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The Case For ‘Contender Asia’ (including videos)

Posted by Iain Liddle on 28th January 2008

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By Iain Liddle

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As you might expect with being the co-editor of this website, it sometimes fall on my shoulders to read what the other writers have to say for themselves. Being a fan of fighting in pretty much all incarnations I was intrigued to Tommy Hackett’s tribute to the infamous “Owt Good On Mam” television reviews which were a particular highlight of early newsletters (go buy Stuart’s book if you haven’t already got a copy).

In his column, Tommy took an illness-enforced look at the sheer volume of shows on the box that have something to do with people punching or kicking each other in the name of fightsport. What surprised me most was not the sudden realisation that there is apparently more fighting on TV than I am able to keep up with but rather I found myself disagreeing with one of our esteemed columnists. Rather than fire him on the spot, I read on just to be sure.

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