Nthawi zambiri anthu odya nyama amakhala ndi maganizo akuti mwamuna ayenera kudya nyama kuti akhale ndi thanzi labwino. Maganizo olakwikawa ndi oona makamaka kwa omanga thupi, onyamula zitsulo ndi akatswiri ena othamanga. Komabe, pali akatswiri ambiri othamanga padziko lonse lapansi omwe amatsatira zakudya zamasamba komanso ngakhale zamasamba. Pakati pa anzathu ndi mmodzi mwa anthu amphamvu kwambiri padziko lapansi, Ivan Poddubny. Ivan Maksimovich Poddubny anabadwa mu 1871 m'banja la Zaporozhye Cossacks.
Banja lawo linali lodziwika ndi amuna amphamvu, koma luso la Ivan linali lapadera kwambiri. Anatchedwa "Champion of Champions", "Russian Bogatyr", "Iron Ivan". Nditayamba ntchito yake yamasewera mu circus, Poddubny anakhala katswiri wrestler ndipo anagonjetsa amphamvu othamanga European ndi America. Ngakhale Ivan anataya ndewu payekha, iye sanagonjetse kamodzi mu mpikisano. Koposa kamodzi, ngwazi yaku Russia idakhala wopambana mpikisano wapadziko lonse lapansi mukulimbana kwakale.
Ivan Poddubny ndiye ngwazi yoyamba yapadziko lonse kasanu ndi kamodzi pakulimbana kwa Greco-Roman. Iye ndi Wolemekezeka Wojambula wa RSFSR ndi Honored Master of Sports wa USSR. Ivan adalandira "Order of the Legion of Honor" ndi "Order of the Red Banner of Labor". Ndipo masiku ano pali amuna ambiri amphamvu okhala ndi manja aakulu omwe amadya mwachibadwa. Mmodzi wotero ndi womanga thupi laiwisi. Ndizovuta kukhulupirira, koma ngwazi, yemwe kutalika kwake kwa 184 cm, kulemera kwa kilogalamu 120, kumamatira ku zakudya zamasamba. Ivan ankakonda zakudya zosavuta komanso zamtima zaku Russia.
Maziko a zakudya anali dzinthu, mkate, ndi zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba. Poddubny amakonda chitumbuwa cha kabichi kuposa chokoma chilichonse chakunja. Amanena kuti kamodzi, atapita ku America, Ivan anasowa radish kwawo ku Russia kotero kuti analemba kalata kwa mlongo wake kumupempha kuti amutumizire masamba awa. Mwinamwake ichi chinali chinsinsi cha mphamvu zake zomwe sizinachitikepo: pamene ngwaziyo inali kale ndi zaka 50, iye anagonjetsa mosavuta omenyana ndi zaka 20-30.
Tsoka ilo, nkhondo ndi njala zidaphwanya ngwazi yaku Russia. Nkhondo itatha komanso pambuyo pake, Ivan ankakhala mumzinda wa Yeysk. Chiŵerengero chochepa chomwe chinaperekedwa kwa aliyense sichinali chokwanira kukhutitsa thupi lamphamvu la Poddubny ndi mphamvu.
Chakudya cha shuga kwa mwezi amadya tsiku limodzi, buledi nawonso unkasowa kwambiri. Komanso, zaka zakhala zikuvuta. Nthaŵi ina, pamene Ivan anali kale ndi zaka 70, adagwa paulendo wobwerera kwawo. Kuthyoka m'chiuno ndi kuvulaza kwambiri kwa thupi la ukalamba. Pambuyo pake, Poddubny sanathenso kusuntha. Chifukwa chake, mu 1949, Ivan Maksimovich Poddubny anamwalira, koma kutchuka kwake kudakali moyo. Pamanda ake panalembedwa mawu oti: “Pano pali ngwazi ya ku Russia.”