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The following is a list of the heaviest professional sumo wrestlers. Only wrestlers weighing 200 kilograms (440 lb) or over are included. Wrestlers shown in bold are still active as of January 2023. Ōrora (left), the heaviest sumo wrestler ever, fights eighth-heaviest Kainowaka Yamamotoyama is the heaviest Japanese-born sumo wrestler ever ...
Yokozuna, the heaviest WWE wrestler, weighing between 267 kg (589 lb; 42 st 1 lb) and 317 kg (699 lb; 49 st 13 lb) at his peak. Barry Austin and Jack Taylor, two obese British men documented in the comedy-drama The Fattest Man in Britain. Big Pun (1971–2000), American rapper whose weight at death was 316 kg (697 lb; 49 st 11 lb).
Michael Stanco (August 2, 1968 – August 21, 2014) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Maximum Capacity, and is billed in many independent promotions as the "World's Largest Athlete". [2]
Akebono was one of the tallest sumo wrestlers ever, at 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) tall, and also one of the heaviest with a peak weight of 233 kg (514 lb) in March 1999. [10] He was also one of the most aggressive and ferocious sumo wrestlers.
Humphrey, who at the time was working on a farm where he was known for his uncommon strength, began his wrestling career in 1953 by wrestling a bear for 28 minutes. [6] For about eight years, Humphrey wrestled a number of matches, some of them televised, often against Haystacks Calhoun who regularly weighed over 600 lb (270 kg) himself.
He achieved NCAA All-American Division II wrestler status in 1983 and 1985, the university later ascending to Division I in 1986, while in football he was a Division I athlete in 1982 and 1983. After college, Yarbrough trained in judo under Yoshisada Yonezuka , who coached him to a silver medal victory at the US Nationals tournament at brown ...
Occupation: Wrestler. Highest weight: 241 pounds. Lowest weight: 220 pounds. Age: 55 “Would anyone care if I died tomorrow?” ...
Billy Leon McCrary (December 7, 1946 – July 14, 1979) and Benny Loyd McCrary (December 7, 1946 – March 26, 2001), known together as The McCrary Twins or under their stage name as The McGuire Twins, were American professional wrestlers listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's Heaviest Twins" (727 pounds (330 kg) and 747 pounds (339 kg), respectively).