With the development of armwrestling, new weight categories are being added. So far we had 7 categories – including unlimited in Vendetta and OPEN in Professionals' World Cup.
Now there will be 8 categories. Contestants who had a hard time in the superhaevyweight category will now fight in their own weight category - 105 kg - 210 – 231 lbs Heavy weight.
- Many armwrestlers, like Kostadinov or Laletin, wrestling in 102 – 105 have no chance when facing titans like Bresnan (about 130 kg) or Tsyplenkov (about 140 kg) – says Igor Mazurenko, PAL president. - That's why we are adapting the categories to the capabilities of our wrestlers.
The new weight category will be implemented on the 1st of April 2016.
The list of existing categories:
63 kg under 139 lbs Lightweight
70 kg 140 - 155 lbs Welterweight
78 kg 156 - 172 lbs Middleweight
86 kg 173 - 190 lbs Light heavy weight
95 kg 191 - 210 lbs Heavy weight
95 + kg over 210 lbs Superheavyweight
Categories after changes:
63 kg under 139 lbs SuperLightweight
70 kg 140 - 155 lbs Lightweight
78 kg 156 - 172 lbs Welterweight
86 kg 173 - 190 lbs Middleweight
95 kg 191 - 210 lbs Light heavy weight
105 kg 210 – 231 lbs Heavy weight
+105 kg 231 lbs and over Superheavyweight
unlimited in Vendetta in Vegas and OPEN in the Professionals' World Cup.
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