Jerry Thomas says he is always trying to make the Toughman Contest better. One thing is for certain, it seems to get more popular with each passing year. The annual extravaganza will make its 45th ...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toughman Contest, the Original Toughman Contest, was started in 1979 by Art Dore and his longtime friend Dean Oswald at a local gym (Handy High School Gymnasium) in Bay City, ...

The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. Gary Fauber, The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. Apr. 13—The West Virginia Toughman Contest may be making its 43rd visit to Beckley, but longtime fans of the event ...

Ryan Freeman is a man who packs a mean punch. That’s because of the training he’s endured to compete in The Toughman Contest, an amateur boxing competition that pits novice fighters against each other ...

BAY CITY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toughman Contest, one of the most exciting and controversial combat sporting brands of all time, seeks a return to the limelight with a professional version of its ...

Former high school athletes are a common site at The West Virginia Original Toughman Contest. This year at the 45th annual event which hit the Beckley-Raleigh County ...

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HUNTINGTON - Saturday night's wrapup of the 30th Tri-State Original Toughman Contest in Big Sandy Superstore Arena included a unique twist, a marriage proposal by one of the fighters. Before Tre ...

BIXBY, Oklahoma -- The Oklahoma Toughman fighter who died following an Original Toughman Competition three weeks ago will have his story shared with fellow fighters in Oklahoma. Twenty-three-year-old ...

Right on the heels of the Cincinnati Reds Caravan, another annual event is coming to town. The widely-popular Mid-Ohio Valley Toughman Contest will be here for the 29th consecutive year at 7:30 p.m.

TOLEDO--The Toughman contest played to a packed house at the Toledo Sports arena on Friday. Nationally, questions about the safety of the boxing event have been raised. Four people have died at ...