Osamu WATANABE

It is possible that Osamu Watanabe is the greatest wrestler ever, pound-for-pound. He had a very short career but he was never beaten or scored upon during it. It is known that he won at least 187 consecutive matches until his victory in the 1964 Olympics at Tokyo when he won the featherweight freestyle gold medal. In that tournament, Watanabe won all his matches without sacrificing a single point. This followed Watanabe victories in the 1962 and 1963 world championships. He was not immensely strong, but was very quick and his technical skills were unmatched in his era.