Supermatch XII: Manuel Bataglia 16:00 03/15/2017 At the Supermatch Italian Manuel Battaglia will fight with Sabin Badulescu for the title of the strongest. Can ex-rugby player win? Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. In 10 days in Italy we’ll see a series of armfights at the Supermatch tournament. One of the sportsmen, who will take part in these fights, will be Italian superheavyweight armwrestler Manuel Battaglia. Manuel, tell, please, about yourself. – I am 27 years old, I am a farmer and I live in Brescia close to Garda's lake. On the 21 of February I became father for the first time. How did you choose armwrestling? – Since 2010, after a very important knee injury playing rugby; I started to practice armwrestling and now it is my sport. I won 4 times the Italian champion title with right arm and 2 times with left arm. When you had a proposition to pull with Sabin Badulescu, why did you agree? – One month ago, a President of our Federation Claudio Rizza proposed