Photo Credit: Joe Fox

By Shane Clausing

armwrestling

Grande Prairie’s Joe Fox looks to become first Canadian in top 8 armwrestling rankings

Feb 7, 2020 | 3:24 PM

Grande Prairie’s Joe Fox is back looking to make a name for himself on the international armwrestling scene.

This weekend Fox (41) is participating in a ‘Transition Fight’ in the 95 kg class against Latvian Raimonds Antonovic in Ukraine for a spot in the top eight. He currently is armwrestling in the Zloty Tur league.

Antonovic has been in the armwrestling scene for 20 years and has been one of the top in the world for a long time.

If Fox can pull out a win in his ‘Best of Six’ matchup Saturday, he will become a paid athlete and get to travel all over the world to participate in armwrestling competitions against the best of the best.

In an article posted on en.armpower.net, Fox said the following about his upcoming match.

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“Raimonds is a very experienced elite puller and I have much respect for him! It will be my toughest match yet by a mile but with heart and grit I think I can give him a match and take him to his limits. He has more experience and is a very versatile puller, but this is a fight, and anything can happen, so I am coming to win.”

Fox is the first Canadian to ever challenge for a spot in the top eight. If he wins he will be the first Canadian ever ranked in the top eight.