Let's get ready to rumble! This month, 12 Oscar de la Hoya wannabes start sluggin' it out over the title of The Next Great Champ (Sept. 10 on Fox). Here, TV Guide Online tests the 31-year-old Mexican-American pugilist's reflexes with a combination of sharp questions. Will we K.O. Oscar? Read on to find out...
TV Guide Online: How would you fare in a bout with Sugar Ray Leonard, who's doing that other boxing show, NBC's The Contender?Oscar de la Hoya: It would be evenly matched. We both possess intelligence and speed. We're both very thoughtful fighters in the ring. We don't just go in there to brawl, we think a lot. Fighters like Sugar Ray and myself see it as an art form to think on your feet while throwing combinations and, at the same time, not get hit.
TVGO: How do you answer NBC's charge that Fox ripped off their idea?De la Hoya: I don't really know too much about how television networks come up with their ideas. All
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Let's get ready to rumble! This month, 12 Oscar de la Hoya wannabes start sluggin' it out over the title of The Next Great Champ (Sept. 7 on Fox). Here, TV Guide Online tests the 31-year-old Mexican-American pugilist's reflexes with a combination of sharp questions. Will we K.O. Oscar? Read on to find out...
TV Guide Online: How would you fare in a bout with Sugar Ray Leonard, who's doing that other boxing show, NBC's The Contender?Oscar de la Hoya: It would be evenly matched. We both possess intelligence and speed. We're both very thoughtful fighters in the ring. We don't just go in there to brawl, we think a lot. Fighters like Sugar Ray and myself see it as an art form to think on your feet while throwing combinations and, at the same time, not get hit.
TVGO: How do you answer NBC's charge that Fox ripped off their idea?De la Hoya: I don't really know too much about how television networks come up with their ideas. All I
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We interrupt this portion of the TCA press tour to bring you the showdown of the TV season! In one corner, we have Gail Berman, Fox's embattled entertainment president. In the other, we have 300 rabid, keyed-up television critics, many of whom have been waiting days to confront Berman about accusations that her network is a bottom-feeding copycat that does nothing but steal its rivals' ideas (i.e. ABC's Wife Swap and NBC's The Contender). What's at stake? The very honor of the Fox Broadcasting Company and the future of such alleged rip-offs as Trading Spouses and The Next Great Champ. Here's your ringside seat to all the action:EXECUTIVE SESSION9 am Fox, knowing full well that a good boxing match is nothing without treats, has an impressive assortment of nuts and candies waiting for the press in the ballroom. I wonder if this is their subtle way of asking us to go soft on Berman. Like
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