Braxton Amos is winning a natty this year

[flyingcement]

Personal guarantee

wanna bet?

[BruceyB]

56 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

Personal guarantee

wanna bet?

What kind of odds are we talking here? 

[ionel]

7 hours ago, BruceyB said:

What kind of odds are we talking here? 

Its a fly guarantee ... you can't get better odds. 

Edited August 11 by ionel

[Spladle]

He will definitely win!!!………

 

……….a few matches at Natty’s!!!

[Hammerlock3]

10 hours ago, flyingcement said:

Personal guarantee

wanna bet?

i thought this was cinnabon.

Do you actually think so?

[BloodRound]

What

[The Kid]

Possibly at the D3 level.

[MPhillips]

12 hours ago, flyingcement said:

Personal guarantee

Glory days my friend...

[MoveCountermove]

[bnwtwg]

19 hours ago, flyingcement said:

Personal guarantee

wanna bet?

West Virginia boy + heavyweight + Natty Light = easy win for you

Now if we are strictly talking an NCAA championship or even greco the following month, I'll take that bet

[flyingcement]

 

 

18 hours ago, BruceyB said:

What kind of odds are we talking here? 

I'm feeling pretty confident.  I'll say no odds.  The opponent can have the field.  Loser has to use an avatar chosen by the winner for a full six months (lol)

20 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:

West Virginia boy + heavyweight + Natty Light = easy win for you

Now if we are strictly talking an NCAA championship or even greco the following month, I'll take that bet

lol Natty Light!  terms are above if you are interested

7 hours ago, MPhillips said:

Glory days my friend...

I felt a longing for nostalgia

 

8 hours ago, Hammerlock3 said:

i thought this was cinnabon.

Do you actually think so?

Haha fair.  This is my traditional way of saying "this is my favorite dark horse for a friendly competition"  I think he will be bigger this year after another year of bulking.  Kueter and Feldman were the two that sort of got the better of him last year, but very close matches.  

In the past my guarantees included:
Dean Hamiti beating Alex Marinelli
Jesse Mendez beating Roman Bravo-Young.

[Hammerlock3]

Its not unheard of but he's been becoming a heavyweight for like 7 years. If he had a time it would be very odd if it hasn't passed. 

[MPhillips]

47 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

Dean Hamiti beating Alex Marinelli

"Guaranteed"

I was rooting for ya.

45 minutes ago, Hammerlock3 said:

been becoming a heavyweight...

...Hurt him.

[Gene Mills Fan]

On 8/11/2026 at 12:04 AM, flyingcement said:

Personal guarantee

wanna bet?

Is this why they kept Bono so he could get his first badger natty? Sure Bono can't screw this one up??

[MPhillips]

22 minutes ago, Gene Mills Fan said:

Sure Bono can't screw this one up??

Too late.

[bnwtwg]

44 minutes ago, Gene Mills Fan said:

Is this why they kept Bono so he could get his first badger natty? Sure Bono can't screw this one up??

That's a Gross thought

[Gene Mills Fan]

27 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

Too late.

Gross was a Jackrabbit  when Bono was hungry.

[bnwtwg]

I'll take on your wager @flyingcement but only if you explain why you think Amos will finally break through

[bnwtwg]

Just now, Gene Mills Fan said:

Gross was a Jackrabbit  when Bono was hungry.

Bono is still hungry he's been eating Wiscy from the inside-out since day one

[Gantry]

12 hours ago, flyingcement said:

I think he will be bigger this year after another year of bulking

Did you see him last year? He was massive! I don't recall there ever being a bigger 197-to-HWT jump. 

I think he'd be better off dropping 15ish pounds and wrestling around 245-250 with "better" weight. I think he lost a little speed and was prone to gassing late in matches. 

Edited August 12 by Gantry

[MPhillips]

35 minutes ago, Gantry said:

I think he lost a little speed and was prone to gassing late in matches. 

I was hoping that was, weight cut. I'll always blame Wiscy.  

[Ricketycricket]

1 hour ago, Gantry said:

Did you see him last year? He was massive! I don't recall there ever being a bigger 197-to-HWT jump. 

I think he'd be better off dropping 15ish pounds and wrestling around 245-250 with "better" weight. I think he lost a little speed and was prone to gassing late in matches. 

I thought the same thing, he really packed on the pounds and looked like a true heavyweight.

Taye Ghadialili put on a ton of weight and felt it ended up being counterproductive. So he dropped weight during the season. 

[BAC]

Someone post Amos's late-match lat drop in the Jr World finals a few years back. Epic.

[flyingcement]

14 hours ago, Gantry said:

Did you see him last year? He was massive! I don't recall there ever being a bigger 197-to-HWT jump. 

I think he'd be better off dropping 15ish pounds and wrestling around 245-250 with "better" weight. I think he lost a little speed and was prone to gassing late in matches. 

My understanding is that he used two season ago to bulk up - got injured before that season with a bad injury.  only came back right before last season - first time wrestling matches in the new weight class- after a long absence and adjusting to the gain.  I think was gassing because of the cut when he was at 197.  I believe that a healthy offseason of training is going to have him as a well-adjusted HWT.

[flyingcement]

14 hours ago, bnwtwg said:

I'll take on your wager @flyingcement but only if you explain why you think Amos will finally break through

"My understanding is that he used two season ago to bulk up - got injured before that season with a bad injury.  only came back right before last season - first time wrestling matches in the new weight class- after a long absence and adjusting to the gain.  I think was gassing because of the cut when he was at 197.  I believe that a healthy offseason of training is going to have him as a well-adjusted HWT."

Separately, I think we lost a handful of good heavies to graduation and he only has two guys who will challenge him from last years group.  But he was close with both anyway.