Mississippi state armwrestling championship held in Hattiesburg

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – Dozens of athletes from a half dozen states were in the Hub City Saturday, taking part in a competition that tested both arm strength and skill.

It was all part of the Mississippi State Armwrestling Championship held at Brewsky’s.

More than 120 professional and amateur competitors from Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas and Tennessee participated in several different weight classes, for first-, second- and third-place medals.

Competitors up to 75 years of age were part of the event.

“It’s more technique than it is power,” said Sean Boom Hancock, Professional Armwrestling League-USA president/ International Federation of Armwrestling world champion. “I tell people it’s like a mixture of chess and drag racing,

“There’s a counter-move, an offensive move and a defensive move for everything that these guys do on the table and it’s got to be done instantaneous, like drag-racing, or you’ll lose the match.”

The state championship has been held every year in the Hub City since 2017.

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