Good point !
I should have writen : of the century just finished (20th).
If I talked about the 21st century it would be easier. I would have presented a list of champions in activity at least since 2001, as follow :
- 1) Lennox Lewis (England, UK) - 1m96, 112 kg, 36 years, for professionnal english boxing
- 2) Rulon Gardner (Wyoming, USA) - 1m88, 125 kg,
30 years, for greco-roman wrestling
- 3) Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan) - about 1m90, 95 kg, for amateur english boxing
- 4) David Musulbes (Russia) - 1m86, 130 kg, 29 years, for freestyle wrestling
- 5) Alexander Mikhaylin (Russia) - 1m90, 100-120 kg, 22 years, for judo
- 6) Greenvink (Nederlands) - 1m95-2m, 95 kg, 20 years, for taekwondo
- 7) for shotokan Karate : Christophe Pinna (France) -1m85, 82 kg, 33 years
- 8) for Kung Fu (ou Wushu) : Bazigit "Volk" Atajev (Russia) - 1m85, 100 kg, 22 years
- 9) for brazilian Jiu-Jitsu : Fernando "Margarida" Pontes (Brazil) - about 1m80, 85 kg, 21 years
- 10) for Kick-Boxing / Muay Thaï : Mark Hunt (New-Zeland)- 1m78, 114 kg, 27 years
- 11) for submission wrestling (and also brazilian jiu-Jitsu) : Ricardo Arona (Brazil) - 1m80, 91 kg
- 12) for Sambo : Boubeker Ghemini (France) about.1m80, 105 kg
- 13) for Kyokushinkaï Karaté : Hajime Kazumi (Japan) - 1m80, 97 kg, 30 years
- 14) for Pancrase / Shootfighting : Semmy Schilt (Nederlands) - 2m11, 118 kg, 28 years
- 15) for Vale Tudo (and again brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) : Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira (Brazil) 1m90, 105 kg, 23 years
- 16) and for Sumo : Fiamalu Penitani alias Musashimaru (Hawaï, USA) - 1m91, 219 kg, 30 years
May be you have your favorite in this list ...
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