- 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...
- Esch
became a
professional boxer in 1994
after a
successful stint on the
Toughman Contest scene and went on to
capture the
World Athletic ****ociation (WAA)...
-
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...
- Gulf War U.S. Army veteran,
retired professional wrestler and
former 2001
Toughman heavyweight champion, best
known by his ring name
Hardbody Harrison and...
- Many
types of
wrestling matches,
sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the
jargon of the business, are
performed in
professional wrestling...
- artist, actor,
stuntman raised in
South Buffalo, NY.
Verel is a
former Toughman Champion and
Light Heavyweight &
Middleweight sport karate and kickboxing...
- Dore was
permitted to host the
First Annual Central Pennsylvania Toughman Contest.
Toughman was
strictly an
amateur boxing, a
sport that fell
under state...
- From 1980 to 2007, more than 200
amateur boxers,
professional boxers and
Toughman fighters died due to ring or
training injuries. In 1983,
editorials in...
- A down-on-his-luck
country &
western singer from Fort
Worth enters a "
toughman"
competition to help pay his family's bills. Surprisingly, he does well...
- Magnificent"
Kevin Kelly.
Wacholz started wrestling in 1982
after winning a
Toughman Contest. He
wrestled in
various territories in Tennessee, Montreal, Central...
