Powerful Muscular Man - Andre Ward, American professional boxer

Andre Ward (born February 23, 1984) is an American professional boxer and the current WBA (Super), WBC and The Ring Super Middleweight Champion.

Currently, Ward is rated among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He is rated #6, #6 and #5 by Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated and The Ring respectively. Ward was a Gold Medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Ward was named Ring Magazine fighter of the year in 2011.

Andre was born to Frank Ward, an American of Irish descent, and Madeline Arvie Taylor, an African American. His father inspired him by regaling him with stories of hard fought battles and triumphant victories. Given the choice to fight or pursue other sports, the young Andre chose boxing and has poured his mind, body and soul into the sport & became a world champion.

Ward grew up in the East Bay in the Fairview neighborhood of Hayward, in California, where he attended Fairview Elementary, Bret Harte Junior High School and Hayward High School. At Hayward High he starred as a running back and safety on the football team. When he turned 17 he became a close friend to boxer Andre Dirrell.

Powerful Muscular Man - Tavoris Cloud, American professional boxer

Tavoris Karod Cloud (born January 10, 1982 in Tallahassee, Florida, USA) is an American professional boxer and the current IBF Light Heavyweight Champion.

When interviewed by ESPN, Tavoris Cloud explained that he had a tough childhood. His neighbourhood, as he recalled, was very rough. He lived in a small home that housed at times 10-15 people. It was a very poor environment. He went on to explain how meager his family's situation was, and spoke on how his family used a foot hole with Ice in it as a fridge. His mother Emma Smith, reflected upon the day that Tavoris Cloud declared that he was going to take care of this situation. He was around 14–15 years of age. Alonzo Johnson,(his coach), trained and housed Tavoris during his high school years. Tavoris has been training with Alonzo since his Amateur days. Alonzo Johnson can be seen working in his corner along side Al Bonanni during fights. Al Bonanni, a recent Florida Boxing Hall of Famer is his professional boxing trainer, and has been for the past 5 years.

 

Powerful Muscular Man - Chad Dawson, American professional boxer

"Bad" Chad Dawson (born July 13, 1982) is an American professional boxer from Hartsville, South Carolina. He is the current Ring Magazine and WBC Light Heavyweight Champion.

Ring Magazine currently rates Dawson as the number ten pound-for-pound boxer in the world.

Dawson was born to Rick Dawson, a former boxer who compiled a 1-4-1 record, and Wanda Dawson. Chad Dawson has four brothers and two sisters. In search of work, Rick Dawson moved the family to New Haven, Connecticut in 1988. Dawson attended James Hillhouse High School from 1996 to 2000.

 

Strong Man: Nicholas Best (USA)

Nick Best(born 1969) is an American professional strongman competitor and world champion powerlifter.

Top Strong Man - Brian Schoonveld, Strongman competitor from Valporaiso, Indiana

Brian Schoonveld (born March 8, 1974) is a Strongman competitor from Valporaiso, Indiana. Brian is best known as a 2 time winner of America's Strongest Man in 2000 & 2001. Brian competed in the 2000, 2001 and 2002 World's Strongest Man competitions but failed to make the finals.

Top Strong Man - Kevin Nee, American professional Strongman athlete

Kevin Nee (born August 21, 1985) is an American professional Strongman athlete. He is notable as being the youngest person ever to reach the finals in the World's Strongest Man in 2007 at age 21.

Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, Nee began his strength training at the age of 14. As a high school student at Hopedale High School in Hopedale, Massachusetts, he began competing in the teenage level Strongman competitions. He won the teenage heavyweight division of 2002 USA Teenage Strongman, which earned him coverage in Sports Illustrated's “Faces in the Crowd” column. To date, Nee has competed in five of the World's Strongest Man championships. In 2005, he competed in the tournament held in Chengdu, China; at the age of 20, he made history as the youngest competitor ever to compete in this annual sports event, article.

Nee also competed in the 2006 World's Strongest Man championship in Sanya, China. In both the Chengdu and Sanya tournaments, Nee did not make it to the final round of competition. In 2007, at the World's Strongest Man championship held in Long Beach, California, Nee made it to the final round and finished in eighth place. He has also competed in the annual World's Strongest Man Super Series Competition at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, where he finished fifth in 2006 and second in 2007.

While he was training for the 2005 World's Strongest Man championship, Nee was featured in a 2005 episode of the MTV reality show True Life: I Want the Perfect Body 2. It was in the same episode that it was mentioned he was named the Strongest Teen in the United States. In 2007, Men's Fitness magazine named him among the world's “25 Fittest Men”, in the company of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, Los Angeles Galaxy soccer star David Beckham, and entertainers Matt Damon and Justin Timberlake.

The 6'2, 295-pound Nee, who has a degree in supply chain management from Arizona State University, resides in the Phoenix, Arizona area.

Super Strong Man - Corey St. Clair (Boise, Idaho)

Corey St. Clair is a personal trainer and proffessional strongman. He lives in Boise, Idaho with his wife Jodey. Together they own St. Clair Strength and Fitness.

Marshall White, American Professional Strongman athlete from Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Marshall White (born April 30, 1982) is an American Professional Strongman athlete from Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Marshall was born in Houston, Texas and now lives in Pagosa Springs, Colorado with his wife Rachel, whom he married in 2005. Marshall is a Mortician in addition to being a professional athlete.

Marshall played football for his junior high and high school in Texas. After graduating, Marshall joined "The Unit", a Strongman group in Cypress, Texas headed by longtime friend and Strongman Travis Ortmayer.

After training with "The Unit" for a year, Marshall applied for a job which would place him in Port Angeles, Washington.

He initially trained at "Marunde Muscle" with World's Strongest Man competitor, the late Jesse Marunde.

Marshall earned his pro card in 2006, and competed in the 2006 ASC Nationals, finishing in 7th place overall.

Marshall was training with Jacob Miskimens in their own facility in Washington when he purchased a funeral home in Pagosa Springs, Co. He made the move to Colorado on March, 2009 and is currently training on his own.

For 2008, Marshall was invited to compete in the World's Strongest Man Super Series, which is a qualifying tour for the World's Strongest Man Competition.

In January 2009, Marshall competed in the Fit Expo in Pasadena, California finishing in 4th place overall.

On July 4, 2009 Marshall recorded his biggest win to date, a victory at the Strongman Super Series Bucharest contest, defeating Nick Best, Brian Shaw and Johannes Arsjo.

This victory qualified Marshall for the 2009 World's Strongest Man contest in Valetta, Malta. Marshall competed in the qualifying heats but failed to qualify for the finals.

Top Strong Man - Don Pope (America)

Don Pope (born January 10, 1972) is a strongman competitor from the USA. He is best known for participating in the World's Strongest Man finals of 2005, 2006 and 2007. His best finish was 3rd at the 2006 World's Strongest Man competition. Don has a maximum dead lift of 800 pounds, and can squat nearly 1000 pounds. He is also a school teacher by trade.

Great Strong Man - Kevin Nee (Massachusetts, America)

Kevin Nee (born August 21, 1985) is an American professional Strongman athlete. He is notable as being the youngest person ever to reach the finals in the World's Strongest Man in 2007 at age 21.

Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, Nee began his strength training at the age of 14. As a high school student at Hopedale High School in Hopedale, Massachusetts, he began competing in the teenage level Strongman competitions. He won the teenage heavyweight division of 2002 USA Teenage Strongman, which earned him coverage in Sports Illustrated's “Faces in the Crowd” column. To date, Nee has competed in five of the World's Strongest Man championships. In 2005, he competed in the tournament held in Chengdu, China; at the age of 20, he made history as the youngest competitor ever to compete in this annual sports event, article.

Nee also competed in the 2006 World's Strongest Man championship in Sanya, China. In both the Chengdu and Sanya tournaments, Nee did not make it to the final round of competition. In 2007, at the World's Strongest Man championship held in Long Beach, California, Nee made it to the final round and finished in eighth place. He has also competed in the annual World's Strongest Man Super Series Competition at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, where he finished fifth in 2006 and second in 2007.