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May 16, 2012

The Contender: Round 4

by David Thomas, posted Mar 21st 2005 5:24AM
NajaiI'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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Guido

I'm surprised more red flags weren't alerted with this kid. It was really no surprise after seeing this show that this kid took his own life. Perhaps this is part of the "boxing" world, but this kid was troubled and really looking for somebody, anybody, to help him out. Contender is one great show.. too bad hardly anyone is watching it.

March 22 2005 at 1:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Carl

I tuned in about 15 minutes into it and when I saw that Najai was the one that was going to fight I knew it was going to be a difficult episode to watch... knowing what happened on February 14th. It is sad to know that his child will grow up without her father, seeing his child bring a smile to his face after his defeat as they chased each other around and played was tough.

March 21 2005 at 9:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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