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The Toughman Contest, founded in 1979 in Bay City, Michigan, by late boxing promoter Art Dore (1936–2022),[1] is a chance for the novice amateur boxers (those with no more than five sanctioned wins in the past five years) to test themselves in the ring.
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The ToughmanContest, founded in 1979 in Bay City, Michigan, by late boxing promoter Art Dore (1936–2022), is a chance for the novice amateur boxers (those...
became a professional boxer in 1994 after a successful stint on the ToughmanContest scene and went on to capture the World Athletic Association (WAA) heavyweight...
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Dore was permitted to host the First Annual Central Pennsylvania ToughmanContest. Toughman was strictly an amateur boxing, a sport that fell under state...
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Minnesota, and it was there at the age of 19 that Truax entered a local Toughmancontest. He lost his first fight, but soon became consumed by boxing—altering...
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her out of the WWF. During this time, he faced boxer Butterbean in a toughmancontest at D-Generation X: In Your House, which he lost by disqualification...
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professional boxing at the age of 20 as a cruiserweight, after winning a Toughmancontest. He has spent the majority of his career boxing on the American circuit...
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age 12. He had no formal amateur boxing career; after winning 22 "ToughmanContests" in Canada, he made his professional boxing debut in 1992 at the age...
years old, his mother used a fake ID and entered her son into 15 "toughman" contests (the minimum age for contestants was 21). He later told The New York...
before playing at the semi-professional level. Johnson competed in ToughmanContests and dominated, leading him to transition into professional mixed martial...
at 17, he worked odd jobs and began his fighting career in local ToughmanContests while living in a small property that his grandmother owned with his...
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