Contender Prelim to air on Yahoo!

By Scott Shaffer

10/05/2005

Contender Prelim to air on Yahoo!

Mark Burnett Productions, producer of The Contender, and Yahoo will produce a live boxing show exclusively available to online viewers, according to Ad Age. At least one bout will be aired online at Yahoo! featuring eliminated contestants from The Contender reality TV show. A promotion will drive viewers to Yahoo.com to vote for six boxers who did not qualify to compete for the $1 million purse on the TV show final. These six, plus the two semifinal losers, will fight in four actual professional matchs at Ceasar's Palace May 24 at 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. EST. The finals will air live on NBC later on the same day.