Sergio Mora Won “The Contender” Season 1 at Caesars Palace
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Sergio Mora won “The Contender” Season 1 and the $1 million prize after defeating Peter Manfredo Jr. in the final at Caesars Palace. The season aired 21 years before the October 2026 publication date.
In the opening episode of “The Contender” Season 1, Alfonso Gomez defeated the previously unbeaten Peter Manfredo Jr.
In June 2008, Sergio Mora defeated Vernon Forrest by majority decision to win the WBC super welterweight championship. Forrest regained the WBC super welterweight title from Mora in a September rematch.
In July 2007, Alfonso Gomez stopped Arturo Gatti in seven rounds. The stoppage ended Gatti’s career.
In February 2013, Ishe Smith defeated Cornelius Bundrage to win the IBF super welterweight championship. Smith became the first Las Vegas-born boxer to capture a world title.
Sergio Mora retired from boxing in 2018 and subsequently moved into broadcasting. Alfonso Gomez’s final professional appearance was against Yoshihiro Kamegai in March 2015. Ishe Smith ended his professional boxing career in 2019.
In 2025, Ishe Smith publicly criticized Sylvester Stallone over matters connected to “The Contender.” In 2026, Alfonso Gomez was linked to a proposed exhibition with Jose Luis Castillo, but the event was postponed following an attack at the venue in Hermosillo, Mexico.
In a 2019 exclusive interview, Mora discussed the possibility of a third meeting with Peter Manfredo Jr.
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