[QUOTE=The Wastrel;54709]ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I’m sorry. You call yourself a grappler?
The most miraculous power that can verifiably be attributed to “chi” is its ability to be all things to virtually all people, depending on what version of the superstition they are attempting to defend at any given moment.[/QUOTE]
Don’t get caught up in this argument. Karelin is the most dominant Greco-Roman wrestler in history. His loss to Gardner was a sad joke. His only loss unless you count his 1-0 loss to then world champion in 1987 when he was like 18 years old. After that he destroyed everyone. Olympic caliber wrestlers rolled onto their own backs to avoid being thrown. They changed the rules of Greco because of Karelin. He won every world championship and every olympic gold in his entire career until his last match. He is stronger than anything on this planet and knows how to use it. You can’t punch hard when you backpedal and anyone who punches this guy 3x would have a smashed hand. 290 lbs. at less than 4% body fat.
Doesn’t lift much weights. He runs in 4 feet of snow and ROWS. 1984 Gold Medalist Jeff Blatnick (may he rest in peace) said Karelin made the hair on the back of his neck stand up and that he is the meanest animal on the planet. Karelin could destroy any man on the planet
