Ferit Osmanli has been a close friend of mine for more than 10 years. When i met him first time He Was an inexperienced puller with very strong joints. He was a promising future star of armwrestling and it wasnt so hard to guess about him. With time he has prove himself to whole world that he was one of the best. His wins against John Breznk Andrey Pushkar Oleksey Semerenko Travis Bagent, Yoshinobi Kanai, Ron Bath, and many other top pullers made him A respected puller by everyone. The technique that Ferit uses had been very hard on his elbow joint .

So with time as many other joint pullers Ferit also started to experience injuries and this started to effect his results in competetions that he participated. With time his name started to be remembered not amongst The very best unlimited category pullers in the world.

He still was good enough to win 110 kg category in the world. He was able to win medals in super heavy weight class in WAF and EAF but since most of the best heavy weights in the world do not participate the WAF and EAF Winning a medal in these competitions doesnt make anyone one of the best super heavy weight pullers in the world.

Unlike the lighter categories most of the super heavy weights Chooses to compete Professional events. That league has pullers such as Denis Cyplenkov, Andrey Pushkar, Dave Chaffee, John Brzenk, Devon Larratt, Michael Todd, Jerry Cadorette, And some other pullers.

Because of his injuries Ferit had been focusing on to compete WAF and EAF, and skipping Tougher Professional events. WAF is the best and toughest event in the world except about super heavy weight class. Ferit had decided to compete 2014 A1 event in Russia and he was disappointed with his results. Lately his elbows are getting better even though his right elbow still has minor problems and he decided to fight for to be mentioned in the very elite group again. I asked him about his future plans, and he told me that his first target will be 2015 A1 in Russia. He is also planning to participate in PAL events that Igor Mazurenko will organise in USA.

Ferit Said he weighs 125 kg at the moment and he is ready to face the pullers from the top 10 unlimited class rankingof mine. I would like to see Ferit against anyone in the world with left arm but Denis may be too much for him since Ferit goes only hook with left. Except Denis i do not see anyone having chance against Ferit’s left arm in his current shape. If his right arm fully heals then i believe He has chance to beat anyone as he has such potential.

Upcoming A1 will be a great beginning for Ferit and i am expecting him to be finalist against Denis. Christian Binnie vs Ferit would be a nice start as a supermatch as well. Judging by his current form i guarantee you a much beter formed Ferit is coming back to the armwrestling world.

Engin Terzi