The Strongest Man Who Ever Lived | The Bill Kazmaier Story 

exactly, well said. arguably the strongest man that ever lived.

@EpictheEpicest, I agree. The powers to be had no answer for their decision!!

Wow crazy they did not invite him to defend his title.

He was banned for being a dick and not for being "too strong" lol. If he had better attitude he would be invited back.

​@@MojKanal-cz1iz Yep, Kaz was extremely strong, but his A-hole attitude really turned everyone against him. A lot like how these days, people don't like Eddie Hall because he's an arrogant A-hole.

Depends why he wasn't invited. To put it diplomatically, he had a history of abrasive interactions. We probably won't know the real story for quite a while.

Wouldn’t travel outside America to compete, apparently

Probably 4 more

They banned him cause he was to dominate making everyone else look bad

Let's be real, 5 more.

Sue Kazmaer was Elasta-girl.. and they got BUSY!!!

From the waist up, maybe.......

what a legend and great announcer also

AGREED.

I think Pudzianowski was stronger

@@bogumicichowski5389 i dont know, maybe upper body but not total

Pudzianowski another great strongman... no question... it would be interesting to see them compete against each other, each in their prime..but unfortunately we'll never be able to see that. I think it's like the other strongman champions said of Kazmaier as well. Good thoughtful reply's gentlemen. Thanks.

Thank goodness! We'd all have been in trouble if he wasn't so nice.

@@youtubecensors5419 , yeah for some reason people mistake kindness for weakness, but for those of us in the iron game we know the difference. You can be nice without destroying all of humanity.

Well, not really. As much as I like Kaz, athletes these days are stronger. You can look into records of different events. Kaz is impressive and a legend of the sport.

@@swite989 but not the whole package..yes..hafthor had a better deadlift..but kazmaier..300kg bench..i know no recent strongman who is able to bench 300kg!

Didn’t he lift like 635 lb bench record? Today I’m pretty sure guys are benching between 700- 750 lbs or more

@@dan-ws2sf but there is no strongman who is stronger in every discipline. When you combine evey strongman, yes..stronger. But show me one strongman who benches 300kg.

​​@@dan-ws2sf 700 plus benches are still incredibly rare. No strongman has a 700 pound bench (most don't train for it anyway, so hard to say if anyone could). Eddie was a 300 plus kilo bencher.

he could have possibly won 6 or 7 total I think

I guess he would've won 2 more titles (I have had this discussion with other fans for over 15 years 😅) he was a beast, but the sport was specializing and big names were sprouting. Capes was at his primer, Sigmarsson was growing and just getting better, on the other hand Kaz wasn't getting any younger nor healthier. Also there were guys like Ab Wolders who could snatch some good points here and there. So yeah, Kaz definitely would've ruled the first half of the 80's, but the other half wasn't going to be the same (Kaz was very injury prone), just check what happened in Pure Strength.

@@emperomassinencambio...9941 I’m going to add one caveat so to speak, and that is that you have to take the results of the Pure Strength competition with a grain of salt. Now you may already know all this and if so just ignore this long comment lol I’ve seen and heard numerous stories about how the organizers of Pure Strength did everything they could to make sure Kaz didn’t do well. Some of which came from Capes himself. If I can ever come across the video (if it’s still even a public video at this point) I will share it as I don’t remember everything they did but I do remember they played dirty with log press and the deadlift. They knew Kaz was not good with heights, and knew Jon Paul and Capes didn’t have the strength to beat Kaz unless they did something. So at the last minute they changed from having the log lift in the courtyard to having it up on top of one of the castle walls to try and throw Kaz off his game. And it worked. You can see how the heights were screwing with him on the video, and see how pissed off Bill was about it. And the deadlift was to be on a traditional bar, and again they knew no one would beat Kaz on a deadlift without some tricky tactics. If I remember correctly the day of the deadlift they had claimed to have lost the bar or it had got damaged or something along those lines. So they used that really odd rectangular shaped bar. (Capes had even said that not only did he and Jon Pall knew they were going to change the bar a day or two in advance but they even got to practice with it behind closed doors so Bill didn’t see what was going on. Oh and the shape of that rectangular bar just so happened to be perfectly shaped to fit in JPs hands too. Now I’m not sure Bill would have won that competition overall as he was very rusty with a lot of strongman events (was still a bit rusty at Bills first time back to WSM as well) but if they played fair it would have been close between JP and Bill with either one being able to win it.

@@emperomassinencambio...9941 Both the 1987 Pure Strength event and the 1988 WSM were rigged against Kaz. The organizers hated his guts. In both contests the organizers changed 2 events at the last minute to make it near impossible for him to win. The world record in weight over the bar was set by Bill Kazmaier in the 1987 Pure strength event. He beat Jon Pal easily.. so what did the WSM people do in 88? They put the same event not on flat ground, but on a god Dam boat dock with unstable footing and water to look at during the windup for the throws. Nobody did well, but Kaz had a weakness for heights and unsure footing. It had nothing to do with testing his strength. Also -- in the Pure Strength event "log press" the organizers, at the last minute, put the log press on a castle wall instead of flat ground to take advantage of Kazmaier's fear of heights and poor balance. He had NEVER lost a log press even in his life, held multiple world records in it, and should not have lost that one. In the 1988 WSM, there was also an event called the "sausage hold" where the referees conspired against him. First they told him to straighten his arms, which were already clearly straight, so he moved his hands in on the bar to get more extension, then when he did that to accommodate them, he was disqualified. There are numerous other instances of the organizers having it out for him.. such as making the tug-o-war worth 2x points to force him to participate in it during the 81 contest.

He would of 🏆 won. 83 84 85. For sure. Cause he destroyed capes and capes beat sigmarrson 2/3;of those years. By 86. Jon Paul had filled out and would of gave Kaz a run that year

Yeah I would think if he were plucked out of time and transplanted to today at his prime he would be comparable to Mitch or Martins. Just generally really good at everything.

Kaz had natural pressing power that neither of those have, perhaps a stronger squatter naturally than even Mitchell(and he beats martins for sure). Eddie, Z territory, Biby can be stronger, but Biby is also over 400. Kaz could run 800m with a solid time, and still do work. Not saying biby isn´t a freak man, but kaz was the 320 some beast that could do it all. Him at 345 of quality weight would be unmatched. Almost "Big Hall" levels of strength, but lighter and faster.@@elliottengstrand5988

Absolutely

Don’t underestimate the steroid era of the 70s

Louis Cyr!

@@SeptemberChild1835 Manfred Hoeberl.

I remember that. It was hysterical to watch.

Louis Cyr!!

Sorry, just a really dumb reference.

HAHA funny!

Oh 😂 funny 😊

Nope! Louis Cyr! 😃

@@SeptemberChild1835Nope. Paul Anderson. He said so because he said so many times. Just kidding.

@@kennethbroadwell653 LOL 😂

Big Z

Thanks! We have lots more planned.

@@BigLozOfficial awesome! Cannot wait, seeing strongman as a sport just keep getting bigger is wicked. I recently booked my flights & tickets for Vegas!!

It is sexist.

He wasn't invited because many of his fellow competitors did not like him and he was always clashing with the organizers and judges.

Eddie is a putz.

Proof??? 🧐🤨

Jan Todd was the OG. Just before the incredible Bev Francis.