Hey, boxing fans: Ryan Coyne, a 26-year-old pro cruiserweight who lives in South City and graduated from St. Charles High School, is one of the fighters on the latest season of The Contender. The first episode of the reality show airs tonight on Versus at 9 p.m. central. (That's Channel 45 on Charter; 151 on Dish; 603 on Direct-TV.)
Coyne's having a watching party *tonight* out in his native St. Charles at a joint called Undertow on Main Street. He'll be there by 8 p.m. and says anyone is
Ryan advances after the first episode of this season's Contender!
The new season premiered last night and features St. Louis' own cruiserweight 26-year-old Ryan Coyne.
Coyne arrived in Singapore to find himself on the Blue Team, coached by John Bray, who, I got to say, is one m-effin', scary-looking dude. (Ryan tells me Bray was coached by Kenny Loehr on some national teams back in the '80s and '90s.)
Tony Danza, a former boxer who hasn't fought since 1980 when he got his break in acting,
Five stitches, five days.
Ryan Coyne figured big last night on the second installment of The Contender. His team -- blue -- having won the first bout, had the advantage of matchmaking the next fight. They set to sparring in the gym, and Coyne got popped. Bad.
"BLEEP! BLEEP! BLEEP!"
Woo-eee, Coyne was throwing f-bombs like Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on a wiretap!
"I'M CUT! BLEEP!"
Ryan Coyne's got brass balls. Days after getting five stitches near his left eye, Coyne rolled into the Contender gym for episode three wearing a headband scrawled with the
nickname of the gold team fighter he wanted a piece of.
Alas, coach John Bray basically called Coyne a snot and told him to ratchet up the humility. The blue team wouldn't let their wounded warrior near the ring.
Instead, Texan Erick Vega (blue) and Nigerian Akinyemi "A.K." Laleye (gold) duked
Well, this RFT scribe was a little preoccupied eating Boston lobstahs and playing Wii on New Year's Eve, and episode four of "The Contender" just kinda...came and went.You'll be either thrilled or bewildered to know that despite our town's injured Ryan Coyne going balls to the walls and calling out a rival in episode number-three, the gold team passed over Coyne on New Year's and instead made a match between Deon Elam and Richard Gringas from the blue team. (Who said boxers aren't boxes of rocks
"Oh, you motherfucker!" John Bray blurted last Wednesday night when St. Louisan Ryan Coyne got *popped* during his first fight on the reality show.
Coyne's right eye split plum open under the glove of 41-year-old fighter Tim Flamos. Watch the bloody clip (called "Split Eye") right here.
So...did Coyne pull off a victory against the old dude?
