Former “Contender: Season One” star and two-time world title challenger Peter Manfredo Jr., “The Pride of Providence,” returns to the ring on November 23 at Twin River Casino Hotel in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Fighting for the first time since 2016, Manfredo (40-7-1, 21 KOs) faces “The Romantic Redneck” Melvin Russell (11-7-2, 7 KOs) of Lloyd, KY, in a 10-round light heavyweight bout.
The 38-year-old Manfredo is coming off a draw with “Mr. Providence” Vladine Biosse three-and-a-half years ago. The 40-year-old Russell made his pro debut in 2015 at the age of 35 and has lost six of his last seven.
Manfredo-Russell will stream on UFC Fight Pass, going head-to-head with the Wilder-Ortiz pay-per-view telecast.
I can’t believe it’s already been almost 15 years since Peter Manfredy, Sergio Mora, Alfonso Gomez and Ishe Smith have been on The Contender…
That show was awesome! At that point, I hardly watched TV at all, but I didn’t miss 1 second of the entire series! I really haven’t watched any of the following seasons though. Manfreddy and Ishe Smith were probably the biggest names going into it. They really tried to promote that Arabic dude from the Netherlands as boxing next super star but I don’t even think he could get past Jesse Brinkley!
My bad, I meant write Menfredo rather than Manfreddy. Haha
And you still got it wrong.
You’re right, I did. You are outstanding at pointing out peoples mistakes. Now you can go fuck yourself!
Geez. 39 years old 🙁
The article actually said 38 yrs old but…..hey f*ck it. Who reads anymore?
That season of contender was awesome.
Manfredo must be bored, need money or both…..
$$ more than likely. I remember hearing that he lost all the money he maid in his fight with calzhage. Hopefully he makes a few $10k so he can build some financial cushion.
Maid? Is he cleaning now? Also, 10k builds a financial cushion? What third world country do you live in?
This is too funny. The funniest part is that Dana White is putting this against a Wilder fight:)
No dude, this fight is gonna be pretty wild. Watch!
Boxing’s ugliest man returns. Manredo looks like he ran into a brick wall at 60 miles an hour