• The Toughman Contest, founded in 1979 in Bay City, Michigan, by late boxing promoter Art Dore (1936–2022), is a chance for the novice amateur boxers (those...
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  • Toughman Contest is a boxing video game for the Sega Genesis and 32X. It is based on the Toughman Contest, and features Eric "Butterbean" Esch on the...
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    became a professional boxer in 1994 after a successful stint on the Toughman Contest scene and went on to capture the World Athletic Association (WAA) heavyweight...
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  • 1st Annual Central Pennsylvania Toughman Contest in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on March 20, 1981.[29] The Toughman contest was an amateur boxing show that...
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    Verel returned to the Original Toughman Contest in 2000 as the shows referee for the FOX televised reality show titled Toughman World Championship Series which...
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    Archived from the original on 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2013-05-24. "Toughman Contest". GameFan. Vol. 3, no. 6. DieHard Gamer's Club. June 1995. p. 111....
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    Magnificent" Kevin Kelly. Wacholz started wrestling in 1982 after winning a Toughman Contest. He wrestled in various territories in Tennessee, Montreal, Central...
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  • Dore was permitted to host the First Annual Central Pennsylvania Toughman Contest. Toughman was strictly an amateur boxing, a sport that fell under state...
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    years old, his mother used a fake ID and entered her son into a "toughman" contest (the minimum age for contestants was 18). He later told The New York...
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    participated in a boxing match against former NFL player Bob Sapp during a Toughman Contest which aired on FX, Perry lost the bout. In 2002, Perry participated...
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    needed] Mitrione competed in Toughman Contests while he was still in high school, and finished second in his initial Toughman Contest in his hometown of Springfield...
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    Impact Zone Wrestling. During this time, he also announced for the Toughman Contest. In 2002, Roberts joined WWE and joined SmackDown!, followed later...
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    a film star out of Neil Diamond. Tough Enough (1983) was about the Toughman Contest starring Dennis Quaid. He made three more for De Laurentiis: Amityville...
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  • on ESPN. In 1996, in Detroit, Michigan, a "Toughwoman" contest was added to the Toughman Contest circuit. Hall entered upon invitation and won the $10...
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    "Butterbean" Esch's corner in the boxing matches during one of the Toughman Contests.[user-generated source?] He frequently appears on the TBN Christian...
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    Lester the Unlikely Super NES Madden NFL '95 MLBPA Baseball NHL 95 1995 Toughman Contest Sega Genesis Weaponlord Sega Genesis, Super NES Viewpoint PlayStation...
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    her out of the WWF. During this time, he faced boxer Butterbean in a toughman contest at D-Generation X: In Your House, which he lost by disqualification...
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  • Gulf War U.S. Army veteran, retired professional wrestler and former 2001 Toughman heavyweight champion, best known by his ring name Hardbody Harrison and...
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  • Minnesota, and it was there at the age of 19 that Truax entered a local Toughman contest. He lost his first fight, but soon became consumed by boxing—altering...
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    Kajukenbo. In 1990, he placed second in the Kalamazoo Heavyweight Toughman Contest. Szatkowski is also an outspoken advocate of vitamins and bodybuilding...
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  • age 12. He had no formal amateur boxing career; after winning 22 "Toughman Contests" in Canada, he made his professional boxing debut in 1992 at the age...
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    wrestler, Haire practiced martial arts for many years and won multiple Toughman Contests. He also was part-owner of a Hilton Head fitness center, and attended...
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    "ProReview: Space Hulk". GamePro. No. 97. IDG. October 1996. p. 84. "Toughman Boxing (32X) by Electronic Arts". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 71. Sendai...
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    utilize some of these men and capitalize on the recent interest in Toughman Contests around the country. According to John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Vince Russo...
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    at 17, he worked odd jobs and began his fighting career in local Toughman Contests while living in a small property that his grandmother owned with his...
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    professional wrestling career in North Carolina. He made money by winning Toughman Contests and street fights. Shamrock later joined the shoot-style Japanese...
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    Unreleased Total Football Domark Domark Unreleased Unreleased 1995 Toughman Contest Visual Concepts High Score Productions Electronic Arts Unreleased May...
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  • professional boxing at the age of 20 as a cruiserweight, after winning a Toughman contest. He has spent the majority of his career boxing on the American circuit...
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  • early as 13 years old. As a teenager, he entered and won several toughman contests in Dothan, Alabama. In 1984, a local wrestler out of Macon offered...
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  • tournament called “Toughman Contest.” CV Productions, Inc. immediately changed their initial promotion to the “Tough Guy” contest to distinguish themselves...
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