Editing Toughman Contest (section)

==Format==
Toughman Contest formats vary from state to state and are configured to each particular state’s rules and regulations. The most common format prescribes the use of standard amateur boxing rules, 16 ounces for each glove, protective headgear, and bouts made of 3 rounds of boxing. Each round is 2 minutes with a 60-second rest period or interval for men and 1 minute rounds with 1 minute or 45-second intervals for women.

The Original Toughman Contest plays across the US in between 75 and 100 cities each year and culminates with the World Championship. Toughman Contest tournaments feature the local residents of a particular city (generally, participants must live within 100–150 mile radius of where the event is to be held). Contestants must be at least 18 years of age, pass a standard boxing physical, and meet any other requirements of the state's boxing commission's regulations, and also sign a waiver freeing the parent company from liability. Some states, like Florida and Missouri, do not sanction the Toughman Contest and other amateur boxing contests unless it is under the rules and regulations of the USAAB.<ref>{{cite web|title=How Does an Event Police Itself?|url=http://www.ikfkickboxing.com/OpinionToughman.htm|date=June 30, 2003|publisher=Ikfkickboxing.com|accessdate=2016-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hewitt|first=Bill|title=Death in the Ring|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20148894,00.html|work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=December 8, 2003 |volume=60 |issue=23}}</ref>