Sylvester Stallone, left,
gives ringside instructions to his brother Frank, at
an open casting call for a new reality television series,
'The Contender,' at the La Brea Boxing Academy in
Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 25, 2004. Sylvester Stallone
is a co-executive producer and Frank Stallone, veteran
of 43 amateur bouts, is a boxing consultant for the show, in
which thousands of boxing hopefuls will be winnowed down to
16, who will then move from training camp through an evolving
series of ring challenges and boxing matches over 16 episodes,
with the final victor claiming a $1 million prize. The
competition begins in mid-summer, with the series scheduled
to air beginning in January 2005 on NBC. (AP
Photo/Reed Saxon)
- Craig
