Assuming the date of birth information here is correct, Rich died 32 days before turning 46.
https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/rich-piana.htmlGreg Kovacs died 24 days before turning 45.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_KovacsI guess one thing is for certain - the shelf life for larger men is not as high as for smaller men.
I saw a photoshoot for what was presumably a French Canadian work boot company, ROYER, and Georges St-Pierre was doing the shoot with Jean-Francois Caron. Georges is a little over a year older than JF, but looks much younger. Both men are "bald", but you can tell that GSP has all of his hair and just chooses to shave it bald. As a result of walking around at 184-lb at around 5'10.5", GSP will most likely have a longer lifespan than JF, who is closer to 330 at 6'4. From JF's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/jfcaronstrongman/photos/a.502335199874075.1073741828.495947157179546/1354309588009961Both are tremendous athletes - but given that JF was 5th in the world both last year's and this year's World's Strongest Man, it could be argued that JF is the overall more successful athlete in his sport. After all, JF is #5 in the world in the OPEN CLASS, whereas GSP was a dominant champion in his weight class, the welterweights.
What I mean by this is that GSP would almost certainly not be the #5 MMA fighter in the world at his best, as the top five would almost definitely be heavyweight competitors, or perhaps an extremely good light-heavyweight competitor in the mix too.
GSP was never formally offered to fight Anderson Silva until after his Johny Hendricks fight at which point nothing would have kept him in the sport, but I find it unlikely that GSP would have been able to beat him, and GSP himself said that Silva's fight weight was likely something like 207 - far heavier than his weigh-in weight of 185. It seemed to me that GSP was never under the impression that he could beat Silva.
Jean Francois Caron came to Thunder Bay last year to win the inaugural "Thunder Bay Classic", where I sponsored the trophies, and a portion of JF's cash reward, and he was turning pretty red after each event. I am hugely impressed at what JF does, and it makes me sad knowing that he won't be around for a long time if he keeps his body weight well north of 300-lb.
I have befriended so many large bodybuilders that it makes me sad knowing that they - some of them, perhaps even most - will die young, or at least, younger than they otherwise would have.
BOSS:
Serious question:
I once read that the 5% product was not Piana's. That he was simply the spokesperson for the label. Is this true? If so, who will take his place?
Correct. I believe it was owned by Pete Hyc , who also owns IllPumpYouUp.com
