Pittsburgh Tough Guys
In 1979, Frank Caliguri and Bill Viola (The CV in CV Productions) came up with the idea to create a new “anything goes” no-holds-barred fighting league in the image of professional sports. This franchise idea is now a billion dollar business. They were 14 years ahead of the UFC and even more ahead on a format and structure to package the sport to a mainstream audience. Sadly, they were wrongly outlawed for a death that was a result of a “Toughman” boxing event. NO association whatsoever. In 1983 MMA was outlawed with the “Tough Guy Law” even though CV never had a single serious injury.
