2 for 1

2 finales last night and thanks to Tivo we caught both of them. Well American Idol was the final performance but tonight is the final voting if you want to be specific. To me, the AI performance was a slam dunk for Bo. He’s a better performer and did a much better job on the original songs than Kerry did. For the first time this season Ali actually picked up the phone and threw in a few votes for Bo. He deserves to win.

The contender 2 hour finale was action packed. Surprisingly, there was a prelim fight for third between Jesse and Alfonso, which Alfonso was yet again the upset winner. That kid is something else. In the final it was a bruising battle with Peter trying to basically tie up Sergio but it just didn’t work. Sergio’s fast hands never slowed down and he won a convincing decision. It was a good fight but I would have preferred if Peter won. I felt bad for him, you could see the disappointment on top of him like a boulder.

After watching the series I think the smartest thing boxing could do is make boxing matches shorter. In a 5 or 7 round fight the fighters are able to unleash for the majority of the time instead of having to pace themselves to go a grueling 12 rounds. Every single fight in contender was good and I think the short format had a lot to do with it.