Yeah, because that only several elite powerlifters can pull in the mid-to-late eights doesn't say anything. You're plain out to lunch.
I don't know where you come from, but where I'm from elite is 900.
I wonder what his max lifts are. Someone as big as him should at least be able to bench 500+, Deadlift 800, and squat 700-800.
Elite is a designation, not "elite" with a small "e". For some weight classes, an Elite status is much less than, say, 400, even. Get it straight or don't play, man.