najai material. We hear from Najai about how devastated
he was that he lost. And we also see him playing with his baby
daughter. That is real human tragedy and makes me unsettled as a
voyeur into this family's pain. Folks can donate money to Najai's
daughter through the show's website. The website is actually on Yahoo.com for
some reason and it is much more updated than NBC's site.On the lighter side I'm glad Peter is back as Jeff leaves the show because of the chicken pox! Crazy.

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