Russian Sumo Wrestler, Who Was Once World s Heaviest Kid, Dies At 21
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He was the focus of a 2007 documentary, titled World s Biggest Boy
His mother received criticism for doing nothing to help him lose weight
A Russian sumo wrestler, who once held the record for being the heaviest kid in the world, has died Tuesday, at the age of 21.
Dzhambulat Khatokhov weighed about 75 pounds as a 2-year-old kid, which was about twice the normal weight of a child at that age. He shot to global stardom in 2003, at the age of 3, when the Guinness World Records named him the heaviest child in the world.