Alexander Karelin, The greatest athlete of all time

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9MDNMIbwOE

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Karelin suffered the only defeat in his 13-year career (and gave up his first point in 6 years) in the Gold Medal match of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, when a relatively-unknown American dude named Rulon Gardner pulled a miracle out of his ass and somehow managed to bring down The Experiment.

Won 9 World Championships

3 Olympic Gold medals

Undefeated for over a decade

[Nick Young]

If this guy went against Kurt Angle or Brock Lesnar, he wouldn't have had a chance.

Karelin ain't shit compared to the Beast Incarnate.

[ThePhantomCreep]

If this guy went against Kurt Angle or Brock Lesnar, he wouldn't have had a chance.

Karelin ain't shit compared to the Beast Incarnate.

Nick Young = 9er

If there were any doubts, erase them.

[BurningHammer]

I watched Karelin vs Gardner fight a while ago. Gardner is a big fat dude who had already lost to Karelin before. The guy though did his absolute best defending Karelin and got lucky that Karelin was penalized for an illegal grip, if I remember right, that ended up being the winning point.

Karelin though is still arguably the best Greco-Roman wrestler ever.

[Nick Young]

Nick Young = 9er

If there were any doubts, erase them.

I am also Godzuki, ThePhantomCreep, Fallen Angel, outbreak and GIF REACTION


I am Kaiser Soze.
I am Rollo Tomasi.

[ThePhantomCreep]

I am also Godzuki, ThePhantomCreep, Fallen Angel, outbreak and GIF REACTION


I am Kaiser Soze.
I am Rollo Tomasi.

You are 9er. Only he can come up with opinions so dumb.

To the poster who thinks Karlein is "arguably" the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler, there's no arguably about it. At all.

Karelin outsizes even Lesnar and was a faaaaaar superior wrestler. It wouldn't be close. He'd eat Kurt Angle like a snack.

[warriorfan]

Didn't the the farm boy win by just laying on him for 5 mins?

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Karelin went 6 YEARS without dropping a single point

6 years

That's like if Michael Jordan never lost a game for 6 years

Or if Federer never lost a set for 6 years

Brock would get manhandled

Karelin tossed 280 pound+ men like kids

[Nick Young]

You are 9er. Only he can come up with opinions so dumb.

To the poster who thinks Karlein is "arguably" the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler, there's no arguably about it. At all.

Karelin outsizes even Lesnar and was a faaaaaar superior wrestler. It wouldn't be close. He'd eat Kurt Angle like a snack.

Kurt Angle won a gold medal with a broken freakin' neck.

Karelin is NO MATCH AT ALL for prime Kurt Angle. Karelin only won medals because Angle wasn't competing against him.

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Karelin was more physically gifted than Lesnar

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Think about that.

[Coach Eddie]

No he wasn't.

[ThePhantomCreep]

Kurt Angle won a gold medal with a broken freakin' neck.

Karelin is NO MATCH AT ALL for prime Kurt Angle. Karelin only won medals because Angle wasn't competing against him.

Kurt Angle would look like a child standing next to 6'4" 295lbs prime Alexander Karelin.

Karelin's career record is 887-2. At one point he beat the #2 of his era 36 consecutive times.

He won three gold medals, nine world championships, and 12 European Championships. His only loss in the Olympics was on a dubious penalty point in what turned out to be his last match.

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Kurt Angle would look like a child standing next to 6'4" 295lbs prime Alexander Karelin.

Karelin's career record is 887-2. At one point he beat the #2 of his era 36 consecutive times.

He won three gold medals, nine world championships, and 12 European Championships. His only loss in the Olympics was on a dubious penalty point in what turned out to be his last match.

Greatest athlete of all time

[Nick Young]

Kurt Angle would look like a child standing next to 6'4" 295lbs prime Alexander Karelin.

Karelin's career record is 887-2. At one point he beat the #2 of his era 36 consecutive times.

He won three gold medals, nine world championships, and 12 European Championships. His only loss in the Olympics was on a dubious penalty point in what turned out to be his last match.

Get back to me when your boy Karelin wins a gold medal with a broken freakin' neck.



Angle is the GOAT of GOATs. Karelin is just the guy who capitalized off the fact that the GOAT wasn't competing any more.