Tony Atlas pressing King Kong Bundy AND Hulk Hogan

[GetItOnNY]

Say what you want about Tony Atlas, but he won the Mr USA twice, and won numerious bench press contests.No ther wrestler won a Mr USA contest.If you saw Tony Atlas in his prime your jaw would literally  drop. He was enormous..When he first walked in to George Eifermans gym back in 85 .George Eiferman said" Thats one of the biggest men I have ever seen",he could barely fit through the door".IF anybody knows bodybuilding history George Eiferman was in the bodybuilding industry for nearly 50 years.He was a true icon.He was one of the greats, along with Steve Reeves, who was a dear friend to George.
Tony had a really a very small waiste, round muscle bellies, and a "V " taper that isnt seen today.Has anyone of you seen a  285lb man without a big nasty distended  roid gut?
I havent.

[Thin Lizzy]

I remember several years ago, seeing a show on MTV that showed wrestlers in various stages of their careers. Tony was the "past his prime" guy. It was really sad. He was trying to put on some tiny show in a small town and he only had a few hundred dollars to his name. I remember him saying, "I don't have a bank account."

I'd bet the guy who wrote the screenplay for "The Wrestler" based at least part of it on Tony.

[spinnis]

Goldberg is the strongest Wrestler I have ever seen. A young Scott Steiner was a suplex monster as well.

The most unbelievable thing in that video is at 1:23 when he Catches scott steiner as he jumps of the turnbuccke, and scott is probably 240+
I wonder if people understand the strenght that it takes to do that.

[Trav]

Tony Atlas grabs his mail at the post office in my building- dudes arms are HUUUGE!  20"+ easy!  What's he, over 60?!?  Also rocks an 80's Deville- too awesome- but he drives that baby slooooooooooow, so I try to avoid tailgating teh Caddys around here...

[DeketheCreep]

Check out these Monsters of the ring 

[spinnis]

6"8

[DeketheCreep]

Maximum Capacity!!!

[spinnis]

Maximum Capacity!!!

haha, his voice totaly ruined Everything 

[DeketheCreep]

haha, his voice totaly ruined Everything 

and the fact he's got no nipples

[QuakerOats]

Maximum Capacity!!!

either that dude has a HUGE head or the skinny guy's head is tiny.

[GetItOnNY]

I cant beleive Klausfan thinks this guy has 18" arms and a 50" chest, lol at 285lbs .In my peak when I was 290lbs  I had a 21" arms and 56" chest, and I didnt look 10% as good as Tony Atlas did.
If this is what 18" arms and a 50" chest looks like, then I wish I had 18" arms and a 50" chest.LMAO

[Danimal77]

I cant beleive Klausfan thinks this guy has 18" arms and a 50" chest, lol at 285lbs .In my peak when I was 290lbs  I had a 21" arms and 56" chest, and I didnt look 10% as good as Tony Atlas did.
If this is what 18" arms and a 50" chest looks like, then I wish I had 18" arms and a 50" chest.LMAO

He didn't wrestle at 285 pounds. He wrestled at between 230-270 pounds. He was really buffed, but unless you measured his biceps at 23.5" (which would have been 1.25" larger than Arnold's at HIS largest), than I doubt they were what you claim they were. I could believe 21-22" though.

[GetItOnNY]

In the early 80"s you were right Tony did wrestle at 250 lbs, but towards the mid to late 80"s he got up to 285lbs.I beleive his biceps were 23 1/2" I seen him stand next to Hulk Hogan who had probably 21" arms, and he dwarfed him.At the same time Hawk and Animal the Road Warriors werein the gym and he dwarfed both of them.I would say Animal from the Road Warriors arms wereeasy 21" arms.
I know what a 21" looks like I had them when I competed.Tony Atlas's arms is bigger then 21" trust me.
The top pic is Tony at 285lbs taken about 1987, the bottom pic is tony at 245-250lbs taken about 1982.If you notice in the top pic, his muscles are bigger and fuller, then the bottom pic.He is leaner in the bottom pic, but not nearly as big, about a 30 lbs diffrence

[Tyr]

Haha
That's funny.

[jesusbod]

Who is that with Tony at 2:41?

Rocky Johnson. The Rocks Daddy!