blueandgold Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 D.J. Radnovich For those who were around, what was he like as a wrestler? I hear and see his name mentioned a lot but never got the chance to see him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdSkifan Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 This basically amounts to ten pounds of air as I had no first-hand experience seeing him either, but I heard from several people in the Evansville area at the time that he was "scary." I recall hearing too that his four state finals matches on the way to his '98 title lasted less than a combined five or six minutes, but I'm not sure if that's fact. If the link works, here's a picture of him from back in the day. Needless to say, a specimen. I can only speculate that Christian Carroll might be a good current comparison? I believe he's now a member of the Tulsa PD, or at least was as of just a few years ago. Perhaps on their SWAT team as well. https://m.facebook.com/gshswrestling/photos/throwback-thursday-dj-radnovich-state-tourney-1997-3rd-and-1998-champion-school-/605372916201565/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahawkeye Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 ColdSkifan pretty much summed it up. Dude was an absolute beast. From what I saw he didn't just wrestle you he punished you for being on the same mat. I also heard he was on a SWAT team somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Carroll's a tank, but Radnovich was the prototypical superhero V physique. Just flat eye-popping. I remember hearing he could bench 425? and he had biceps like grapefruits. Could have walked into a 97kg (214lb) Olympics weigh-in at age 18 and been one of the top physiques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdSkifan Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Found here that Radnovich spent a total of 7:40 in his four matches, bested only by Blake Rypel's 6:43 in 2015. https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Wrestling Records Book.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdSkifan Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 My apologies for what's essentially a duplicate post, but a great article here from a few years back. I meant to link this. Dwilly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie78 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Ever wrestle a mature grizzly bear? Me neither, but I'd say the grizzly would be comparable to.........D.........J.........Randnovich! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReformedPoster Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Saw him several times. I don't think he technique was on par with guys like Mason Parris or Christian Carroll. He just overwhelmed kids with superior physicality. If you could weather the storm physically and had some technique you could beat him (see his match with Talamantes). I would favor Parris and Carroll over him. But he was an absolute beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket21 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I just pulled up that link from @ColdSkifanand WOW. Dude was stacked. MUSKEEWRESTLER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleB Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Radnovich > Chuck Norris I think I thanked him multiple times for staying at 215 our senior year. Though I was intrigued to see how long I'd last. BadHabit, MUSKEEWRESTLER and MitchRobb 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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