Any Michigan lawmaker who plans to vote for a bill that would require sponsors of Toughman contests to carry $50,000 in medical insurance should get a standing eight-count. If they think $50,000 is ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A popular amateur boxing contest is returning to the capital city next month. The Original Toughman Contest will be held at the Charleston Coliseum on Thursday, Feb. 29 and ...

CHEBOYGAN - Cheboygan County Fair officials are fighting to save one of their top money makers - the Toughman Contest - despite rumblings that state officials want to KO the amateur bouts. Toughman ...

The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. Gary Fauber, The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. Jerry Thomas says he is always trying to make the Toughman Contest better. One thing is for certain, it seems to ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Boxers are preparing for Saturday night's Toughman Professional Boxing event, and are weighing in Friday at the Orbit Room. Jordan Shimmell will take on Jackie "Black Jack" Beard ...

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) – Saturday, April 5, 2025 marked the final night for the 45th annual Toughman Contest. This competition features fighters from the area who want to prove they are the best around.

HUNTINGTON -- It only took a pair of boxing gloves and a little bit of encouragement from his dad for Sam Scaff to take up boxing when he was 12 years old. Years later, it only took a newspaper ...

Upon the realization that I was about to get my face rearranged by a young man who had assorted boxing tattoos on his forearms, I knew I need to do some negotiating. I figured he would understand that ...

Tampa - The family of a woman killed and a man seriously injured in a Toughman boxing event in June are suing the event’s promoter and others, calling the matches a “barbaric, vicious, unregulated, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A woman who died after a Toughman amateur boxing match was hit repeatedly in the head even after she walked on wobbly legs to her corner, a videotape of the match reportedly ...

SARASOTA, Fla. Police said Monday they will not charge an amateur boxing promoter for the death of a 30-year-old woman who was beaten into a coma during a Toughman competition. Promoter Art Dore ...