10.Yue Fei
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Pengju, was a Han Chinese military general who lived during the Southern Song dynasty. He grew strong, working long days on the farm and spending his nights studying martial arts under a highly-respected village elder.Evetually he is credited with being an expert and inventing or inovating many martial arts styles.
The Biography of Yue Fei states, "Yue Fei possessed supernatural power and before his adulthood, he was able to draw a bow of 300 catties and a crossbow of eight stone.
9.Glaucus of Carystus
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Glaucus of Carystus, the son of Demylos, was a boxer and one of the most celebrated Ancient Greek athletes. He was a winner at all most important games of Ancient Greece, having gained one Olympic, two Pythian, eight Nemean, and eight Isthmian victories in boxing.
The fullest account of his life is given by Pausanias, according to whom Glaucus claimed descent from the marine god Glaucus. It is said that while still a boy, Glaucus refixed a ploughshare which had dropped out of its place by the blows of his fist, without the help of a hammer. His father, observing that, had him participate in the boxing competition at the Olympic games. Having had no previous training, Glaucus was severely injured by his opponents, and was about to pass out during the final fight, but his father encouraged him with the words "Son, the plough tough", whereupon Glaucus defeated his opponent with a final blow. He subsequently became a renowned boxer, winning all his victories.
8.John Middleton
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John Middleton was an English giant commonly known as the Childe of Hale. Legend tells that he slept with his feet out of the window of his small house. Tales also credit him with great strength. According to contemporary accounts and his epitaph, Middleton grew to the height of "9 feet, 3 inches" (2.82 m).
Because of his size, landlord and sheriff of Lancashire Gilbert Ireland hired him as a bodyguard. Middleton also beat the King's champion in wrestling and in doing so broke the man's thumb.
7.Bak Mei
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Bak Mei is said to have been one of the legendary Five Elders — survivors of the destruction of the Shaolin Monastery by the Qing dynasty. According to the lineage of Grand Master Nam Anh , Bak Mei slew the “invincible” Shaolin leader, Chi Thien Su, in single combat by breaking his neck.
The shaolin's from his temple were so outstanding in combat , that they defeated the entire Xilu army with a force of only 128 monks without suffering a single casualty.
6.Fedor Emelianenko
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Sports and MMA media, ESPN, Bleacher Report, Sherdog, SB Nation (mmafighting) and Fight Matrix, list him as the greatest MMA Heavyweight fighter of all time. Emelianenko is also the longest reigning Heavyweight lineal champion and #1 pound for pound ranked fighter in MMA history. Former combat sports fighters Chuck Norris and Mike Tyson; current MMA fighters such as Junior dos Santos, Fabrício Werdum, and Jose Aldo; and other publications have called Emelianenko the greatest mixed martial artist of all time
5.Theagenes of Thasos
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Theagenes was renowned for his extraordinary strength and swiftness. At the age of nine, he was said to have carried home a brazen statue of a god from the agora.
As he grew up he became distinguished in every kind of athletic contest, and gained numerous victories at the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian games. Altogether he was said to have won 1300 fights. The popular story among the Thasians was that Heracles was his father.
4.Melankomas
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Amazingly enough, Melankomas was undefeated throughout his career yet he never once hit an opponent or was hit by one.His boxing style was to defend himself from the blows of the other boxer and avoid striking the other man. Invariably, the opponent would grow frustrated and surendered.He could allegedly fight throughout the whole day,even in the summer, and he refused to strike his opponents.
Melankomas exercised far more than the other atheletes.
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, one story relates that the boxer went for two straight days with his arms up, not once putting them down or resting.
Melankomas was mentioned in a second-season episode of Sports Night as a contender for "Athlete of the Millennium."
3.Milo of Croton
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Milo of Croton is considered the most succesful wrestler in acient greek history. Legends say he carried his own bronze statue to its place at Olympia, and once carried a four-year-old bull on his shoulders before slaughtering, roasting, and devouring it in one day.
One report says the wrestler was able to hold a pomegranate without damaging it while challengers tried to pry his fingers from it, and another report says he could burst a band fastened around his brow by inhaling air and causing the temple veins to swell. He was said to maintain his footing on an oiled discus while others tried to push him from it.Another report says Milo held his arm outstretched and challengers were unable to bend his fingers.
2.Sher Shah Suri
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Sher Shah Suri was the founder of the Sur Empire in North India, with its capital at Delhi. He is also famously remembered for killing a fully grown tiger with his bare hands in a jungle of Bihar , thus earning the name Sher(tiger).
1.Polydamas of Skotoussa
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Polydamas of Skotoussa , son of Nicias, was a Thessalian pankratiast, victor in the 93rd Olympiad (408 BC).Polydamas once killed a huge lion with his bare hands on Mount Olympus in a quest to imitate the labors of Herakles, who slew the Nemean lion.He also he stopped a chariot at full gallop.Such exploits reached the ears of the Persians, and the king Dareius sent for Polydamas. There the athlete challenged three Persians, nicknamed the "Immortals" to fight him, three against one, and Polydamas was victorious.
, one story relates that the boxer went for two straight days with his arms up, not once putting them down or resting.
