- 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

FORT MYERS - Toughman boxing returned to Florida on Friday with a bevy of doctors and referees in its first event since a 30-year-old woman was killed in a fight this summer and brought nationwide ...

SARASOTA COUNTY -- Local governments probably will take the lead in banning Toughman boxing contests from returning to Robarts Arena or anywhere else in Sarasota County. The Sarasota County Commission ...

BAY CITY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toughman Contest, one of the most exciting and controversial combat sporting brands of all time, seeks a return to the limelight with a professional version of its ...

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 ...

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 ...

David King’s wife signed him up on a whim: Curiosity and prickly pride made him go through with it. King was among 30 men primed to fight at the Toughman boxing competition here Friday, the first in ...