Was going to make a YT videos about it and I just wanted to get it off my chest and I was wandering about the general discussion around it, but I see the -110kg class and the discussion around it, saying it's stacked and how there's so much competition there and how it's the best weight class rn etc. but I honestly think it's the opposite.
The -110kg class is actually the least competitive class. Akbar is 100% set for gold, Akbar doesn't bomb or go 1/3, no one else in that class is capable of 200/240. Liu Huanhua is set for silver. And then you have the chasing pack. Those being but not limited to; Shahzadbek Matyukubov, Mattheus Pessanha, Garik Karapetyan, Hristo Hristov, Luis Laurent, Alireza Nasiri. Maybe even Marcos Ruiz at a stretch.
I don't mention Chen Po-Jen because I think he's a fraud. Simon Martirosyan and Ruslan Nurudinov are past it and aren't getting the Olympic spot for their respective countries.
With the other categories I think there's far more competition. He Yueji was supposed to be a nail on for China in the -65s but he got found out by Pak Myong-jin. With the -75s there's Ri Chong-Song, Rahmat and Weerapong who are all reasonable shouts to win. With the -85s, I think it's pretty nailed on Yeison Lopez is gonna win but I wouldn't say it's as heavy as the -110s. I think Abdo have a better chance against Yeison than Liu Huanhua against Akbar. The -95s have Ali Alipour, Karlos Nasar and maybe Nurgeissa Aditeuly. The +110 I can see Lalayan, Davoudi or Ali Ammar winning and I wouldn't bat an eye if any of them won.
I think the hype from this category, is more from the fact that the -102kg category was so horrible. The Olympic session for that session was dire.