Best Bencher Under 200

Best drug free is Burdette, hands down.

Wow. I didn't even make the cut.

Only because you're retired. Otherwise you certainly deserve to be included.

i don't trust anyone to actually be drug free...thats nothing against Burdette just saying you never really know....thats why we dont ask who's the best drug free bencher.

Of current guys, I'd have to say Dennis Cieri. 525 unequipped at 198. Love to see what the guy could drive after *properly* learning an open-back two-ply RageX or F6

Cieri has my vote.

I know a 198er that benches 500 raw twice touch and go. He is close but cieri is on top right now.

I also know a 198er who benched 405x7 a few months ago. Thats weighing that weight, he competes 181 usually.

Fredrik Jäder from Sweden did 485pounds(220kg) RAW in competion in 198er and 262.5(578pounds) in competion with a F6 single ply he is very strong. My Vote go too Kodama from Japan he is the best. 620pounds(281kg) in 165er in tested federation and single ply is very amazing.

no such thing,drug free?when u are lifting numbers like that. its called injection of any steriod. drug tests are oral or urine. anything injected into the body will not come up. therefor its not drug free its bs. and the lifters who do hit hard who don't use that are the real champs. anyone can stick themselves. that just proves a lack of confidence in urself if u have to cheat others.

MAZZA!!!

Dennis Ceri RAW and Joe Mazza with a shirt. Both of them ar freaks!

There are about 5 benchers in history who can do 500# weighing under 200# raw. Ant titan can give you as much as 200 lbs. Add another 50 for denim.

Will all respect to Pete Alaniz (Titan Founder)...true strength can only be gauged with a raw lift.

what about wade hooper....
he is a dam fine bencher

Absolutely, he's another great sub-200 pound bencher.

Brian Schwab! @148-508 @165-573. And he's only getting better. 600 will go at the WPO semi's @148.

Didn't he just miss 600 last weekend at 165?

It was almost there. He missed it right at the top.

Schwab didn't try to make weight, last weekend he just walked in and lifted, it's very hard for him to make 148 so he only does it for the semis and the Arnold, when he moves up to 165 for for good he will be ready to do some serious damage

Burdette IS 100% drug free and can hang with anyone any fed and ply. Brian Schwab will definetly hit 600@148 soon he looked strong in florida. Mazza is one of the best benchers ever.
If you want to talk raw and equiped frankl can do well over 500 raw and if he did a bench only meet i know he could hit 750@198. Fry is a freak and look for him to hit something huge @ 181 and of course Bolt is awsome and very consistent always hitting big numbers. Brad V should be on the list no doubt along with kilts. And its tough to compare all the guys on the list.

It's a heckuva list and definitely tough to narrow down to one lifter. Congratulations on your recent WPO record.

thank you. the awsome thing about my class is every time these guys lift the record will be broken. burdette, fry, bolt,mazza and schick can break the record. these guys are all tough and thats what keeps us all going. and those 198ers are stupid strong, but like i said before dont count out schwab he is one bad ass dude the next person to hit 4Xs bodyweight im sure of it..

how come the list is all males?

Good point. Equal representation will be forthcoming. Email me if you have a particularly good poll suggestion.

Joe "Hammer" Mazza has done 3.75X his body weight! Last time I looked, no one has done that other then Shick. No doubt pound for pound best bencher out there.

Is it true that Mazza lifted 705 at 172 at a recent work out? It was posted on the Joe Average Strength web site. If that is true, that is pretty serious weight. He would have my vote.

Mazza did push up 705 at the end of a recent workout. His log is posted at www.joeaveragestrength.com
Word is that he is looking for a 730-750 bench in the 181's in Jan at Carpenter's meet.

Here's the link. Apparently he almost locked out 705.

Mike Wolfly has the best form/tecnique I've seen for benching and fears no weight and is drug free. he has my vote.

Should I even admit that I outweigh those guys by no less than 80 lb, but they're outbenching me by 200+? Screw this. I'm going back to rasslin'!

Seriously, though...I've been an official as well as announcer three times for Will Lynch and once for Dennis Cieri, and their lifts are just amazing. Photos don't capture their form from lift-off to rack. If more people saw them live, there may be more respect and admiration for them instead of anonymous snipes of slander.

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Shawn "Bud" Lyte
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anyone that believes markus schick has a great beach press is insane. first of all i was at the aronld classic when he set the record at 667. they set the bar on his chest before letting go. not a legal lift by any means. plus feet on cynder blocks, against rules must stay flat on floor not blocks. yes i give him credit for moving that much weight but he didnt even lock out arms b4 they grabbed bar and credited him for lift. he is a joke would rather see a true lift at less weight than him get credit for garbage lifts.... you want a real man and bench presser. fred boldt is the man.....

wow, nobody even mentioned stanazek who benched 390 unequipped at 114 or marcus schick who is the only person in the world to bench 4 times his bodyweight, with a 650 press at 165. these are insane lifts no matter how u look at them. why is it that the lighter weight classes, especially the 114's, 123's and 132's, get ignored so often?

Best pound-for-pound drug free and raw:
Narbe Mansourian, weighs 145 and put up 392.

I know....I've met him and seen him lift. He should be a serious contender for best lightweight.