US EditionPopular Egyptian ‘strong man’ goes for another jaw-dropping challenge: Pulling a ship with his teeth
Mahrous surpassed the 2018 record by pulling a 700-ton ship with his teeth, aiming to extend his Guinness World Records achievements as a professional wrestler.
- On Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, Egyptian wrestler Ashraf Mahrous, known as Kabonga, demonstrated his remarkable strength by dragging a massive 700-ton vessel across the marina in Hurghada, holding onto a rope with his teeth.
- Mahrous, a 44-year-old native of Ismalia, undertook the challenge to break the current Guinness World Record set in 2018 for pulling a 614-ton ship and aims for Guinness recognition.
- Mahrous has a history of extraordinary feats, pulling a 15,730-kilogram truck in 2021, a 279-ton train in March 2025, and previously attempting a 4,000-ton ship pull six years ago with a rope strapped to his shoulders.
- He said, “I have come to break the world record” and called out to the ship ‘It’s either me or you today,’ while grunting and yelling as he pulled the ship in Hurghada, according to his interview and statements.
- Mahrous plans to submit videos and photos of this pull to Guinness for evaluation and hopes to get approval to pull a much heavier 263,000-ton submarine in the future.
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An Egyptian Wrestler Just Dragged a 700-Ton Ship Using Only His Teeth
Egyptian wrestler Ashraf Mahrous has added another surreal feat to his record of strength stunts by pulling a 700-ton ship across the Red Sea using nothing but his teeth. Crowds in Hurghada watched as the 44-year-old, nicknamed “Kabonga” and known locally as “the strongman,” clamped down on a rope and inched the vessel forward before doubling down and hauling two ships weighing more than 1,100 tons combined. “Today, I have come to break the wor…
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Popular Egyptian ‘strong man’ goes for another jaw-dropping
HURGHADA, Egypt: With nothing but grit, muscle and an iron jaw, a hugely popular Egyptian wrestler geared up for an extraordinary challenge Saturday: pulling a 700-ton ship across the water with a rope held only by his teeth. “Today, I have come to break the world record,” Ashraf Mahrous said in an interview in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Hurghada after the challenge. It was no
Egyptian Wrestler Kabonga Pulls 700-ton Ship with his Teeth to Break World Record
Egyptian wrestler Ashraf Mahrous, known by his moniker Kabonga, used his teeth to drag a 700-ton ship along the Hurghada Marina on 27 September, with the goal of breaking a world record. For good measure, after pulling the first ship, Kabonga pulled two ships simultaneously at a total weight of 1,150 tons. The current world record stands at 614 tons. “I pulled them both, thank God,” Kabonga said, “to prove to my friends and the whole world that …
Ashraf Mahrous: Egypt's 'strongman' wrestler pulls ship using his teeth
Nicknamed 'Kabonga' and also known simply as 'strongman', Mahrous pulled the vessel across the water in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada and later pulled two ships weighing around 1,150 tons together.
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