Wow this really is a bad line-up how can you even call the show the contender well here is a quick breakdown of the fighters for those of you who don't know much about them im just guessing when i say that 95% of these fights will end in a shitty ko maybe 1 or 2 good ones if ding is has anything to say about it Mike Alexander 12-2 ( 8 )** Has lost 2 of his last 3 fights. Felix Cora Jr. 18-2-2 (9) ** KO' d in his last 2. fights. New Englanders should remember his 2nd round KO loss to Matt Godfrey a couple of years ago. That was his last fight. Ryan Coyne 9-0 (3) ** His best win was over a 4-3-1 fighter, Coyne has never fought outside of Missouri. Ehinomen Ehikhamenor 12-3 (7) ** Has lost 3 of his last 4 bouts. Deon Elam 9-0 (5) ** His opposition has been dreadful. 28-56-4 is his opponent's combined record. Alfredo Escalera Jr. 15-1-1 (11) ** lost to a 7-2-1 fighter in his last fight . Best win is over Harvey Jolley in a razor close decision, where Escalara was down in the first round. Tim Flamos 20-4-1 ( 8 )** 2-2 in his last 4 bouts. 1 loss was a KO to Chris McInerney, the other a decision to a guy that was 2-1. He did avenge the McInerney KO, with a more devastating one of his own. Flamos will be a sentimental favorite for locals, but the 41 year old isn't going far. Richard Gingras 9-1 (5) ** Has never fought anyone that didn't have a losing record. In his last fight, he was KO' d by one of them. 6-7 fighter, Harvey Jolley blasted Gingras out early in the 3rd. Gingras hasn't fought since. His name shouldn't be mentioned in the same chapter as the word contender. Joell Godfrey 9-0-1 (5) ** Won a majority decision over 5-11 Gary Lavender in last bout. Lavender had been knocked out 7 times in those 11 losses. Rico Hoye 20-2 (15) ** Lost 2 of his last 4, both by KO. Both were to good fighters though, and he has some decent wins. Hasn't fought since his latest KO loss, which was in May of 07. Still, Hoye is superior to the fighters that we've listed before him. If he were to fight any of those fighters, it'd be downright dangerous. Akinyemi Laleye 10-1 (5) ** Was KO' d by a 5-2-1 fighter in 07. Has no good wins. Troy Ross 17-1 (12) ** 2 time Olympian from Canada. Has beaten some good fighters as a pro. Like Hoye, Ross is in a different league than the vast majority of these guys. Jon Schneider 7-2-1 (5) ** Is 0-1-1 in his last 2. Was KO'd in 2 rounds by 4-3-1 fighter, Clarence Moore in his last bout. Before that he drew with Massachusetts' Tyrone Smith. Schneider wouldn't win the Silver Mittens. Lawrence Tauasa 30-5-1 (17) ** Big record, all of his fights were overseas. Doesn't appear to be very good. One of the top 4 in this tourney though, and that's bad. Erick Vega 8-2-1 (6) ** Hasn't beaten any good fighters. Has lost to some fighters that weren't good. The math there isn't good. Darnell Wilson 23-7-3 (20) ** Turned pro as a light heavyweight, bumped up to cruiser, and even tinkered at heavyweight real quick. Mr. Excitement, hard puncher, but limited. A step above most of these guys.