You’ll hear of me yet! 09:00 04/03/2014 He always knew he’d be a champion. Strong and stubborn, he climbed his way up to the very top. Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. He first met Farid Usmanli* in 2004 during the World Championships in Durban in South Africa. It was a strange meeting. A guy came up to me, said he was from Uzbekistan, told me to watch him because he was soon going to be the champion of armwrestling – recalls Igor Mazurenko. - I thought to myself – we ’ ll see about that. Farid hasn ’ t won in Durban, but he showed a great fight. And indeed, I have been watching him, I thought to myself that this guy has a chance for the podium. The next time Igor Mazurenko met Farid Usmanli was in 2005, at the Nemiroff World Cup. He didn ’ t take the podium in the OPEN, but he won 2 nd place in +95kg. In 2006 Farid took part in few vendettas, his most sad and unfair fight was the one with Travis Bagent in Dubai – says Igor MAzurenko. - Travis was considered one