About

<div><h2>Overview</h2></div>Toughman Contest is a game developed by <a data-ref-id="3010-893" href="/visual-concepts/3010-893/" slug="visual-concepts">Visual Concepts</a> and <a data-ref-id="3010-1838" href="/high-score-productions/3010-1838/" slug="high-score-productions">High Score Productions</a> and published by <a data-ref-id="3010-6255" href="/ea-sports/3010-6255/" slug="ea-sports">EA Sports</a>. The game was released for the <a data-ref-id="3045-6" href="/genesis/3045-6/" slug="genesis">Sega Genesis</a> and <a data-ref-id="3045-31" href="/sega-32x/3045-31/" slug="sega-32x">32X</a>. The game plays similar to <a data-ref-id="3030-26551" href="/super-punch-out/3030-26551/" slug="super-punch-out">Super Punch-Out</a> with you controlling your character from behind with similar boxing rules. It is based off of the Toughman Contest fighting league which can be viewed as a precursor to today's <a data-ref-id="3025-248" href="/ufc/3025-248/" slug="ufc">UFC</a>.