Strongest wrestlers for the weight?

[MidniteToka]

Cary Kolat, Chris Kwortnik, Paul Keysaw

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

5 hours ago, Lleynor said:

Glory is a good one. Spencer kinda ducked him while in college. 
 

Another was Sebastian Rivera when he was a 125. 

sure...

[F18Bandit]

Ronnie Clinton

Mark Shultz

Mike Sheets (legs only)

[ionel]

7 minutes ago, F18Bandit said:

Ronnie Clinton

Farm boy strong! 

[Gus]

Current guys

125- Bouzakis

133- Jax looks strangely strong for his frame

141- Echemendia

149- Aden Valencia

157- PJ Duke

165- Ryder Downey (at least with grip strength)

174- Minto

184- Welsh

197- Barr

285- AJ

[GimJustafan]

 

Jessie Whitmer, 118 pounds

 

[Lleynor]

4 hours ago, Gene Mills Fan said:

long and lean   Jax, Vega, Elam, Seidel, K. Webster, Block 

brick SH.. house  Bouzakis, Nasir, Ech, Minto, Rocco, Karchla, Singleton  

Minto is a brick house?!?!

[Luckysevens]

8 hours ago, flyingcement said:

125 - Gilman
197 - Trenge

Trenge was strong, but I don't think unusually so for the weight class. There were some other guys in the Lehigh room around that time that maybe fit the description a little better with Letters at 165 probably topping the list.

[Konquest]

Alex Dieringer comes to mind.

[11986]

11 minutes ago, GimJustafan said:

 

Jessie Whitmer, 118 pounds

 

Strongest man in the world!!

[Pinnacle]

Levi Haines

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

27 minutes ago, Pinnacle said:

Levi Haines

Minto seems equally strong

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

How about Matt Brown?

[Tyler Perry]

5 hours ago, AMiller said:

Making the lineup by weight bullying and pure luck that another wrestler that beat him in line up is out with injury. Also got forced out of his weight lineup because he couldn't beat a freshman. That doesn't sound elite to me. Look I got nothing personal against the guy but he is overrated imo. He was good in high school but his college career has been mediocre sorry 

He didn’t get beat out, just cuz you lose to your teammate doesn’t mean they’re better, he’s been much better against the field. No luck about it 

[AMiller]

18 minutes ago, Tyler Perry said:

He didn’t get beat out, just cuz you lose to your teammate doesn’t mean they’re better, he’s been much better against the field. No luck about it 

You lose that means the guy that beat you is better 

[charmon55]

Current: 

125: Bouz

133: Leete

141: Echemendia 

149: Josh Edmonds

157: Duke

165: Esinoza-Owens

174: Minto

184: Welsh

197: DJ Parker

285: Yonger

[CHROMEBIRD]

I won't believe any of these claims unless there's video of the wrestlers hugging a watermelon. Apples in fists also acceptable.

[Tyler Perry]

6 hours ago, AMiller said:

You lose that means the guy that beat you is better 

So jersey Robb is better than Cody Merrill?

[mr.nonothingatall]

Brock lesnar

[mr.nonothingatall]

Keuter-pre hip surgery, he would just get in on ugly single legs and pull hard enough to some how get the take down.

Daton fix

There was another Minnesota gopher in the late 2000s to early 2010s, mid weight classes. I'm completely blanking on right now. If someone could help me with it ...jayson ness or dustin schlater???? I can't remember which one

 

[kschlosser]

Seems like the guys that bench press on the mat are usually giving up back points or getting pinned 

After joking, not joking; strength absolutely helps on the mat and functional strength may help even more. As muscle gets added, flexibility needs to be developed and maintained.

Agreed on downey grip strength at 165 and I'll add Ruiz grip to that as well.

[charmon55]

3 hours ago, Tyler Perry said:

So jersey Robb is better than Cody Merrill?

Ben Mower

[Psalm 1 guy]

16 hours ago, czarbronx said:

Nathan Tomasello and Bo Jordan were both freakishly strong