No Mas TV Guide - 4/18
The Contender Challenge
ESPN, 1 p.m.
I have a confession to make - I do not care one whit about The Contender. People ask me all the time what I think of it, and I think it's complete crap so I never watch it and that's the end of it. So I didn't even notice that this UK/USA Contender thing was on last night. But today as I was preparing the guide I saw the British contestant's name and I thought, no, it couldn't be. But it is - Ross "the Boss" Minter is the son of former undisputed middleweight champ Alan Minter, who lost the title in devastating fashion to Marvin Hagler in 1980 (for more on that bout click here). Apparently Alan's son got similar treatment in last night's show.
Fearless
VS., 5:30 p.m.
A one-hour profile of Greg LeMond. Still no date set for that Lance/LeMond steel cage match. The World Awaits.
The Killers
TCM, 8 p.m.
A movie with a lot to recommend it to the No Mas faithful - based on a legendary Hemingway story, the main character is a boxer, and it's the screen debut of Burt Lancaster. If you need more than that, I don't know what to tell you. (If you can't get enough Lancaster, stick around - TCM shows Brute Force afterwards.)
Chris Byrd v. Paul Marinaccio
ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Wednesday Night Fights brings us a comeback fight from former heavyweight titlist Chris Byrd, who got a brain-scrambling and a half from Wlad Klitschko almost exactly a year ago and lost his IBF belt in the process.
Legends
TVG, 12:30 a.m.
An interview with Hall of Fame horse trainer Jack Van Berg, who trained Alysheba and Gate Dancer.
ESPN, 1 p.m.
I have a confession to make - I do not care one whit about The Contender. People ask me all the time what I think of it, and I think it's complete crap so I never watch it and that's the end of it. So I didn't even notice that this UK/USA Contender thing was on last night. But today as I was preparing the guide I saw the British contestant's name and I thought, no, it couldn't be. But it is - Ross "the Boss" Minter is the son of former undisputed middleweight champ Alan Minter, who lost the title in devastating fashion to Marvin Hagler in 1980 (for more on that bout click here). Apparently Alan's son got similar treatment in last night's show.
Fearless
VS., 5:30 p.m.
A one-hour profile of Greg LeMond. Still no date set for that Lance/LeMond steel cage match. The World Awaits.
The Killers
TCM, 8 p.m.
A movie with a lot to recommend it to the No Mas faithful - based on a legendary Hemingway story, the main character is a boxer, and it's the screen debut of Burt Lancaster. If you need more than that, I don't know what to tell you. (If you can't get enough Lancaster, stick around - TCM shows Brute Force afterwards.)
Chris Byrd v. Paul Marinaccio
ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Wednesday Night Fights brings us a comeback fight from former heavyweight titlist Chris Byrd, who got a brain-scrambling and a half from Wlad Klitschko almost exactly a year ago and lost his IBF belt in the process.
Legends
TVG, 12:30 a.m.
An interview with Hall of Fame horse trainer Jack Van Berg, who trained Alysheba and Gate Dancer.
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