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 ...

- Art Dore has asked the question a million times. He's asked businessmen and blue-collar men, contract negotiators and construction workers, world-class boxers and bar-room brawlers. The crux of a ...

BAY CITY, MI — Art Dore knew Toughman would take off in Bay City because his riverside community had a boatload of butt-kickers. Now, nearly 35 years after its inception, Dore is trying to introduce ...

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 ...

In the wake of Tuesday's tragic death of Stacy Young, fatally injured during Saturday's Original Toughman Contest at Robarts Arena, a distinction must be made. The fighters wore gloves, yes, and with ...

TAMPA, Fla. – A woman died Tuesday after being pummeled in an amateur boxing bout, and police opened an investigation into the fight. "We are trying to determine the criminality of it," police ...

Fort Myers - Toughman boxing returned to Florida Friday night with a bevy of doctors and referees and about 40 nervous fighters. It’s the first such event since a 30-year-old woman was killed in a ...

TOO TOUGH: Amateur fighters square off in an Original Toughman bout. When the Original Toughman competition comes to the Statehouse Convention Center Friday and Saturday, it will bring controversy.

After the death of a Bradenton woman who fought in a Toughman boxing match, the American College of Sports Medicine on Wednesday urged lawmakers to demand better safety standards for the ...

TAMPA - The death of a 30-year-old woman injured in a Toughman boxing competition she'd entered on an impulse sparked a police investigation Tuesday and renewed calls among boxing experts for a ban on ...