Ranking of the best arm wrestlers in the world. Who’s cooler: the Siberian bear or the Georgian Hulk?
Andrey Shitikhin April 19, 2024, 15:50 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
The strength of the fighters is determined by the readers of the “Championship”.
On April 20, in Istanbul, within the framework of the East vs. West promotion, one of the most anticipated fights in the history of arm wrestling will take place: the current champion of the heavyweight division, Canadian Devon Larratt, will face to the Georgian Levan Saginashvili. , who is considered the best arm wrestler in history.
The rivals already met at the King of the Table tournament in June 2022, and then Saginashvili literally crushed his opponent. Larratt could have retired during the fight because he suffered a biceps injury, but he didn’t. After the fight, Larratt had to give Saginashvili his hammer, which is awarded to the strongest armwrestler in the world.
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On Saturday there will be a rematch, the main fight of the year. And it’s great that fans of Russian arm wrestling don’t have to look for pirated streams, since the entire card of the East vs West 12 tournament starts at 20:00 Moscow time. will show “Kinopoisk”. There you can also see other tournaments from the East vs West and King of the Table series: the year is going to be very busy.
Well, before the fight of the year, we invite “Championship” readers to decide who is the best heavyweight armwrestler in the world. You choose your favorites and the rating will be formed online.
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Rating: the best armwrestler in the world in the heavyweight division
Photo: From Laletin’s personal archive.
Vitaly Laletin (Russia)
The two-meter-long Russian trucker is an arm wrestling star who went from Iron Nail to Siberian Bear. Laletin has exceptional grip strength. Vitaly is a multiple world champion, one of the strongest heavyweights in history, especially in left-handed fights. Vitaly fought with all the strongest in the world: he won against some, he lost against others. His principle is not to stay in debt and, if he loses, to win in revenge.
Photo: From Morozov’s personal archive.
Artyom Morozov (Kazakhstan)
The current champion of the East vs West promotion on his left hand and the youngest participant in this classification. Whatever you call it: monster, terminator, hurricane. Everything fits. He has defeated many of the world’s top ranked players and dreams of fighting Levan Saginashvili. Morozov is an all-rounder who is almost equally strong in both hands. His style is somewhat reminiscent of Devon Larratt, using a wide variety of techniques.
Photo: From Saginashvili’s personal archive.
Levan Saginashvili (Georgia)
The Georgian Hulk is considered the strongest arm wrestler in history, regardless of weight class. He simply destroys his opponents. From the moment interesting tournaments for professionals with good prize money and main fights began to be held, Levan said that he intended to win every round in every fight. The Georgian armwrestler not only said it, he did it! He won all victories with a dry score of 6-0, except for the fight with Ermes Gasparini in February 2023. Then Saginashvili won four rounds in a row, securing victory, but did not reach the fifth and sixth rounds due to injury. . Levan is also a great blogger and actor.
Photo: From Ermes’ personal archive.
Ermes Gasparini (Italy)
The Italian from Verona, nicknamed Gladiator, is safely among the top 5 heavyweights according to different versions. Of course, he doesn’t have as much muscle as Levan Saginashvili, but Gasparini is one of the toughest armwrestlers in the world. He even exhausted the Georgian Hulk in a personal fight and became the only one who managed to take rounds from Saginashvili in professional fights. Gasparini often defeated opponents who were physically superior to him.
Photo: From Tsyplenkov’s personal archive.
Denis Tsyplenkov (Russia)
I can talk about this athlete for a long time. He proved to be a highly skilled professional in extreme strength sports, weight lifting and arm wrestling. A true legend. What can I say? He did not compete for four years due to a ruptured kidney vessel, he underwent surgery, but he is still among the top 10 heavyweight fighters in a variety of rankings. Tsyplenkov is called Hulk, just Russian. He never met Levan Saginashvili and his feud with Devon Larratt is not over yet.
Photo: From the personal archive of Devon Larratt.
Devon Larratt (Canada)
An outstanding athlete, former special forces soldier, the main teacher of trash talk in world fighting. At 48 years old, he laughs at young people and defeats them. Larratt is versatile and resistant. During his career, he wrestled the top stars of several generations of wrestling. Larratt even participated in a boxing match against Hafthor Bjornsson (who plays The Mountain from Game of Thrones). Larratt = arm wrestling. The Canadian has done a lot for the development of this sport. He’s like Petter Northug in skiing, like Connor McGregor in the UFC.
