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The Contender Australia

Field	Value
num_seasons	1
num_episodes	11
runtime	Varies
creator	Mark Burnett
starring	Charlotte Dawson, Daniel Amalm
country	Australia
language	English
company	Granada Productions
network	Fox8
location	Sydney, Australia
first_aired
last_aired

The Contender Australia is a reality television show based on the sport of boxing, but with an added element of insight into the competitor's lives and relationships with each other within the show's living quarters. The series was filmed in Sydney, Australia and was first aired on Australian Pay-Television channel Fox8 on 3 November 2009. The winner will win the Contender Australia title and a A$250,000 prize-"fight" with Anthony Mundine.

Contestants

The following 14 fighters, hailing from Australia and New Zealand, were selected to take part in the Contender Tournament which took place at the Super Middleweight division.

Records entering tournament in parentheses (W-L-D)

Ben "The Juicer" McCulloch**(3**(2 by KO)-0-0)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/The-Contender-Australia/Contenders/Ben/index.htm
Adrian Taihia**(5**(3 by KO)-0-1)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/the-contender-australia/Contenders/Adrian/index.htm
Israel "Cobra" Kani (9(4 by KO)-2-2)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/the-contender-australia/Contenders/Adrian/index.htm
Josh "Cast Iron" Clenshaw (26(13 by KO)-16-0)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/the-contender-australia/Contenders/Josh/index.htm
Daniel MacKinnon (13(7 by KO)-4-1)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/the-contender-australia/Contenders/Daniel/index.htm
Garth "From the Hood" Wood (4(2 by KO)-1-0)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/the-contender-australia/Contenders/Garth/index.htm
Junior "The One" Talipeau (14(5 by KO)-0-0)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/the-contender-australia/Contenders/Junior/index.htm
Kariz "Peter" Kariuki (18(17 by KO)-7-2)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/the-contender-australia/Contenders/Kariz/index.htm
Les "Diamond" Piper (10(2 by KO)-2-3)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/the-contender-australia/Contenders/Les/index.htm
Luke "Kool Hand" Moloney (13-4-0)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/the-contender-australia/Contenders/Luke/index.htm
Sonni "Jungle Boy" Michael Angelo (15(5 by KO)-8-2)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/the-contender-australia/Contenders/Sonni/index.htm
Victor "The Crushin Russian" Oganov (28(28 by KO)-2-0)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/the-contender-australia/Contenders/Victor/index.htm
Pradeep "The Indian Warrior" Singh**(15**(8 by KO)-1-1)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/the-contender-australia/Contenders/Pradeep/index.htm
Nader "Lionheart" Hamdan (41(18 by KO)-6-0)http://www.fox8.foxtel.com.au/Shows/the-contender-australia/Contenders/Nader/index.htm

Trainers

Billy Hussien (Blue Team)
Paul Briggs (Gold Team)

Hosts

Charlotte Dawson
Daniel Amalm

Guest appearances

Sakio Bika
Joe Bugner
Sugar Ray Leonard
Anthony Mundine

Fight results

Episode 1

Josh Clenshaw defeated Israel Kani by split decision.
- Garth Wood and Ben McCulloch qualified for Round 2 through winning the challenge.
- Blue Team 0, Gold Team 1

Episode 2

Daniel MacKinnon defeated Luke Moloney by 3rd round KO.
- Blue Team 0, Gold Team 2

Episode 3

Nader Hamden defeated Les Piper by a Unanimous decision.
- Blue Team 1, Gold Team 2

Episode 4

Victor Oganov defeats Junior Talipeau by Majority decision.
- 48-48 | 48-47 | 48-47
- Blue Team 2, Gold Team 2

Episode 5

Kariz Kariuki defeated Adrian Taihia by 2nd round KO.
Sonni Michael Angelo defeated Pradeep Singh by Unanimous decision
- 48-47 | 49-48 | 49-46
- Blue Team 2, Gold Team 4

Episode 6

Ben McCulloch leaves the house due to neck injury from the advice of his physio
Israel Kani replaces Ben McCulloch and is now fighting Garth Wood
The fighters meet up with Sugar Ray Leonard
Garth Wood defeated Israel Kani by 2nd round KO.

Episode 7

Victor Oganov defeats Sonni Michael Angelo by Unanimous Decision
- 49-45 | 49-46 | 48-46

Episode 8

Josh Clenshaw defeats Daniel MacKinnon by Majority Decision
- 48-48 | 48-47 | 50-45

Episode 9

Kariz Kariuki defeats Nader Hamden by Unanimous Decision.
- 49-46 | 48-46 | 49-45

Episode 10

Garth Woods defeats Victor Oganov by Majority Points Decision.
Kariz Kariuki defeats Josh Clenshaw by Unanimous Decision.

References

Wikipedia Source

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