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100			_aGirard, Fred,
245		0	_a12 Deaths Result from Unregulated Toughman Competitions. _cFred Girard.
260			_bDetroit News, _c2003.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004. _nArticle 50, _pInstitutions, _x1522-3256;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
500			_aOriginally Published: 12 Deaths Result from Unregulated Toughman Competitions, May 19, 2003; pp. n.p..
520			_a"Toughman competitions, the popular organized brawls in which untrained fighters flail and pummel each other, have made the founder of the contests a millionaire while leaving some participants disfigured, brain damaged or dead....The sport's fatality rate is more than quadruple that of organized amateur boxing, a Detroit News investigation found. And the sport's deadliness is directly linked to its loose rules and lack of regulation, critics and supporters agree." (DETROIT NEWS) This article examines Toughman competitions and reveals how loose regulations allow unlicensed fighters without background checks and thorough physicals, referees who often are inexperienced and doctors who lack training in fight injuries, all of which have caused serious injuries and deaths many claim could have been prevented.
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aAthletes _xMedical examinations
650			_aAthletes _xDeath
650			_aBoxers (Sports)
650			_aBoxing injuries
651			_aCalifornia
650			_aProfessionalism in sports
650			_aSports _xRules
650			_aSports _xSafety measures
650			_aSports law
650			_aSports officiating
650			_aSports physicians
650			_aSports promoters
650			_aWomen boxers
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004, _pInstitutions. _x1522-3256;
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