Short Jabs

Franz Lidz

October 11, 2004

Spooked by the failure of The Next Great Champ on Fox, NBC has pushed back the premiere of its weekly boxing reality show, The Contender, from November to January. On top of that, the producers of the series must contend with an even bigger problem. The results of all 15 taped episodes have been leaked and widely disseminated.... For his 20th title defense undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins is leaning toward fighting Felix Sturm of Germany.