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Article: Toughman Competition -- Little Big Man -- Chad Atkins battles heavyweights, anonymity to claim Toughman crown
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
- Article date:
- January 23, 2001
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That Chad Atkins had never boxed before last weekend's Toughman
contest didn't make him any less of a threat to win the heavyweight
championship. He had long ago demonstrated just how tough he is.
That he actually lost a match on the way to winning the Toughman
title perhaps shouldn't have been a surprise, either. It wouldn't be
the first time he'd been told he was done ... and become a champion.
That Atkins was anonymous enough to have his name thoroughly
botched from start to finish by promoters - who announced him as
"Big Bad Brad" throughout most of the event and then reported his
name as Chad Acton to local media - was perhaps not surprising.
After all, not only had this 1999 Naches ...