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Originally Posted by Palma
It's more then just accomplishments. He is considered to have the best single leg takedowns of all time and he also beat Sergei Beloglasov 2 out of 3 times.
If you have a good argument for Baumgartner being a better wrestler (besides being a 4X Olympic Medalist) I'm open to hearing it.
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No I'm not trying to say that Baumgartner is a better wrestler. I'm actually asking you instead.
I know it is more than accomplishments but accomplishments is a very good indicator of where you stand. Baumgartner was more decorated internationally and dominated his weight class for a longer period of time. I know the 4x olympic medalist is probably used by many people but it is important because he was the first american to be an olympic medalist in 4 consecutive olympic years. I do definitely think that Smith had better technique but then again I think that majority of the time the lighter weight class wrestlers are better technicians.
That's why the world championships, olympic medals, and pan am championships are a good way standardized indicator of how wrestlers from two different weight classes compare.